• Giant Stride Farm is located in the heart of central Alberta. We're just a little West & North of Stony Plain, one mile off the Alaska Highway.

• We raise Cashmere / Spanish Meat Goats, Pinzgauer cattle and an assortment of horses, donkeys, dogs and cats. We're committed to a natural lifestyle and try to farm in a responsible, sustainable manner. Gerry does much of his farm chores with our team of Belgians - "Jake" and "Wheat". That 8-leg drive is handy when you want to spread manure in a pasture that's buried under 3 feet of snow. He also uses a bale wagon for rolling out round bales with the team during the winter months.

• For predator control, we use a 2 year old male Anatolian Shepherd named Sam. He's an amazingly intelligent dog who has earned the respect of our previously hostile coyote population. Squash, our donkey, also acts as a major deterrent to predators but tends to interfere a bit too much with the goats and has been relegated to horse and cattle duty.

• At Giant Stride Farm we have selectively bred our herd of goats for the production of both cashmere and meat. We chose the best animals we could find and carefully crossed the Australian Cashmere with Spanish Meat Goats to produce an especially hardy, versatile goat which fits well into any livestock scheme from small acreages to established farms. We have something for everyone - handspinners as well as commercial meat and fibre producers. Our goats are healthy, vigorous and demonstrate the superior maternal traits common to both Australian Cashmeres and Spanish Meat Goats.

• Click here to find out more about Cashmere / Spanish Meat Goats

• Click here to find out more about goat meat (chevon)

• Click here to find out about cashmere fibre and hides

• Click here to find out more about Pinzgauer Cattle

• Click here to find out more about companion grazing, weed & brush control using goats

• We belong to the following organizations:

The Canadian Pinzgauer Assoc.

Cashmere Producers of America (CaPra)

Cashmere America

The Western Chevon Co-op

The Alberta Goat Breeders Assoc. (AGBA)

The American Quarterhorse Assoc.

Feel free to ask us about any one of these worthwhile organizations and the wonderful animals they represent!