BC Farmers – Page 3

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 ...

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 ...

Antonio & Tony DiMaria

Lake Country, BC

BC Tree Fruit Grower

Growing up on an apple orchard, you dream of the day you can leave. That was the case with Tony DiMaria as a young man on his father’s orchard in Kelowna and ...

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 ep ...

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 ...

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 ...

Toop Family

Chilliwack, BC

BC Dairy Farmer

As a sixth generation farmer, Devan Toop has been in the barn since he was five years old. He gets a lot of satisfaction from working with the animals on a dai ...

Calvin Maarhuis

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 dai ...

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 ...

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 ...

Usha Saini

West Kelowna, BC

BC Tree Fruit Grower

There was something about the Okanagan Valley that inspired Usha Saini’s dream to own an Ambrosia apple orchard. Unfortunately, her husband wasn’t interest ...

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 ...

Juschka Clarke

Chilliwack, BC

BC Poultry Farmer

Juschka Clarke was born and raised in North Vancouver but is fulfilling her dream and her destiny of being a farmer. She raises 4000 organic laying hens at Haz ...

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. ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, am ...

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. ...

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 ...

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 d ...

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, ...

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. ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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. ...

Ridley Wikkerink

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 ...

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, ...