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 gen ...
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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 epi ...
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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 t ...
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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 dai ...
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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 who ...
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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 a ...
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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 m ...
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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 ...
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Tyler Harlton
Summerland, BC
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 on a ...
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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 Lexi ...
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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, BC ...
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The Gill Family
Lake Country, BC
BC Tree Fruit Grower
Many farmers hope that their children will take over farm some day. For the Gills of Lake Country, BC – that dream is coming true.
They’ve been growing A ...
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Van Belle Nursery
Abbotsford, BC
BC Horticulturalist
Van Belle Nursery was started in 1973 by Bill and Grace Van Belle and it is still running strong under the second generation of growers, Dave and Amy Van Belle. ...
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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 ...
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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, ...
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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. The ...
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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 1 ...
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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 decad ...
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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 300 ...
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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 dail ...
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Edgar Smith
Courtenay, BC
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 operat ...
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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 spec ...
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Brad Rempel
Campbell River, BC
BC Salmon Farmer
Brad Rempel has been involved in aquaculture for eight years and currently sits on the BC Salmon Farmers Association Youth Council, as well as the Council of Em ...
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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.
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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 t ...
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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 and ...
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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 Chilliwac ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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.
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