Emperor Specialty Foods Ltd.

Location:

Richmond, BC

Certification(s):

FVOPA

Initially founded in 1986 as a shiitake mushroom producer, in 1995 Emperor Specialty Foods switched from producer to distributor, eventually becoming the first Canadian company to handle regular ocean shipments of mushrooms from China. They have also become a source for wildcrafted specialty mushrooms like Lobster, Morel and Chanterelle sourced in the Pacific Northwest.

www.emperorspecialtyfoods.com

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Crops:

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

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.