BC Farmers – Page 4

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 ...

Avtar & Ronnie Mann

Vernon, BC

BC Tree Fruit Grower

Originally from India, Ronnie and Avtar Mann came to Canada separately but discovered a shared desire to grow great food. Number one on their list is growing b ...

Rick Kantz

Fort St. John, BC

BC Grain Farmer

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 pro ...

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 b ...

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 ca ...

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 con ...

Lepp Family

Abbotsford, BC

BC Hog Farmer

Pork Producers | Abbotsford, BC Meet Rob and Charlotte Lepp and their family. The Lepp family have deep ties to the farming lifestyle and used to grow grain ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Boult Family

Cawston, BC

BC Tree Fruit Grower

Meet Doug Boult, his wife Roberta and Doug’s parents at Rafter B Farms in Cawston, B.C. This farm has been a place of experimentation and inno ...

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 ...

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 Agassi ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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. ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Vaandrager Family

Abbotsford, BC

BC Dairy Farmer

Having been born on a dairy farm, D.R. Vaandrager can’t imagine doing anything else for a living. For him, dairy farming is a complex job that presents new c ...

Davison Family

Maple Ridge, BC

BC Cheesemaker

Jenna Davison is a young passionate cheese crafter who works hand in hand with her older sister, Emma Davison, in building their family business; Golden Ears C ...

Kerkhoven Family

BC Dairy Farmer

Fraser Valley dairy producers, the Kerkhoven Family, have been farming in Deroche, BC since 1955. Dairy farming is a 365-day job and one of various responsibil ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Tahir Raza

Vernon, BC

BC Tree Fruit Grower

He grew up in a family of farmers but in 1992 he decided to leave Pakistan for a better life in Canada. Twenty years later, Tahir Raza returned to his farming ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 Lex ...

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. ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...