Supplier Showcase

British Columbia offers an abundance of quality produce and meats, and sourcing out local farmers drives a significant part of our menu creation. By using locally available products whenever possible, we are able to serve up fresh and robust dishes. This not only contributes to a positive and nutritional dining experience, but it also supports hard working local farmers and suppliers.

We’d like to show our appreciation by introducing you to some of our suppliers:

Polderside Farms - Chilliwack, BC.
Meet Jens-Hugo and Virginia Jacobson of Polderside Farms, a husband and wife team distributing some of the best poultry in the province. You’ll find their sunflower-seed-fed duck and rebro chicken on the menus of Vancouver’s top restaurants - chefs love Polderside for their unconventional methods: ducks are hand-fed, inspected twice daily, and enjoy ample free-run space. Find out More

Sloping Hills Farms - Qualicum Beach, BC.
Specializing in heritage-breed Berkshire pork, Sloping Hill Farms humanely grows each and every animal on it’s farm. They practice free-range and organic practices, and quality of life for the animals is given the utmost priority.

Feed is 100% vegetarian, and the farm grows everything they need right there. The proof of this quality is in the pork - it tastes amazing!

Les Amis du Fromage - Vancouver, BC
The staff at Les Amis du Fromage are always friendly and approachable, and quick to offer their expert recommendations upon request. They never disappoint, and are hands down the best cheese suppliers around. They also offer other specialty foods and equipment to compliment their fine cheeses.

An excerpt from their site.

….We specialize in unpasteurized or “lait cru” French cheeses. We also sell cheeses from Switzerland, Italy, Quebec, Spain, Portugal, England and Ireland.

More Information Here

Stony Paradise Farms - Kelowna, BC
Milan Djordjevich, the “Tomato Man,” is both proud and passionate about his produce. On any given Thursday during summer, you can catch Milan dishing out his heirloom tomatoes and other great produce at the Granville Island Vancouver Farmers market.

Come early because his goods are taken quite fast. A whole meal can, and should, be made around his Sungold tomatoes.

Delicious.

Please check out your local farmers market here: http://www.eatlocal.org/

Terra Coffee and Tea Ltd. - Montreal, Quebec

Terra Coffee and Tea represents the culmination of years of hard work and commitment by Carlo Granito, a humanist and entrepreneur who’s passionate about coffee. As a philanthropist who puts quality first, Carlo has worked with his team to develop a remarkable approach that enables them to bring the world’s best coffees to the Canadian and international markets.

The path taken by Carlo is far from typical. Motivated by a concern for the inequalities faced by coffee farmers, he follows a golden rule when purchasing green coffee beans. After an extremely meticulous search and selection process that can take up to 10 years, he generally offers above-market prices (up to 80% higher) so that farmers, their families and their communities have the means to improve their living conditions.

Find out more here: http://www.humaniterra.ca/

We invite you to explore the following links for more information on eating locally, agriculture and farming in BC, and the benefits of choosing local suppliers and ingredients.

• BC City Harvest
• “Can’t Slaughter Like You Used To”
• 100 Mile Diet
• Eat Local
• UBC Farm
• Certified Organic Associations of BC
• SPCA Certified
• B.C.’s Fraser Valley a connoisseurs’ delight