Buffalo Meat - healthy & nutritious - now on Vancouver Island!

Delton Henrich's life-long dream of having his own farm came into being in 2002 with "Island Bison." Delton started farming as a teenager and developed a large dairy farm with his family. 20 years later, he embarked on a career in the coastal logging industry, working as a falling contractor for 25 years.

Upon retiring from “the woods”, Delton decided to raise bison and fulfill his dream of finally owning his own farm, He purchased land from Timberwest Forest Products, located on Hamm Road in Black Creek, BC. By himself, Delton set out to make this into “the farm”.

Some logging was done and then the clearing of land began using a large excavator and a bulldozer (crawler) with a land clearing blade. Burning, root and rock picking also had to be done before the land would be ready for seeding. By the fall of 2003, acres of grass were growing and land clearing was continuing to progress.

Steel corrals were built along with a state of the art humane handling system which can handle the nastiest bull without injury to itself or the operator.

The entire property was fenced as well using steel posts rather than wood so that the farm can easier enter the organic food production program.

In 2004, 50 bred females arrived at the farm, calving in the spring of 2005. That same Spring, 25 yearlings were purchased that would be the beginning of the meat business in the fall of 2005.

Karen Henrich, Delton's wife, handles the sales of the meat, preparing for the Farmers' Market , delivering to customers and keeping a organized inventory. With every delivery, Karen presents each customer with a cooking chart and cookbook - a companion you won't want to be without as you learn to cook buffalo.