BC Farmers – BCAC

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 ...

Van Keulen Family

Surrey, BC

BC Dairy Farmer

The Van Keulen family has been dairy farming in Surrey since 1955. Donia Farms is a third-generation farm with about 1000 acres of land and around 1000 cows. S ...

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 ...

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 wh ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 co ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...