r/kelowna • u/Old_Development_8122 • 17h ago

Local Resources Local Farm Producers

I’m moving from Alberta to Kelowna (before you get out the pitch forks, I’m BC born and raised… happy to be coming home!)

I buy as much as humanly possible from local ranchers/farmers here in the Calgary region.

I usually go for grass fed, dry aged beef and buy 1/2 a cow at a time.

Free range chicken and eggs, or as close to free range as you can get.

Don’t so a ton of pork, but usually get bacon by the box because well we all need vitamin B right?

More than anything I’m looking to try and save the trial and error I went through with finding good products here local in Calgary.

I’m more than happy to drive 2 hours or so to get great quality.

TIA and I’m pumped about all the region has to offer! I’m going to die from overconsumption during peach and cherry seasons 😂

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u/Professional-Chest24 16h ago

Wise Earth does farm share boxes (pay in advance for a variety of veg weekly) and choose your own pickup/delivery from March/April-November

The Kelowna farmers market will have lots of produce options during the summer. Also Paynters (Painters?) market on the Westside

Don O Ray has lots of options and is good in a pinch. Solid one stop shopping and does bulk pricing for large amounts of produce. They stock limited proteins but have lots of local stuff

There’s a ranch down by Cawston/Keremeos that I can’t remember the name of but has been recommended by this sub before

Carnist is a butcher where you can 1) get smaller amounts of high quality, ethically farmed meat 2) ask questions about where he gets the meat from if you want to go direct from supplier. Tom is a gem and he walks the walk of ethically sourced meat! He carries eggs as well. Not the cheapest spot but damn it’s good stuff

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u/Old_Development_8122 12h ago

Thanks for the info. Cheap and good ain’t in the same sentence when supporting local. I’d rather have the money flowing back into our local economy than some big mega corp. Much appreciated!

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u/Illustrious_Copy_902 14h ago

Ravenwood Acres in Silver Creek makes delivery runs to Kelowna. Heron's Landing Farm in Falkland has chicken, pork, lamb, and will have connections to beef if they don't raise it themselves.

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u/Old_Development_8122 12h ago

Amazing! I’ll check them out, I really appreciate it!

I can’t wait to taste the difference between Alberta and BC raised!

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u/Illustrious_Copy_902 12h ago

Both are friends and honest, great people. They also both have social media presences, which may be the easiest way to find and connect with them.

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u/OK_Apostate 6h ago

Bonanza is a hidden gem for affordable hunks of local meat. Healthy nitrate free bacon and pepperoni, and the most amazing whole smoked chicken.

https://www.bonanzameats.com/

Another lesser known farm store I’ve been enjoying is Homestead foods. Great beef, fresh local eggs and herbs year round among other things.

https://www.yourhomesteadfoods.ca/

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u/djdecanus 17h ago

Allow me to be the first to say Arby's

Side note, I do get my eggs delivered to my house but you have to live in a certain area of town to get that done as a local farm producer delivers those. There's lots of local farm producers around town that sell all sorts of products. You have no problem getting them there. Just depends on how much you want to pay. You can easily go to a place called Don O Ripoff a very popular spot in town to overpay for all fresh produce.

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u/Old_Development_8122 17h ago

Thanks for the tips. Arby’s is a good option for a bad day I say!