About Our Farm
Our Story
Celtic Glen Heritage Livestock is a family farm in Owen County, Indiana, on lands historically home to the Miami, Potawatomi, Delaware, and Eel River peoples and near the White River.
The farm as it stands today was built and developed from the 1950s through the 1980s by Paul Ault, who worked a factory day job while building a life and pursuing a much bigger dream on these acres. Today, Celtic Glen continues that agricultural tradition as a working family farm centered on heritage livestock, responsible land stewardship, conservation, and connecting people with agriculture.
Preserving Heritage Breeds
As members of The Livestock Conservancy, we are committed to helping preserve historic and threatened livestock breeds. Our farm raises Irish Dexter and Scottish Highland cattle, Scottish Soay sheep, Myotonic and Arapawa goats, and Argente, American, and Silver Fox rabbits.
Preserving these breeds is about more than maintaining genetics. Heritage livestock represents generations of agricultural history, regional adaptation, biodiversity, and distinctive qualities that can easily be lost as agriculture becomes increasingly standardized.
Working With the Land
Our ruminants are raised as autonomously and naturally as possible on pasture and are grass-fed and grass-finished. We incorporate predator-compatible management and wetland conservation practices while working with the land rather than trying to force it into conventional agricultural systems.
Heritage breeds are particularly well suited to this approach. Their hardiness, adaptability, and ability to thrive on land that may otherwise be unsuitable for intensive agriculture can mean fewer interventions and a lighter footprint on the landscape.
From Pasture to Plate
Heritage breeds can offer unique, nuanced meat characteristics and flavors that differ from those of conventional commercial breeds.
Celtic Glen offers naturally raised farm meats and products, with select products available directly from the farm and through local farm stops. Because livestock and meat availability naturally changes throughout the year, availability varies by season.
More Than a Farm
Celtic Glen is a place to experience agriculture firsthand. We offer heritage breeding stock, educational workshops on livestock care and processing, school and educational farm visits, and opportunities to connect with the animals and working landscape.
Visitors can also stay on the property through our farm camping experiences, surrounded by the animals, woods, wetlands, and working landscape that make Celtic Glen what it is.
Looking for Livestock?
Our farm raises cattle, sheep, goats, rabbits, and other livestock. Because availability naturally changes throughout the year, we maintain a livestock waitlist for those interested in specific animals, breeds, or future availability.
Proud to Be Part of Our Agricultural Community
Celtic Glen participates in organizations and programs that support heritage livestock, agriculture, education, conservation, and rural communities.
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