Venison in nh where to buy

The New Hampshire natives began raising buffalo while still in high school, selling low-fat, robustly-flavored burgers, chili, and cheesesteaks at state fairs and festivals. When customers clamored to buy the healthy, delicious meat to cook at home, the couple started a retail business in their dining room. Eventually, Keira Farmer had enough of keeping a freezer where her sideboard should be, and the store was born.

They named it Yankee Farmer's Market - a play on their name, but also a description of what they hoped to achieve. The store sells meats from local farms that meet the couple's standards, providing a much-needed outlet for small specialty growers who don't have the time or space to offer a single steak or rack of ribs. Interest in buffalo, a lean but rich-tasting red meat, has skyrocketed during the past few years, and the Farmers say they hope other game meats will capture the public's imagination.

Their festival booth tempts new customers with tastes of venison sausage and ostrich and elk burgers, winning skeptics who have unfortunate memories of the taste of hunted game, which can be tough and strong-flavored. It's not gamey at all. Overgrown fields and rocky slopes — deer can handle it. In fact, Ahern says they got into deer farming, twenty years ago, partly because deer are just so low-maintenance.

They can graze on rough terrain, and generally breed and give birth without help. While red deer aren't native it's illegal to sell white-tailed deer venison in New Hampshire , they also handle the climate well, and don't need to be kept in a barn in the winter.

They also harvest antler velvet as a dietary supplemen t, which Ahern says is good for joints, stamina, and to promote healing. The money is pretty good, as far as farming goes, b ut Bonnie Brae Farms could be selling a whole lot more. And he adds there's only a tiny handful of deer farms in the region — not nearly enough to meet demand. That's the case across the country, as more people want leaner, healthier meat, like deer and bison.

U ltimately, the search led to the New Hampshire Farm and Forest Expo in February of and a scheduled seminar on fish farming. However, the two brothers discovered a seminar on deer farming to be held that morning. That piqued their curiosity. They attended it, and came back with a whole new train of thought. Although aquaculture was not out of the picture at this point, deer farming soon became the focal point of their activities.

T hey visited both fallow and red deer farms in Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont. They spent four days on a Red Deer farm, feeding, working, and enjoying the deer.

After running numerous calculations, doing extensive reading, checking regulations, and attending other deer farm related meetings, they made their decision - Red Deer. A utumn of was spent ordering and putting in poles and fence.