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 Canada ...
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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 doze ...
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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 grapes ...
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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 ...
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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 that ...
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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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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. ...
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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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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 com ...
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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 Ch ...
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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. St ...
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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 been
raising broiler chickens (chickens raised for meat) as a ...
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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, amb ...
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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 ma ...
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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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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 ch ...
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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 Agass ...
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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 gen ...
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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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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 r ...
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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 intereste ...
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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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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, cre ...
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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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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 bi ...
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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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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 ...
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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 strawber ...
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Ridley Wikkerink
Cobble Hill, BC
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, ...
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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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