Grower Profiles Search

Baessler Farm

The Baesslers left their third generation Swiss family farm in the early 90s to pursue a dream of farming in Canada. Urs and Barbara found what they wanted in...

Certification: PACS

Crops: Garlic

Beck Grove

Beck grove and LaVigne Enterprises were founded in 1994 when Robert Beck and Helen Beck abandoned Los Angeles to pursue a more healthy lifestyle in a beautiful...

Certification: CCOF

Crops: Blood Oranges, Cherimoyas, Kumquats, Lime, Minneolas, Persimmons

Beryle's Organic Paradise

Farming organically since 1998, Beryle Oravec is a 'hands on' kind of lady. Each week during harvest time, she makes the trek from her farm in Oliver BC to...

Certification: SOOPA Organic

Crops: Peppers, Tomatoes - Cherry

Bhumi Farm

Jim and Helen’s farm in the close-knit, high-altitude community of Venables Valley is truly unique, and demonstrates an impressive devotion to sustainability....

Certification: PACS

Crops: Cabbage, Raspberries, squash, Sunchokes, Tomatoes

BOS (Asociación de Bananeros Orgánicos Solidarios)

Founded in 2003, with the goal of promoting the development of small scale organic banana farmers, BOS has grown to 619 growers, over 521 hectares of land (...

Certification:

Control Union (USDA Organic)

FLO Fair Trade Certified

Crops: Bananas

Bouchey Potatoes

Paul Bouchey left his family’s farm to serve in the Air Force during the Korean War. When he returned in 1954, he started his own family and farm. In 1998 his...

Certification: WSDA

Crops: Potatoes, Wheat

Brooks Grove Orchard

In 1991, Kate and Randy Brooks bought Brooks Groves Orchard in Okanagan Centre, BC. A very old pear orchard, at the time it was estimated that it had trees...

Certification: NOOA Organic

Crops: Pears

Burnt Ridge Nursery and Orchards

Michael and Carolyne Dolan have developed Burnt Ridge Nursery and Orchard over a 25 year period. Their 20 acre farm is located in the foothills of the Cascades...

Certification: WSDA

Crops: Blackberries, Blueberries, Cherries, Chestnut, European, Figs, Gooseberry, Hazelnut, Heartnut, Hickory, Kiwis, Mulberries, Multiple Varieties, Peaches, Plums, Raspberries, Red Currants, Serviceberry, Table Grapes, Walnuts, Wine Grapes

Cal Farms

Since 1953 when Amby Calcagno first planted radishes and lettuce to sell to local grocers, the Calcagno family has been a prime producer of fresh greens in the...

Certification: WSDA

Crops: Beets, Butter Lettuce, Cilantro, Collard Greens, Green Leaf Lettuce, Green Onions, Italian Parsley, Kale, Leeks, Lettuce: Red Leaf Lettuce, Mustard Greens, Parsley, Radish, Rainbow Chard, Red Chard, Romaine Lettuce, Spinach, Winter Squash

Cal Tree Ripe

California Tree Ripe Ltd. started as an idea by members of the Nakata family, when they were trying to find a way to market “true tree ripe fruit”. The belief...

Certification: CCOF Organic

Crops: Tree Fruit

Our Growers Are Our Heroes

We got into this business because we wanted to help small scale organic farmers here at home gain access to the larger commercial marketplace, and to ensure their families and communities thrive. Over the past decade or so, we have endeavored to do this, step by step, with over ninety B.C. farms.

Our hearts still belong to the small scale growers. We have visited dozens of farms in B.C., working with growers to see them move to larger and more financially sustainable operations.

We feel encouraged by the impressive increase in consumer demand for organics and local. We also acknowledge that we might not be able to grow all our own food year round. Even more so now, as our climate changes, no harvest is a safe bet.

So over the years, we have extended our relationships with small scale farmers to include farms down the Pacific Coast, through Washington, Oregon and California, then on to Mexico and South America. Together, this network of growers keep us all fed year round. And for this we are grateful.