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Our Values
We value relationships, from our faithful retail customers to the buying clubs who help remote communities eat well. We are here when they call, and we are happy to lend an ear to concerns and requests.
The success of our growers is as important. We work hard to build trust with our grower partners and to establish a bond that is beyond the produce trade. There is crop planning to do, packaging solutions to discuss, logistics challenges to solve, and many other things to brainstorm. We love chatting on the phone and getting updates from our growers, and when possible meeting in person for a good visit and a walk through the fields.
We make long term commitments with our farmers, and we hope that you’ll visit the Our Growers section to learn more about our community of producers. We couldn’t be in business without them.
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Our History
A true labour of love for owner Annie Moss and her husband Randy Hooper, Discovery Organics began in 1999 with a mission to help develop markets for local organic farmers.
Randy and Annie know a thing or two about good food. Annie grew up in a resourceful family where wild harvesting, canning and the sharing of community resources got you through the winter. Many of her siblings hopped off the grid and farm organically. Before opening Discovery, Annie worked at Wild West Organics, a co-operatively run organic produce company.
Around the same time, Randy Hooper was farming on Salt Spring Island, and developed a farm stand and organic grocery store. He provided an outlet for organics from other farms, as well as locally produced yogurt, tofu, bread and cheese. These two met on the phone line and it wasn’t long before they were talking about ways to bring more organic into the world.
More than twenty years later, Discovery Organics operates from a large warehouse in Vancouver on Malkin Avenue (AKA Produce Row). Annie, Randy and their staff of over fifty passionate individuals are working hard to promote Certified Organic and Fair Trade by building relationships with small scale farmers here at home and abroad.
“Discovery Organics is our main supplier of organic produce. We love Discovery Organics here at the farmstore. The quality of vegetables and fruit we receive is incredible. The level of service provided by Discovery Organics is second to none.”
