Thorganic Farms in Barrie, Ontario

The family farm was started in 1967 in Kettleby, Ontario. My parents, Bill and Ingrid Madden, started with 5 cows, an oliver tractor, a hay bine, a wagon and a small square hay baler with which they had to tie the twine on every fifth bale by hand. From those humble beginnings we move to a farm just west of Thornton in 1972 and established Thor Farms. Since then we moved on to become certified organic by Pro-Cert and have changed our name to Thorganic Farms. My wife, Kari, and I with the help of our children work with my parents. We have always kept things simple and natural. In the beginning we had a few steers for beef for the family that were grass-fed with a grain finish. Now we are raising our calves to provide natural meat for the public through our online store, farm gate store and farmers markets that we attend in our local area.