Rick Kantz has been growing grain and oilseeds in the Peace Region for the last 25 years. He was born and raised on the farm and is proud to have a role in prov ...
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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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Morris Hanson
Creston, BC
BC Dairy Farmer
Morris Hanson’s farm is located in Creston within the Kootenay Region of BC. Morris first moved to Creston from the Fraser Valley over 45 years ago when it wa ...
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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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Jared DeDood
Grindrod, BC
BC Poultry Farmer
Jared DeDood grew up as the third generation on his family dairy farm (Farmer John’s Market) in Grindrod, BC. In 2017, an opportunity came up with B.C. Egg's ...
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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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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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Sunnyside Produce
Lower Mainland, BC
BC Greenhouse Grower
Sunnyside Produce is a family run greenhouse with several locations in the Lower Mainland. They grow 84 acres of bell peppers, mini peppers and other small spec ...
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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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Fresh Valley Farms
Armstrong, BC
BC Poultry Farmer
Steve Meggait and Annelise Grube-Cavers run Fresh Valley Farms in Armstrong, BC. They farm on two quarter sections of land (about 320 acres or 130 hectares), mo ...
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Laszczyk Family
Duncan, BC
BC Dairy Farmer
Glenview Farms is a third generation dairy farm in Duncan, BC. Family members Michelle, Mike, and Chris work together produce safe, quality milk for British C ...
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Narcosli Cattle Co Ltd - Durrell Kishkan Family
Quesnel, BC
BC Cattle Rancher
Erin Durrell has a long family history of farming and grew up as the 4th generation on a large ranch just west of Williams Lake. In 2015, Erin and her family (J ...
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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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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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Calvin Maarhuis
Chilliwack, BC
BC Dairy Farmer
Born and raised on a farm in the Fraser Valley, Calvin Maarhuis has no shortage of knowledge when it comes to understanding and running the operations of a dair ...
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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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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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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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Neufeld Family
Abbotsford, BC
BC Poultry Farmer
In 1963 the Neufeld family settled in Abbotsford with their six children. Not too long later in 1967, the family purchased 2 parcels of land which make up t ...
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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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Dave and Lisa Taylor
Courtenay, BC
BC Dairy Farmer
Tell us about your family farm.
Our farm is in the beautiful Comox Valley on Vancouver Island. In total we farm about 350 acres and milk 120 Holstein dairy ...
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Van Belle Nursery
Abbotsford, BC
BC Horticulturalist
Van Belle Nursery was started in 1973 by Bill and Grace Van Belle and it is still running strong under the second generation of growers, Dave and Amy Van Belle. ...
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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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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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Hester and Ed Mulder
Abbotsford, BC
BC Poultry Farmer
Hester and Ed Mulder are the proud first-generation farmers behind Derwest Poultry. After over two decades as a broiler breeder farm, they transitioned to egg f ...
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Janice and Trevor Tapp
Fraser Lake, BC
BC Cattle Rancher
Janice and Trevor Tapp are the owners of Copper-T Ranch, located in BC’s beautiful Nechako region. In 2017 they won the BC Cattleman’s Ranch Sustainability ...
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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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The Fossen Family
Rock Creek, BC
BC Cattle Rancher
Fossen’s Bar 7 Ranch was started in 1976 by Ed and Louise Fossen. Their son Doug was born on the ranch and now farms with his wife Erika and daughters Adele, ...
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Herfst Family
Chilliwack, BC
BC Poultry Farmer
The Herfst family raise about 18,500 hens in Chilliwack, BC. Kevin and Rebecca are grateful for the opportunity to farm with their children Melissa and Steven. ...
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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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Barry and Irmi Critcher
Taylor, BC
BC Grain Farmer
The Critcher family has been farming in the Peace River region near Taylor, BC since 1984. Together with their son Michael, daughter Jennifer and son-in-law Ste ...
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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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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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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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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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Nigel Vandenbrink
Chilliwack, BC
BC Dairy Farmer
Nigel Vandenbrink's grandparents moved from Holland over 50 years ago to fulfill their dream - to have their own farm where they could raise their family and do ...
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Julaine Treur
Agassiz, BC
BC Dairy Farmer
Dairy farming is a family affair for Julaine Treur. Together with her husband Johannes and their five children, she owns and operates Creekside Dairy in Agass ...
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Day's Century Growers
Kelowna, BC
BC Tree Fruit Grower
There are not many farms in British Columbia that can trace their history back over 100 years. The Day family has been farming in Kelowna since the 1890’s and ...
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Dewit Family
Fort Langley, BC
BC Cranberry Grower
THE BOG Riverside Cranberry Farm is in beautiful Fort Langley, British Columbia. Brian and Mandy Dewit (and their children Caleb, Beckem, Gavin, Kenzie and Lexi ...
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George Vander Veen
Chilliwack, BC
BC Poultry Farmer
Meet George Vander Veen, a free-run egg farmer in Chilliwack. George’s name means ‘farmer’ and he loves the farming lifestyle. He is passionate about prov ...
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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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Siemens Farms
Abbotsford, BC
BC Poultry Farmer
Mark Siemens is a third generation farmer who loves producing food for people in BC. His family farm raises 27,000 free range hens, which means the birds have a ...
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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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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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Tom Ouchi
Vernon, BC
BC Tree Fruit Grower
In the mid 1970’s, an industrial accident put a Japanese immigrant out of work in Vancouver. He moved to the Okanagan and started Ringo-En Orchards. Three gen ...
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Laura Hunter
Kamloops, BC
BC Dairy Farmer
After moving back to her dad’s farm during maternity leave, Laura Hunter had the chance to ignite her career in farming. Not only was she able to experience t ...
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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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The Gill Family
Lake Country, BC
BC Tree Fruit Grower
Many farmers hope that their children will take over farm some day. For the Gills of Lake Country, BC – that dream is coming true.
They’ve been growing A ...
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Shane Witzke
Kelowna, BC
BC Tree Fruit Grower
Shane Witzke’s Kelowna Ambrosia Apple farm is a long way from Nazi-occupied Poland but that’s where this story begins.
Shane’s grandfather fled his hom ...
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Kaitlin Guitard
Larsen Island, BC
BC Salmon Farmer
Meet Kaitlin Guitard. She works as a Saltwater and Water Quality Technician for Mowi Canada at their Larsen Island Farm. Kaitlin is proud to take the utmost car ...
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