Lambtastic: Cooking up a niche for sheep meat in Southern Alberta

Carlow man Ray Nolan pictured on his family's farm out in Alberta, Canada.

Carlow man Ray Nolan pictured on his family's farm out in Alberta, Canada.

You'll get a few raised eyebrows when you mention you’re visiting a sheep farm in southern Alberta – a vast section of Canada which proudly declares itself ‘Beef Country’.

There also aren’t too many farms in Western Canada where you’ll get greeted with a pot of Barry’s tea, but then Ray and Nancy Nolan are no ordinary ranchers either.

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