Richard & Denise MacDonald

Summerland, BC
BC Tree Fruit Grower


In this episode, we meet Denise and Richard MacDonald. They’ve been growing Ambrosia from the very beginning. As active members of the Okanagan orchardist com ...
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Berry Bounty Farms

Chilliwack, BC
BC Berry Grower


Berry Bounty Farms is truly a family run business. Janna and Dave Maljaars currently farm 34 acres of blueberries and raspberries with their family in Chilliwac ...
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Avtar & Ronnie Mann

Vernon, BC
BC Tree Fruit Grower


Originally from India, Ronnie and Avtar Mann came to Canada separately but discovered a shared desire to grow great food. Number one on their list is growing bi ...
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Tahir Raza

Vernon, BC
BC Tree Fruit Grower


He grew up in a family of farmers but in 1992 he decided to leave Pakistan for a better life in Canada. Twenty years later, Tahir Raza returned to his farming r ...
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Edgar Smith

Courtenay, BC
BC Cheesemaker


Edgar Smith has been taking care of dairy cattle since he was a little boy on his family farm. Today, Edgar and his brothers, Doug and Phillip, keep busy operat ...
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Kerkhoven Family

Deroche, BC
BC Dairy Farmer


Fraser Valley dairy producers, the Kerkhoven Family, have been farming in Deroche, BC since 1955. Dairy farming is a 365-day job and one of various responsibili ...
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AJ Stobbe

Mara, BC
BC Dairy Farmer


Stobbe Farm in Mara, BC has been around since AJ’s grandparents received a cow as a wedding present in 1953. Located to the South of Sicamous in the Shuswap C ...
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Vaandrager Family

Abbotsford, BC
BC Dairy Farmer


Having been born on a dairy farm, D.R. Vaandrager can’t imagine doing anything else for a living. For him, dairy farming is a complex job that presents new ch ...
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Kloot Family

Rosedale, BC
BC Poultry Farmer


Chris Kloot is a proud and passionate BC chicken farmer. He is, however, not alone on the job. His wife Nella and their three sons, Steve, Justin and Colin help ...
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Mohinder Dhaliwal

Penticton, BC
BC Tree Fruit Grower


Mohinder Dhaliwal learned from his parents and grandparents about the value of hard work on the farm. After he immigrated to Penticton, BC from India, he natura ...
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Goertzen Family

Chilliwack, BC
BC Hog Farmer


Farming has been in the Goertzen family for five generations. Their farming heritage began in Russia, but in 1969, Chad Goertzen’s farther started a mixed dai ...
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Kristin Dahl

Abbotsford, BC
BC Dairy Farmer


Kristin Dahl has known she wanted to be a dairy farmer since she was 16. With her degree in agriculture, focused on animal science, she is well equipped to ma ...
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Cutter Ranch

Fort Steele, BC
BC Cattle Rancher
BC Hog Farmer


Sacha Bentall and Tyler McNaughton are the passionate farmers behind Cutter Ranch in Fort Steele, B.C. They raise beef and pork and are deeply committed to cari ...
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Ruben Houweling

Delta, BC
BC Greenhouse Grower


In an industry that’s centered on hands-on education and training, helping out in the family business came second nature for Ruben Houweling. As a young bo ...
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Graham & Lyndsay O'Rourke

Penticton, BC
BC Wine Maker


Graham and Lyndsay O’Rourke are the passionate owners behind Tightrope Winery. Read their profile below to hear about how they are committed to growing grapes ...
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James Krahn

Abbotsford, BC
BC Poultry Farmer


James Krahn is a third generation farmer from Abbotsford, British Columbia, where he was born and raised.  At a young age, he started working on the farm that ...
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Rhonda Driediger

Langley, BC
BC Berry Grower


Born into the farming industry, Rhonda carries on the family tradition as president and owner of Blueridge Produce Inc., one of British Columbia’s largest who ...
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Railou & Rupinder Gill

Cawston, BC
BC Tree Fruit Grower


Farmers, in general, are no strangers to risk but Railou Gill appears to be quite friendly with the idea of taking chances. He and his father moved to Canada ...
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Nirmal Dhaliwal

Oliver, BC
BC Tree Fruit Grower


Nirmal Dhaliwal farms south of Oliver, BC with his sons, Sunny and Mahmeet. He has worked on this farm since the 1990s and, a few years ago, took over the orcha ...
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Greg Sanderson

Cawston, BC
BC Tree Fruit Grower


He was born into farming and, other than a brief foray beyond the farm in his youth, Greg Sanderson has never been able to shake that he’s a farmer at heart. ...
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