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Established in 2014

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.

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We are here waiting for the bell! @comox_valley_farmers_market

We are here waiting for the bell! @comox_valley_farmers_market ...

🥕 CARROTS🥕 

We had a light frost this week… do you know what that means?

Sweeter carrots!!

And sweeter Brussels and all the foods that harvest in the fields now. 

Why is that? 

Good question. The starches convert to sugars to protect the cell walls and keep the plants alive 

So this is why you will only ever taste that sweet 🥕 if it is grown in a place that gets regular frosts (not California for example) 

The other part of the equation is how long ago it was picked. 

Hold onto these notions:
1. Flavour and nutrition are correlated. 
2. The longer food is out of the ground the less nutrients it has
3. If food has travelled a long way or been stored a long time it has less nutrition and therefore less taste. 
4. Your @comox_valley_farmers_market  farmers pick at the last possible moment so that you will have the best flavour and quality 

Thank you for attending my Ted Talk

🥕 CARROTS🥕

We had a light frost this week… do you know what that means?

Sweeter carrots!!

And sweeter Brussels and all the foods that harvest in the fields now.

Why is that?

Good question. The starches convert to sugars to protect the cell walls and keep the plants alive

So this is why you will only ever taste that sweet 🥕 if it is grown in a place that gets regular frosts (not California for example)

The other part of the equation is how long ago it was picked.

Hold onto these notions:
1. Flavour and nutrition are correlated.
2. The longer food is out of the ground the less nutrients it has
3. If food has travelled a long way or been stored a long time it has less nutrition and therefore less taste.
4. Your @comox_valley_farmers_market farmers pick at the last possible moment so that you will have the best flavour and quality

Thank you for attending my Ted Talk
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Its great cooking weather!! The list of tasty food coming to @comox_valley_farmers_market has got to entice! 

9-1 tomorrow 

The weather looks great! 

ps: the baby carrots are soooooo sweet

Its great cooking weather!! The list of tasty food coming to @comox_valley_farmers_market has got to entice!

9-1 tomorrow

The weather looks great!

ps: the baby carrots are soooooo sweet
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The on farm stand is now closed for the season.  Please check out our virtual farmstand for on farm pick up or market pick up.  Link in bio or head to our website

The on farm stand is now closed for the season. Please check out our virtual farmstand for on farm pick up or market pick up. Link in bio or head to our website ...

I took a photo of Sarah from @pendleton_farm they have some beautiful produce

please visit her and call her our nickname for her:  The nice viking lady!!!

I took a photo of Sarah from @pendleton_farm they have some beautiful produce

please visit her and call her our nickname for her: The nice viking lady!!!
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