Critic’s Faves – Canada’s answer to Olive Oil? by Gary Hynes
Eat Magazine, Victoria, BC, March/April 2004

While, as far as I know, there aren’t any olives being grown in Canada, there is plenty of canola. Most canola oil on the market is tasteless, industrially produces and may contain GMOs. It was a revelation, then, to taste the intriguing nutty flavour of this intense, golden-coloured, cold-pressed canola oil from Highwood Crossing.

Highwood Crossing is a family owned, certified organic grain farm located next to the Highwood River south of Calgary. When owners Tony Marshal and his wife Penny, switched over to sustainable organic farming methods in 1989, they were returning to agricultural practices that were similar to those used on the same farm by Tony’s great-grandfather nearly 100 years earlier.

Today, Highwood Crossing is certified organic by design and produces only 100% organic crops that include wheat, rye, flax, canola, oats, barley, peas, hay, and sweet clover. The Marshalls also have a certified organic processing facility on the farm where they produce and package food products from the crops that they grow.

This canola oil is great in salad dressings and marinades, over pasta, and fresh tomatoes or when sautéing meats and veggies.