Farming with purpose
Foxfire Heritage Farm sits on 100 acres in Powassan, Ontario — a mix of pasture, hardwood forest, wetland, and fields that have been shaped by the Almaguin Highlands for thousands of years. We farm this land with the goal of leaving it better than we found it.
We raise purebred Large Black heritage hogs, Lineback cattle, and heritage breed poultry. These aren't breeds chosen for industrial efficiency — they're chosen for their suitability to the land, their welfare, their genetic heritage, and the quality of the food and experience they produce.
Heritage breeds and why they matter
Heritage livestock breeds were developed over centuries to thrive in specific conditions, produce quality food, and exhibit the traits farmers actually needed — hardiness, temperament, mothering ability, foraging aptitude. Modern industrial farming selected away from most of these traits in favour of faster growth and leaner carcasses.
The result is that many heritage breeds are now rare or endangered. The Large Black pig, once common across Britain, was nearly lost. The American Lineback cattle breed remains uncommon. By raising and selling registered purebred animals, Foxfire contributes to preserving genetic diversity that took centuries to develop and that we can't recreate once it's gone.
Direct sales and transparency
We sell directly to customers — half and whole hogs for custom butchering, day-old chicks, and farm stay accommodations. No middleman. When you buy from us, you're buying from the family that raised your food, and we're happy to answer any question you have about how it was done.
Our pigs are processed at Sprucedale Quality Meats, an inspected Ontario abattoir with a professional butcher. Customers choose their own cuts using our interactive cut sheet, and the finished pork is packaged, frozen, and available for pickup at the farm.
Workshops and traditional skills
Foxfire also hosts blacksmithing workshops and traditional skills weekends. These grow out of the same philosophy: there's value in knowing how to make and maintain things, in working with your hands, and in the kind of knowledge that doesn't come from a screen. The forge is a real forge. The skills taught are real skills.
