Across The Creek Organics

Location:

Pemberton, BC

Certification(s):

PACS

Across The Creek Organics is located in the Pemberton Valley, 100 miles north of Vancouver. Operating since 1912, this 500 acre farm rests on the Lillooet river flood plains, and is one of the largest B.C. providers of organic potatoes. Half the land consists of wild wetlands and old growth cedar groves, making for a uniquely beautiful and fertile farm, part of the Land Conservancy Agricultural Partners program as well.

Bruce and Brenda Miller are not only Certified Organic, but also carry certification as seed potato providers within this highly restricted potato seed quarantine area. They ship across the country, featuring varieties like the Red Chieftain, White Cascade and German Butter. They also sell a wide range of goods to supportive local restaurants and markets in addition to their long-distance shipping.

Their potatoes are also used by Schramm Vodka, a local distillery in the Pemberton area.

Bruce and Brenda are pictured above with their sons (right to left) Will, Liam, Sean, Jesse, and Rony.

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PDF:

Across the Creek.pdf

Crops:

Potatoes - Banana (Fingerling), Potatoes - Cascade, Potatoes - Kennebec, Potatoes - Purple (Russian Blue), Potatoes - Red chieftain, Potatoes - Russet Norkotah, Potatoes - Sieglinde (German Butter)

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.