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 generations ...
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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 ...
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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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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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The Krahn Family
Sumas Prairie, BC
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, ...
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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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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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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 a ...
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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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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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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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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 ...
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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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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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Laszczyk Family
Duncan, BC
BC Dairy Farmer
Glenview Farms is a third generation dairy farm in Duncan, BC. Family members Michelle, Mike, and Chris work together produce safe, quality milk for British C ...
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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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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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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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Miranda Halladay
Naramata, BC
BC Wine Maker
Miranda and Del Halladay founded the winery at Elephant Island in 1999 in partnership with Miranda’s Grandmother, Catherine Chard Wisnicki who’s unconventio ...
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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 w ...
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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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Froese Family
Langley, BC
BC Poultry Farmer
Jack and Debbie Froese decided to build their lives in the place they’ve always called home, the beautiful Fraser Valley. In 1979, they purchased their family ...
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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 Okan ...
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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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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 pri ...
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Calvin Maarhuis
Chilliwack, BC
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 dair ...
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Janice and Trevor Tapp
Fraser Lake, BC
BC Cattle Rancher
Janice and Trevor Tapp are the owners of Copper-T Ranch, located in BC’s beautiful Nechako region. In 2017 they won the BC Cattleman’s Ranch Sustainability ...
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Morris Hanson
Creston, BC
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 wa ...
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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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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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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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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 hom ...
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Miedema Family
Enderby, BC
BC Dairy Farmer
Bomi Farms Ltd. was founded by Bouwe and Mieke Miedema in Enderby, BC. The farm is now being operated by the second-generation Rene, along with his wife Jessica ...
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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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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 orcha ...
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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 Canada ...
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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 has ...
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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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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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Kloot Family
Rosedale, BC
BC Poultry Farmer
Chris Kloot is a proud and passionate BC chicken farmer. He is, however, not alone on the job. His wife Nella and their three sons, Steve, Justin and Colin help ...
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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 bo ...
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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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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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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 car ...
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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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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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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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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 he ...
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AJ Stobbe
Mara, BC
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 C ...
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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 ...
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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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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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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 a
solid example of dedication to sustainability. Acc ...
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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 cari ...
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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.
E ...
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The Seelhof Family
Horsefly, BC
BC Cattle Rancher
The Woodjam ranch was established in 1899 and is a cattle ranch located in Horsefly, BC surrounded by mountainous terrain and the beautiful Horsefly river. The ...
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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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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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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' ...
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Barry and Irmi Critcher
Taylor, BC
BC Grain Farmer
The Critcher family has been farming in the Peace River region near Taylor, BC since 1984. Together with their son Michael, daughter Jennifer and son-in-law Ste ...
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