BC Farmers – Page 5

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 Oka ...

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 ...

Tyler Harlton

BC Wine Maker

The joy of farming is in the ritual of putting a seed in the ground, watching a plant emerge, and bringing it to maturity. Winemaker Tyler Harlton grew up ...

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 hel ...

AJ Stobbe

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 ...

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 ( ...

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), m ...

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 Canad ...

Miranda Halladay

Naramata, BC

BC Wine Maker

Miranda and Del Halladay founded the winery at Elephant Island in 1999 in partnership with Miranda’s Grandmother, Catherine Chard Wisnicki who’s unconventi ...

Charriere Family

Chilliwack, BC

BC Poultry Farmer

The Charriere family are first-generation egg farmers at MiraFarm Acres. They take great pride in providing a healthy environment for their hens to live in. Th ...

Aretha Westenenk

Chilliwack, BC

BC Dairy Farmer

Putting the cows first is a priority for Aretha Westenenk. Benco Holsteins, located in beautiful Chilliwack, has been in the family for over 60 years. One of t ...

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 car ...

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 ...

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 ...

Taves Family

Abbotsford, BC

BC Greenhouse Grower

Located in Abbotsford, BC, Taves Family Farms was established in 1969 by Loren Taves’ parents, John and Alice. In 1990, Loren and his wife, Corinne Taves, cr ...

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 ...

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 doz ...

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 ...

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 St ...

De Jong Family

Abbotsford, BC

BC Dairy Farmer

“Buying and consuming locally produced food is one of the most environmentally responsible activities that consumers can do. It stimulates the local economy. ...

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 ho ...

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 pro ...

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 strawbe ...

Amanda and Jeff Lee

Creston Valley, BC

BC Honey Producers

The beautiful Creston Valley is where you will find Honey Bee Zen Apiaries, producers of Swan Valley Honey. Amanda Goodman Lee and Jeff Lee care for between 30 ...

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 ...

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 natur ...

Clifton Family

Similkameen Valley, BC

BC Cattle Rancher

There is a good reason why farmers are often called ‘stewards of the land’, and the Clifton family are asolid example of dedication to sustainability. Acco ...

Hoogendoorn Family

Agassiz, BC

BC Dairy Farmer

Like most farmers, it’s a long, hard day of work for Tom Hoogendoorn but his love of his dairy cattle and passion for farming makes it all worthwhile. Tom ha ...

Laura Hunter

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 ...

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 h ...

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 orch ...

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 Chilliwa ...

B Jack Farms

Abbotsford, BC

BC Poultry Farmer

B Jack farms is a first generation egg farm that started producing eggs in December of 2017. The farm is a family partnership and they love having 3 generation ...

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 an ...

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 ge ...

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 Co ...

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 man ...

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 ...

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 grape ...

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 ...

Edgar Smith

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 opera ...

The Boer Family

Chilliwack, BC

BC Poultry Farmer

Meet Richard and Jacqueline Boer. Brightside Eggs is located in Chilliwack, B.C. where the Boer family produce free-range, organic brown eggs. The animals are ...

De Groot Family

Chilliwack, BC

BC Dairy Farmer

Growing up on a dairy farm, it was inevitable that Tony DeGroot would start his own dairy farm. In 1981, he started Tonesa Holsteins and now relishes in the pr ...

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 spe ...

Nicole Tuytel

BC Dairy Farmer

“The traditional role of a woman on a farm has evolved.” For Nicole Tuytel, working as a farmer in the dairy industry has been empowering. Farming has alwa ...

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 f ...

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 beenraising broiler chickens (chickens raised for meat) as a f ...

Morris Hanson

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 w ...

Gourlay Family

Parksville, BC

BC Cheesemaker

Farmers Nancy and Clarke Gourlay manage Little Qualicum Cheeseworks along with Mooberry Winery and Morningstar Farm, though they’re quick to remind you that ...

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. ...