Whitaker Farm, established 2014, was founded with the desire to feed our families, our community and our soil as ethical stewards for the future.
We focus on using best practices to grow our vegetables, feeding our community year round using a combination of storage crops, climate appropriate growing and season extension tools.
You can find our produce at the Comox Valley Farmer’s Market and Cumberland Market, and our farm store.
I love when conversations with customers inspire meals. One of our customers shared how much they loved our german butter potatoes pan fried yesterday and it got me thinking. So a fridge purge turned into a beautiful hash bowl with so potatoes, winter squash, kale, purple onions, leeks, savoury, parsley and green onions. I love cooking season.
I love when conversations with customers inspire meals. One of our customers shared how much they loved our german butter potatoes pan fried yesterday and it got me thinking. So a fridge purge turned into a beautiful hash bowl with so potatoes, winter squash, kale, purple onions, leeks, savoury, parsley and green onions. I love cooking season.
Well thank you to all who came out on a blustery rainy day! The thing about local food is it doesn’t sit on a shelf waiting and nor can we. So glad you came to bring some home. Please enjoy a perfect combination of my friend Sarah @pendleton_farm trying to stay warm and my musical bud, Lou Reed
Well thank you to all who came out on a blustery rainy day! The thing about local food is it doesn’t sit on a shelf waiting and nor can we. So glad you came to bring some home. Please enjoy a perfect combination of my friend Sarah @pendleton_farm trying to stay warm and my musical bud, Lou Reed
Morning stand off
Look at these vegetables. So demure, very mindful @comox_valley_farmers_market 9-1
Look at what this land of plenty can provide! Winter veg it’s the best. @comox_valley_farmers_market 9-1
Look at what this land of plenty can provide! Winter veg it’s the best. @comox_valley_farmers_market 9-1
This monster found a good home today! Over 6 lbs of buttery kohlrabi!! More like this @comox_valley_farmers_market tomorrow
This monster found a good home today! Over 6 lbs of buttery kohlrabi!! More like this @comox_valley_farmers_market tomorrow
BUTTERNUT
folks have been asking us for weeks when we will have butternut squash.
Butternut is one of the more difficult squashes to cure. It’s difficult because it requires patience. None of us have patience when it comes to waiting for that delicious taste of butternut
This year we have a few types of butternut that we want to introduce you to , the first one is Honeynut. Prized towards incredible flavor. These mini butternut are personal size. don’t let the skin colour fool you. These are a variety that ripen off the line and are perfectly ready to eat with green skin. We roasted some up the other day. Delicious and taste as the name suggests
Next is Futsu. These too have to ripen off the vine. They come off the vine black, and then as they sit and cure, they turn a beautiful cloudy orange. Again this Japanese squash has all the flavour of butternut in a more compact size
Finally, we want to introduce you to autumn Frost. That this beautiful squash is every bit a butternut but we like it it’s pretty. This one is not being released this week, but will be at market next week as we just thought it could use a little bit of time.
BUTTERNUT
folks have been asking us for weeks when we will have butternut squash.
Butternut is one of the more difficult squashes to cure. It’s difficult because it requires patience. None of us have patience when it comes to waiting for that delicious taste of butternut
This year we have a few types of butternut that we want to introduce you to , the first one is Honeynut. Prized towards incredible flavor. These mini butternut are personal size. don’t let the skin colour fool you. These are a variety that ripen off the line and are perfectly ready to eat with green skin. We roasted some up the other day. Delicious and taste as the name suggests
Next is Futsu. These too have to ripen off the vine. They come off the vine black, and then as they sit and cure, they turn a beautiful cloudy orange. Again this Japanese squash has all the flavour of butternut in a more compact size
Finally, we want to introduce you to autumn Frost. That this beautiful squash is every bit a butternut but we like it it’s pretty. This one is not being released this week, but will be at market next week as we just thought it could use a little bit of time.
Festival Dumpling! A squasholicious cross between delicata and acorn (two of the world’s most popular squashes!)
@comox_valley_farmers_market tomorrow 9-1
Festival Dumpling! A squasholicious cross between delicata and acorn (two of the world’s most popular squashes!)
@comox_valley_farmers_market tomorrow 9-1
