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Don Kepke and Sons Farm

Don Kepke’s gorgeous garlic is the product of a true family farm. Don Kepke, along with his three sons and his son in law Ed started Riverview Farms almost a...

Certification: PACS

Crops: Garlic

Doreva Produce

Joe S. Silva was born in Livingston CA in 1916. He was raised on his family's farm where he started a small dairy in his teen years in an effort to lend his...

Certification: SCS

Crops: Sweet Potatoes, Yams

Dr. White's Farm

A full time optometrist, Jeff, become a farmer at the age 34. Jeff and his wife Dianne made a conscious decision in 1998, to move their family from the city of...

Certification: CCOF Organic

Crops: Cherries, Plums, Pluots

Dykstra Farms

In 1964, Douwe Dykstra (pictured here), immigrated to the Skagit Valley from Holland.He started his own dairy in 1972 which was always treated as organically...

Certification: WSDA

Crops: Beets, Broccoli, Cucumbers, Green Cabbage, Red Cabbage

Eatmore Sprouts

Eatmore Sprouts is one of B.C.'s best organic success stories. Eatmore brand sprouts are found at most natural food stores and major grocery retailers across...

Certification: PACS

Crops: Alfalfa Sprouts, Broccoli Sprouts, Clover Sprouts, Combo Sprout Packs, Deli Sprouts, Garlic Sprouts, Microgreens and Wheatgrass, Mixed Bean Sprouts, Onion Sprouts, Pea Shoots, Sunflower Greens

Ejido Benito Juarez Leyes de Reforma

Through social uprisings and reforms in Mexico in the 19th century, communal lands, called Ejidos, were given back to the people by Mexico’s first indigenous...

Certification: Primus Labs (Organic)

Crops: (Greenhouse), ), Acorn, Beans, Beets (topless), Beets Bunched, Broccoli, Brussels Sprouts, Cabbage (Savoy), Cauliflower, Cayenne / Greenhouse), Charantais), Chard (Swiss, Cherry, Cilantro, Collards, Corn (Sweet), Cucumbers (Slicer / Greenhouse), Curly), Delicata, Eggplant, Faba Beans, Fennel, Flat Russian, Gold, Green, Greenhouse), Heirloom Lettuce, Kabocha), Kale (Curly, Lacinato, Lettuce, Melons (Honeydeew, Nopales Cactus, Onions (Green), Onions Yellow Storage, Parsley (Italian Flat, Peas (English, Peppers (Bell, Pink, Radishes, Rainbow, Red, Red), Romanesco Cauliflower, Snow, Spaghetti, Squash (Hard / Butternut, Squash (Summer / Zucchini, Sugar Snap), Tomatoes (Heirloom, Wild Toscano, Yellow Straightneck)

Emperor Specialty Foods Ltd.

Initially founded in 1986 as a shiitake mushroom producer, in 1995 Emperor Specialty Foods switched from producer to distributor, eventually becoming the first...

Certification: FVOPA

Crops: Cauliflower Mushrooms, Chanterelle Mushrooms, Fiddleheads, Morels, Sea Asparagus, White Mushrooms

Erik Peterson Farms

Fast-forward 17 years and you have the all-American man: farmer Erik Peterson, the 5th generation to farm the Kingsburg land he calls home. Erik grows peaches...

Certification: CCOF Organic

Crops: Peaches, Plums

Farmer Direct Co-operative

Farmer Direct is a co-operative of 60 organic family farms on the Canadian Prairies and the first organization to be domestic fair trade certified. Their...

Certification:

Organic Procert

fairDeal

Crops: Flax, Lentils, Peas

Farmhouse Lifestyle

FarmHouse Lifestyle was established in 1998 as a family owned and operated organic & sustainable farm business. The farm consists of 10 acres of land in...

Certification: BCARA

Crops: Blueberries

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.