It香蕉视频直播檚 not often a butcher shop turns into a wedding venue, but this is precisely what the owners of Sunshine Ranch did.

香蕉视频直播淥ur oldest daughter wanted to get married at home. At first, we were a little bit shocked, like what? So then, we cleaned out the barn, and after that wedding, we had friends of hers calling us,香蕉视频直播� recalled Silvia Laffer, who owns the ranch in Horsefly, B.C., with her husband, Franz.

Their son followed suit, along with two others from the community, which got the couple thinking.

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Technically, the wedding venue is next door to the butcher shop, which they close in May to focus on the wedding season. They transform two massive barns into a beautiful and picturesque wedding venue, complete with chairs, linens, cutlery and decor.

The multifunctional ranch keeps Silvia busy, who does all the wedding catering. Meat and sausage mostly come from their ranch, and Silvia makes and cooks the remaining wedding food in their commercial kitchen, which includes salads, macaroni and cheese, roasted potatoes, desserts and more.

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Sunshine Ranch has a permit to host up to 10 weddings a year, but Silvia says they usually have five to eight, which keeps her perfectly busy.

Along with the butcher shop and commercial kitchen, they also have coolers and a walk-in freezer, where you香蕉视频直播檒l find freshly baked organic bread. The baker, of course, is Silvia, who either buys organic flour or uses her own after they香蕉视频直播檝e turned their fields, grinding the flour herself.

During the 2017 wildfires that overwhelmed the Cariboo region, Silvia had a neighbour stop in, notifying her that there wasn香蕉视频直播檛 any bread in the stores and they didn香蕉视频直播檛 know when a delivery truck would come in.

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The couple made a sign, put it on the side of the road and before she knew it, she had an additional business.

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Their butcher shop has a Farmgate Plus license, and they mainly focus on their sausages, which they have year-round, along with burgers and bread. Instead of their cows being auctioned off or shipped elsewhere, Sunshine Ranch processes the cows themselves. They also make raw dog food, available in limited supply, with their beef.

They香蕉视频直播檙e a ranch that seems to do it all, with butchering throughout the fall and winter, calving in the spring, weddings in the summer, bread year-round and the daily maintenance of a cattle ranch.

Still, Silvia is mindful of finding downtime, noting she won香蕉视频直播檛 pick up the phone before 8 a.m. or after 8 p.m.

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The couple, originally from Switzerland, moved to Horsefly in 1993.

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Thankfully, the couple香蕉视频直播檚 family helps around the farm. Their four children have given the Laffer香蕉视频直播檚 nine grandchildren, with three families living nearby and the fourth (who lives in Kelowna) helping as the designated mechanic in the summers. Next door, their son, Florian, and his wife, Minette, have pasture-raised pigs and grow and sell garlic.

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You can find Sunshine Ranch at facebook.com/sunshineranchnaturalbeef or sunshineranchweddings.com.

kim.kimberlin@blackpress.ca
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