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16 2011 Comox Valley Growers Guide Gunter Bros. Meat 29 Co. Ltd. Harry & Dennis Gunter Phone: 250-334-2960 or Toll Free: 1-888-593-7773 Fax: 250-334-9580 Email: gunbros@telus.net 6200 Ledingham Road, Courtenay, BC Gunter Bros. is a third generation Comox Valley business specializing in custom meat processing. We have facilities to process beef, pork, lamb and also exotic animals such as bison and fallow deer. Over the years we have developed a number of our very own homemade sausages, which we offer for sale along with homemade bacon, hams and other cured meats. In our fresh showcase you can always find fresh local meat ready for your BBQ or oven. Gya Glyn Farm 30 Bill & Karen Phone: 250-337-4337 8328 Island Hwy, Black Creek, BC V9J 1H6 Naturally Grown, Naturally Good! Family farm and greenhouse producing fresh, organically grown produce, bedding plants, veggie starts, herbs and much more. Products available: Asparagus, Beans, Rhubarb, Corn, Potatoes and more. Come visit our farm. Check the roadside sign for availability. British Columbia Certified Organic An award-winning winery Halstead Farm 31 CERTIFIED ORGANIC Merville: 250-337-5589 Comox: 250-339-5321 Email: halsteadfarm@gmail.com Megan Halstead & Chris Hancock - 931 Williams Beach Road, Merville Jim & Ann Hunter Mais - 1845 Queens Ave., Comox Certified Organic chicken, pastured pork, and organic vegetable & herb bedding plants. Come visit us at the Saturday Market! Fresh or frozen whole chickens, bonein or bone-out breasts, legs, thighs, drumsticks, and sausages available June through Thanksgiving. Plants available seasonally, especially heritage tomatoes and winter vegetables. Berkshire pork available by the side or in various cuts and sausages. Nitrate free cured hams and bacon! Farm visits or farm gate sales available by appointment or buy direct from Ann in Comox! Hazel’s Creek Farm 32 Laura Agnew & Rob Hollands Phone: 250-335-2625 Email: laura@unionbaycatering.ca Website: www.unionbaycatering.ca 550 McLeod Road, Union Bay, BC Organic eggs, berries & seasonal produce available at the farm stand in front of the garden. Hazel’s Creek Farm is also the home of As You Like It Products & Catering. We take great pleasure in using our produce, as well as other local farm products, to create wonderful gastronomic delights. We sell our specialty line of sauces, soups & preserves at the Saturday Farmer’s Market. Hazelmere Farms 33 CERTIFIED ORGANIC Lijen and Sherlene Hua Phone: 250-336-2308 Fax: 250-336-2308 Email: h.sherlene@gmail.com Website: www.hazelmerefarm.blogspot.com 3222 Grant Road, Courtenay Certified Organic Farm (PAC16-074) Mix vegetables include unique oriental kinds. Fruits include fig, raspberry, apple and pear. We also use local meat and our own vegetables for making delicious Wontons. In 2011, we will be back in the Market after fall. www.bluemoonwinery.ca
2011 Comox Valley Growers Guide meSSaGe From The Minister of Agriculture British Columbians are more excited about agriculture than ever before, and are always looking to share local flavours and foods with our families. When it comes to eating local, few are more fortunate than those living or visiting the Comox Valley. Here, we think of farms as part of our neighbourhoods, and begin to associate the goodness and taste of local products with home at an early age. Visitors come to the Comox Valley for the natural beauty, outdoor activities, friendly people and overall lifestyle. But they also come for our food, our meals, and our unique flavours. Food and farming is a key element of tourism in British Columbia. Many visitors include a trip to a farm, winery or food artisan as part of their holiday, and virtually all leave with local food or beverages as souvenirs and gifts in their luggage. The 2011 Comox Valley Growers Guide profiles the people who grow and make the food we enjoy. I encourage you to visit the producers featured in the following pages, whether you’re looking for weekly groceries, inspiration for a new recipe or meal, a family outing, or a tasty theme for a visit or tour of the Comox Valley. Did you know that B.C. is Canada’s leader in agricultural diversity, with more than 225 farm products? A quick look through the Guide highlights the diversity of foods grown and prepared here in the Comox Valley. Just imagine what a Comox Valley feast could look like: the ripest and juiciest berries and fruits, farm-fresh vegetables from asparagus to zucchini, poultry, beef, lamb, pork, bison and venison, shellfish and seafood delights, honey, herbs, wine, cheese, fresh flowers and so much more! Food grown in the Comox Valley does more than just support our families’ health, it supports our economy and is part of an agri-food industry that generates proud supporter of Local Farms! DO N MCRA E, MLA COM O X VAL L E Y, MINISTER O F AG R I C U LT U R E 437 Fifth Street, Courtenay Tel: (250) 703-2422 Fax: (250) 703-2425 don.mcrae.mla@leg.bc.ca www.donmcraemla.bc.ca 17 close to $7 billion in economic activity annually and employs over 64,000 people in British Columbia. On behalf of the Province and all British Columbians, I want to thank our hard-working producers and processors for continuing to provide healthy, great tasting food for our meals, and for creating jobs and incomes in our communities. And finally for those readers who are visiting the Comox Valley, welcome! No trip to the area would be complete without tasting the local delicacies. This guide offers a long list of opportunities to meet local food producers and enjoy the many flavours the Comox Valley has to offer. Bon Appetit! Hon. Don McRae Minister of Agriculture
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16 2011 <strong>Comox</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> Growers Guide<br />
Gunter Bros. Meat 29 Co. Ltd.<br />
Harry & Dennis Gunter<br />
Phone: 250-334-2960 or Toll<br />
Free: 1-888-593-7773<br />
Fax: 250-334-9580<br />
Email: gunbros@telus.net<br />
6200 Ledingham Road, Courtenay, BC<br />
Gunter Bros. is a third generation <strong>Comox</strong> <strong>Valley</strong> business<br />
specializing in custom meat processing. We have facilities<br />
to process beef, pork, lamb and also exotic animals such as<br />
bison and fallow deer. Over the years we have developed<br />
a number of our very own homemade sausages, which we<br />
offer for sale along with homemade bacon, hams and other<br />
cured meats. In our fresh showcase you can always find<br />
fresh local meat ready for your BBQ or oven.<br />
Gya Glyn Farm 30 Bill & Karen<br />
Phone: 250-337-4337<br />
8328 Island Hwy, Black Creek, BC V9J 1H6<br />
Naturally Grown, Naturally Good!<br />
Family farm and greenhouse producing fresh, organically<br />
grown produce, bedding plants, veggie starts, herbs<br />
and much more. Products available: Asparagus, Beans,<br />
Rhubarb, Corn, Potatoes and more. Come visit our farm.<br />
Check the roadside sign for availability.<br />
British<br />
Columbia<br />
Certified<br />
Organic<br />
An award-winning winery<br />
Halstead Farm 31 CERTIFIED ORGANIC<br />
Merville: 250-337-5589<br />
<strong>Comox</strong>: 250-339-5321<br />
Email: halsteadfarm@gmail.com<br />
Megan Halstead & Chris Hancock -<br />
931 Williams Beach Road, Merville<br />
Jim & Ann Hunter Mais -<br />
1845 Queens Ave., <strong>Comox</strong><br />
Certified Organic chicken, pastured pork, and organic<br />
vegetable & herb bedding plants. Come visit us at the<br />
Saturday Market! <strong>Fresh</strong> or frozen whole chickens, bonein<br />
or bone-out breasts, legs, thighs, drumsticks, and<br />
sausages available June through Thanksgiving. Plants<br />
available seasonally, especially heritage tomatoes and<br />
winter vegetables. Berkshire pork available by the side<br />
or in various cuts and sausages. Nitrate free cured hams<br />
and bacon! Farm visits or farm gate sales available by<br />
appointment or buy direct from Ann in <strong>Comox</strong>!<br />
Hazel’s Creek Farm 32 Laura Agnew & Rob<br />
Hollands<br />
Phone: 250-335-2625<br />
Email: laura@unionbaycatering.ca<br />
Website: www.unionbaycatering.ca<br />
550 McLeod Road, Union Bay, BC<br />
Organic eggs, berries & seasonal produce available at the<br />
farm stand in front of the garden. Hazel’s Creek Farm is also<br />
the home of As You Like It Products & Catering. We take<br />
great pleasure in using our produce, as well as other local<br />
farm products, to create wonderful gastronomic delights.<br />
We sell our specialty line of sauces, soups & preserves at<br />
the Saturday Farmer’s Market.<br />
Hazelmere Farms 33 CERTIFIED ORGANIC<br />
Lijen and Sherlene Hua<br />
Phone: 250-336-2308<br />
Fax: 250-336-2308<br />
Email: h.sherlene@gmail.com<br />
Website: www.hazelmerefarm.blogspot.com<br />
3222 Grant Road, Courtenay<br />
Certified Organic Farm (PAC16-074)<br />
Mix vegetables include unique oriental kinds. Fruits include<br />
fig, raspberry, apple and pear. We also use local meat and<br />
our own vegetables for making delicious Wontons. In 2011,<br />
we will be back in the Market after fall.<br />
www.bluemoonwinery.ca
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