Ridley Wikkerink

Cobble Hill, BC
BC Dairy Farmer


Ridley Wikkerink has farmed all of his life, and is a second-generation dairy farmer. He is now in charge of the 300-acre farm in Cobble Hill, Vancouver Island, ...
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Hopcott Family

Pitt Meadows, BC
BC Cattle Rancher


Located in Pitt Meadows, BC, Hopcott Farms is a third-generation cattle farm. Bob Hopcott and his family are strong advocates of eating local, supporting fello ...
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Froese Family

Langley, BC
BC Poultry Farmer


Jack and Debbie Froese decided to build their lives in the place they’ve always called home, the beautiful Fraser Valley. In 1979, they purchased their family ...
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Adrian Arts

Summerland, BC
BC Tree Fruit Grower


He’s considered a young gun in the Ambrosia apple growing community. Unlike most farmer’s his age, he didn’t come into farming by way of his family. Adria ...
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Jillian Robbins

Abbotsford, BC
BC Poultry Farmer


Jillian is a young farmer, passionate about agriculture, and preparing to take over the family farm (K & M Farms) when her father retires in the next decad ...
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Steve Brown

Summerland, BC
BC Tree Fruit Grower


Steve Brown and his wife Amanda own and operate Happy Valley Harvest in Summerland, BC, where they grow cherries and a variety of apples such as gala, fuji, amb ...
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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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Scott Janzen

Abbotsford, BC
BC Poultry Farmer


Janzen Poultry is located in Abbotsford, B.C. The farm was started in the 1960’s by Scott’s grandfather, and Scott took over in 2007 as the third generatio ...
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Poortvliet Family

Agassiz, BC
BC Poultry Farmer


Kristin and Willem are the proud farmers behind Misty Mountain Farm. With the help of their three young children, they raise organic eggs in beautiful Agassiz, ...
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Wes Burdick

Summerland, BC
BC Tree Fruit Grower


Despite being a real estate agent, farming has always been in Wes Burdick’s blood. He grew up on a dairy farm and when he and his family relocated to the Okan ...
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Woike Family

Cowichan Valley, BC
BC Poultry Farmer


The Woike family has been egg farming on Vancouver Island since 1980. In 1994 they added an egg grading and wholesale element to their business with Farmer Ben' ...
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Weder Family

Hudson's Hope, BC
BC Cattle Rancher


The Weder family owns and operates Venator Ranches Ltd in the Peace River region of BC. Their ranch is over 14,164 hectares (35,000 acres) and is home to 1,800 ...
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Ron VanMarrewyk

Delta, BC
BC Greenhouse Grower


Ron VanMarrewyk is a greenhouse vegetable grower in Delta, BC. Westcoast Vegetables produces over 50 acres of bell peppers. Ron believes in the importance of he ...
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Grant Keefer

Ladysmith, BC
BC Cranberry Grower


Grant Keefer is a third generation farmer whose family has been growing cranberries since 1991. His grandfather first purchased farmland in 1945 in Richmond, BC ...
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Parry Bay Sheep Farm

Metchosin, BC
BC Sheep Farmer


John and Lorraine are the hard-working owners of Parry Bay Sheep Farm, located near Victoria, BC. Although they have been operating Parry Bay Sheep Farm since 1 ...
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Jack & Adelia Machial

Oliver, BC
BC Tree Fruit Grower


Maintaining an orchard keeps you as busy as a bee – and you’d better hope the bees are busy too because the apples (and farmers) depend on them. In this epi ...
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Eggstream Farm

Chilliwack, BC
BC Poultry Farmer


Darren and Jen are first generation egg farmers. In addition to producing 11,000 eggs each day, they operate an Organic feed mill. The feed from their mill is u ...
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Pardeep Atwal

Abbotsford, BC
BC Greenhouse Grower


Pardeep has been part of Atwal Farms since she was a young girl, starting out picking berries and doing chores, then moving over to work in the cannery, where t ...
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The Krahn Family

Sumas Prairie, BC
BC Dairy Farmer


It’s no lie that Birchwood Dairy Farm is one of a kind. Although located in the Sumas Prairie of the Fraser Valley, this farm is always swarming with people, ...
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Forstbauer Family

Chilliwack, BC


Forstbauer Family Natural Food Farm is a Certified Organic and Biodynamic farm established in 1971 by Hans and Mary Forstbauer. Located in Chilliwack, B.C. the ...
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Paragon Farms – Krahn Family

Abbotsford, BC
BC Poultry Farmer


The Krahn family are the faces behind Paragon Farms, a third generation farm in the Fraser Valley. They have several different locations and produce 12,000 doze ...
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Surinder Shergill

East Kelowna, BC
BC Tree Fruit Grower


When Surinder Shergill came to Canada he knew he wanted to be a farmer. It took him 17 years of working in a factory to save enough money to buy his orchard. ...
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Lisa and John

South Shuswap, BC
BC Poultry Farmer


Lisa and John farm with their five children in the beautiful South Shuswap area of BC. They’ve been raising broiler chickens (chickens raised for meat) as a ...
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Alf and Sandee Krause

Langley, BC
BC Berry Grower


Alf Krause began selling berries from the back of an old Volkswagon van in 1965 and now farms over 200 acres providing the community with the very best strawber ...
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Wiebe Family

Chilliwack, BC
BC Dairy Farmer


A third generation dairy farmer from the Fraser Valley, Jeremy Wiebe grew up on Rosevale Farms and has been farming full-time for the past seventeen years. E ...
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Natalina Araujo

Penticton, BC
BC Tree Fruit Grower


When Natalina Araujo took over managing the farm in 2012, she didn’t know much about growing apples. But, she knew that her passion for growing healthy food w ...
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Ron Moes

Delta, BC
BC Greenhouse Grower


When people ask Ron Moes what he does for a living, he will often tell them that he’s an indoor farmer. It’s a response that can generate additional conv ...
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Vanderkooi Family

Abbotsford, BC
BC Dairy Farmer


Meet the Vanderkooi family: Bill and Helinda, and their children Annabelle, Liam, Violet, Lucy, and Joe. Bill and Helinda are deeply committed to helping pe ...
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Sarah Sache

Rosedale, BC
BC Dairy Farmer


When Sarah Sache was growing up, a life as a dairy farmer was never something that she imagined for herself. Now with her husband Gene and their family, they ...
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Karnail Singh Sidhu

Okanagan Valley, BC
BC Wine Maker


Karnail Singh Sidhu runs the family-owned Kalala Organic Estate Winery with his wife Narinder in the beautiful Okanagan Valley. He’s developed an impressive a ...
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