BC Farmers – Page 6

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. ...

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 ...

Grant Keefer

Ladysmith, BC

BC Cranberry Grower

Grant Keefer is a third generation farmer whose family has been growing cranberries since 1991. His grandfather first purchased farmland in 1945 in Richmond, 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Vanderkooi Family

Abbotsford, BC

BC Dairy Farmer

Meet the Vanderkooi family: Bill and Helinda, and their children Annabelle, Liam, Violet, Lucy, and Joe. Bill and Helinda are deeply committed to helping pe ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Hopcott Family

BC Cattle Rancher

Located in Pitt Meadows, BC, Hopcott Farms is a third-generation cattle farm. Bob Hopcott and his family are strong advocates of eating local, supporting ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 da ...

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. ...

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. ...

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. ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Krahn Family

BC Dairy Farmer

It’s no lie that Birchwood Dairy Farm is one of a kind. Although located in the Sumas Prairie of the Fraser Valley, this farm is always swarming with people, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Joaquin Araujo

Summerland, BC

BC Tree Fruit Grower

When he was seven years old, Joaquin Araujo remembers farming with his grandfather in Portugal. After working and travelling many places in the world, Joaquin ...

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. ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...