Celebrate Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) during CSA Week from February 20 – 26, 2023 with YYC Growers
Celebrate Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) during CSA Week from February 20 – 26, 2023 with YYC Growers YYC Growers is excited to join other CSA farmers across the country to celebrate CSA Week, a national event taking place from February 20th through February 26th to promote CSA (Community Supported Agriculture). CSA is a farm membership...
Meet Our Farmers: Steel Pony Farms
Steel Pony Farms Red Deer, Alberta Mike’s Kozlowksi was inspired to grow food back in 2005 when he was challenged with the question about why we are shipping our food from all over the world when we can grow it ourselves. That question took him all over Canada where he learned from experienced farmers. Steel...
Meet Our Farmers: Sudo Farms
Sudo Farms Lethbridge, Alberta Sudo Farms was founded and is operated by Nobby Sudo. Nobby takes pride in providing high quality fresh produce in a difficult climate. Though Lethbridge has a long history of agricultural production, it is very dry and the irrigation capital of Canada. Nobby and pseudo farms has been a part of...
Meet Our Farmers: Shirley’s Greenhouse
Shirley’s Greenhouse Carstairs, Alberta Located east of Didsbury, Shirley’s Greenhouse manage 38,000 square feet of greenhouse space that provides fresh produce year round. They follow an approach known as Integrated Pest Management so they can grow their veggies without the use of synthetic pesticides. You could pick a tomato straight from the vine and it...
Meet Our Farmers: Root and Regenerate Urban Farms
Root and Regenerate Urban Farms Calgary, Alberta Root and Regenerate Urban Farms (formerly known as Dirtboys) was originally founded by Dennis Scanland: past president of YYC Growers and Distributors, and current operator of SunnyCider. One of the longest-running urban farms in Calgary, the organization has since been taken over by Michael Gavin. Michael has a...
Meet Our Farmers: Poplar Bluff Organics
Poplar Bluff Organics Strathmore, Alberta Poplar Bluff Organics was founded in 1985 by Rosemary Wotske and is certified organic. Rosemary’s robust background includes a Masters of Science in plant genetics and she applies her expertise with a deep commitment to healthy soil, fauna, and customers. The farm’s soil and climate are ideal for growing potatoes,...
Meet Our Farmers: Micro YYC
Micro YYC Calgary, Alberta Vanessa Rosewood began Micro YYC out of her basement in the winter of 2014, thinking that someday she would return to outdoor urban farming. Turns out there is more than enough to grow indoors! She now operates out of a 1500 square foot warehouse and distributes microgreens to stores, restaurants, and...
Meet Our Farmers: Pennybun’s Mushrooms
Pennybun’s Mushrooms Calgary, Alberta Pennybun’s Mushrooms is an urban farm founded by Jessica Lypkie and Dirk McCabe in 2015. Both Jessica and Dirk worked in restaurant kitchens for a combined 27 years and noticed a gap in quality gourmet mushrooms in Calgary’s culinary scene. In their greenhouse, they specialize in oyster and shiitake mushrooms and...
Meet Our Farmers: Happiness by the Acre
Happiness by the Acre Didsbury, Alberta Happiness by the Acre is a small family farm run by Sarah and Marcus Riedner. It started as an urban farm in Calgary in 2013 but has since expanded to their rural land near Didsbury. They use regenerative farming practices and grow non-certified organic veggies, fruit, flowers, and ethically-raised...
Meet Our Farmers: Leaf & Lyre Urban Farms
Leaf & Lyre Urban Farms Calgary, Alberta Leaf & Lyre (L&L) is a regenerative farm based in Bowness, Calgary. Rod Olsen (aka the “Rodfather”) is the founder of L&L and YYC Growers’s resident soil expert/enthusiast. Rod tends the soil by reducing tillage, adding compost, and cover cropping. L&L uses a method called SPIN (Small Plot...
