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A true labour of love, Discovery Organics began in 1999 with a mission to help develop markets for l farms.

In business since 1999, Discovery Organics is an independently owned Canadian distributor of Certified Organic and Fair Trade produce. We passionately work to promote Certified Organic and Fair Trade by building relationships with small scale farmers here at home, as well as abroad. We serve hundreds of customers, including natural food retailers and wholesalers across Western Canada and the Canadian North. Our Buying Philosophy

We got into this business because we wanted to help small scale Certified Organic farmers here at home gain access to the larger commercial marketplace, and to ensure their families and communities thrive. Over the past decade or so, we have endeavoured to do this, step by step, with over ninety B.C. Our hearts still belong to the small scale growers, family farms and agricultural co-ops. We have visited dozens of farms across B.C., working with growers to see them move to larger and more financially sustainable operations. We feel encouraged by the impressive increase in consumer demand for certified organic fruit and vegetables. We also acknowledge that we might not be able to grow all our own food year round. Even more so now, as our climate changes, no harvest is a safe bet. So over the years, we have extended our relationships with small scale farmers to include farms down the Pacific Coast, through Washington, Oregon and California, then on to Mexico and South America. Together, this network of growers keep us all fed, year round, and for this we are grateful.

10/21/2026

Hello Internet,

Earlier this month, we found ourselves wandering the beautiful farmlands of Southern Ontario and dropped in on our dear pals at Pfenning's Organic Farm in New Hamburg 🌱

There is something truly special about visiting a farm where generations of knowledge, hard work, and an unwavering belief in doing things differently have cultivated something extraordinary.

Their farming roots stretch back more than 400 years, and they’ve been growing organically in Ontario since 1981. Long before organic produce had dedicated grocery aisles and widespread recognition, this family was helping lay the groundwork for the movement we know today.

To see what Wilhelm and Barnhild began, what Wolfgang, Ekk, Jenn, Regina, and their remarkable team have cultivated, and how the next generation is stepping forward to carry that legacy into the future is absolutely inspiring.

It was a joy to walk the fields with Lauren and Eileen, witnessing the care and dedication that goes into their daily work. Crews harvesting beautiful romaine and green chard, carrots being washed and packed, and bunches of fresh green onions gently being packed into boxes.

The warmth and community spirit that radiate through their offices, warehouse, and fields are something every good company should aspire to. There’s an unmistakable sense of pride, purpose, and belonging that comes from building something meaningful together.

This is what generational stewardship looks like ✨

Thank you Pfenning's Organic Farm for welcoming us so warmly, sharing your knowledge, and reminding us why these relationships matter so much.

Here’s to the farmers, the families, the farmworkers, and the friendships that keep our organic food system growing.

Know your farmer. Celebrate their work. Eat more organic vegetables 💚

10/16/2026

Hello Internet,

Have you heard of West Coast Seeds? Organic BC? Or having a really good time?

Well, buckle up! 🌱

This past Wednesday, we joined Organic BC for a wonderful afternoon hosted by West Coast Seeds 🌱 at their trial farm in Delta.

Part of Organic BC’s Gather and Grow series, the event brought together members of BC’s organic farming community to connect, learn, share ideas, and have fun.

West Coast Seeds kicked things off with a tour of their seed trials, where they test varieties to see which ones thrive in our regional growing conditions. The daikon radish trials were a particular highlight!

Next, agrologist Tanya Brouwers led us beneath the surface to explore soil health. We learned how cover crops build organic matter, retain moisture, support soil biology, and strengthen farm resilience.

And then there was the underwear challenge! 🩲

Bury a pair of cotton un**es in your field, dig them up a couple of months later, and see how enthusiastically your soil microbes have been feasting. The more decomposition, the more active the soil biology. Hole-y moly!

Beyond the seeds, soil, and underpants, what made the afternoon special was the company: old friends, new faces, passionate growers, and a shared appreciation for the land and those who tend it.

A huge thank you to Organic BC, West Coast Seeds 🌱, and Tanya for a wonderful afternoon!

Not a member of Organic BC? Consider joining this fall. Growers, gardeners, food lovers, and anyone who believes in the future of organic regenerative agriculture are welcome at the table. 💚

10/12/2026

Hello, Internet.

We are sorry, and it’s time we came clean.

We’re not very good at this.

We’re not very good at posting regularly to showcase ourselves. We’re not very good at feeding content into your “series of tubes.” We’re not very good at promoting, pushing, performing, or pretending.

Frankly, that’s just fine with us.

Because we don’t really care about those things. We actually don’t give two hoots. But here are some things we do care about:

🌱 The power and grace of human intelligence
🌱 Connecting eaters to where their food comes from
🌱 Supporting small-scale family farms
🌱 Vitality and diversity within our foodways
🌱 The resilience and importance of healthy soil
🌱 Surrounding ourselves with people who care deeply and embrace joy
🌱 Making a positive impact in the communities we serve
🌱 Sharing a meal with colleagues and friends

Every once in a while, it’s important to stop moving long enough to remember those things.

Back in September, we brought the whole Discovery crew together for a big staff lunch. We broke bread over a glorious spread, pulled up chairs beside people we spend our days working alongside, and took some time to reflect on where we’ve come from, where we are, and where we’re going.

Randy, our co-founder, joined us in ceremony and reflection. Stefan and Brody shared stories from Discovery’s past, spoke about the business we are today, and introduced the Mission, Vision, and Values that will help guide us into the future.

It was simple, joyful, and exactly what we needed.

Discovery Organics has an extraordinary group of humans behind it. People who show up, solve problems, care about the work, care about one another, and care deeply about the food system we’re lucky enough to be part of.

Everyone here is a beauty, and we could not feel more fortunate to be building the next chapter of Discovery together.

Eat more organic produce. Know your farmer. Care about the soil. Have more fun.

We love what we do.

For that, we’re thankful 💚

08/14/2026

The devastating Bald Range wildfire has torn through the Summerland area, deeply impacting people we love and communities at the heart of our local food system.

Our dear friends at LocalMotive have suffered an unimaginable loss. For decades, Thomas, his family, and their crew have been incredible champions of local organic food, operating their cooperative market and home delivery service alongside Garnet Hollow, their home farm.

We are heartbroken to hear of the loss of their farm.

We are also hearing devastating stories from our longtime friends at Dignidad Migrante Society about migrant farm workers displaced and impacted by the fire. Many have been evacuated with very limited financial resources or support networks, leaving workers in urgent need of housing, food, transportation, and income while the community begins the long process of rebuilding.

These are people who help grow and harvest the food our communities depend on. Right now, they need our community to show up for them.

If you are able, please consider donating to either or both relief efforts. Links are in our bio. Every contribution and every share helps ❤️

Our hearts are with Thomas and the LocalMotive family, Raul and the Dignidad Migrante team, the migrant worker community, and everyone affected by this devastating fire.

08/05/2026

Harvie and Susan Snow of Snow Farms in Delta, BC are pioneers within the organic community here in British Columbia. They have been growing certified organic vegetables since 1995, and their work has helped prove what so many of us now know to be true: local organic production can be thoughtful, principled, delicious, and done at a scale that helps feed communities across the Western provinces.

From the early days of organic inspections, to the writing and updating of standards, to the ongoing work of growing beautiful food with integrity, the Snows have helped move organic agriculture forward in BC.

And holy smokes, are we grateful to be working with them for another season 🌱

We had the chance to visit the farm and step into greenhouses full of transplants ready for the field. Glorious trays of lettuce, kale, chard, beets, fennel, and dozens of other goodies. Pails of seed potatoes ready for planting. A miraculous bin of shallots, harvested in the fall and still holding beautifully in storage.

It was a perfect reminder of how good infrastructure, careful planning, and skilled storage can extend our local season far beyond the harvest window.

We stopped by their Tsawwassen field to catch up with Harvie as he was direct seeding butternut squash. These fertile soils, the ones so many of us pass on the way to the ferry, are ideal for hearty organic crops like broccoli, cabbage, and winter squash.

Next, we headed to Southlands Grange, where the Snows are helping tend orchards, greenhouses, and land for a community farm and farmers market. It is a fascinating and hopeful example of rural and residential life woven together through food, farming, and shared place.

Snow Farms represents so much of what we love about this work. Experience. Stewardship. Resilience. Skill. Community. And an unwavering commitment to feeding people well.

Here’s to Harvie, Susan, and the whole Snow Farms team.

Here’s to the organic pioneers who keep showing us what is possible 💚

07/30/2026

Two EE’s Farm, tucked into the rich agricultural land between Surrey and Langley, is one of those places that shines bright on the value of local organic farms and the importance of local food security 🌱

This 25-acre family-operated organic vegetable farm is cared for by Justin Vanderploeg, a multi-generational farmer carrying forward a legacy rooted in place, soil, and community. The farm’s story stretches back to before World War II, when Emil and Elizabeth Kowalski first worked this land as a dairy farm and fruit stand. Those two E’s became Two EE’s, and generations later, the fields are still feeding people.

Today, Two EE’s is brimming with biodiversity and bursting with seasonal abundance. Beets, zucchini, radishes, greens, cabbage, roots, and so much more come from this beautiful tract of fertile land.

Every visit is a joy. Walking the fields with Justin, seeing what’s new, what’s coming, and learning how everything is grown reminds us that organic agriculture is all about living soil. It is crop rotations and cover crops. It is compost, care, weather, timing, and a tonne of human dedication.

A few years back, infrastructure upgrades helped Two EE’s extend their season even further. They are often among the first local farms harvesting in early spring with radishes and greens, and among the last sending out storage cabbage and delicious root crops as the season winds down.

Earlier this year, the fields were looking absolutely fantastic. And this week, we got the best kind of news: celery and corn are coming off the field now 🌽

Huge gratitude to Justin and the dedicated crew at Two EE’s for keeping us fed throughout the local season.

This is local organic farming in motion. This is food security with roots 💚

06/26/2026

🌿 Big news on the Disco floor — meet Daisy Ye! 🌿

Daisy joins us fresh from five years at Pro Organics (UNFI Produce), where she was the heart behind their veggie buying program. She brings deep grower relationships, a sharp eye for quality produce, and most importantly the kind of genuine warmth that makes this team feel like family.

She’s already hit the ground running, reconnecting with familiar faces in our grower network and diving in headfirst. It was wonderful having her out to visit the Burnaby team a couple of weeks ago, and it was the perfect time to visit our local growers in the Fraser Valley and launch the local season. She fits right in.

Kindness. Passion. Produce knowledge. Daisy’s got it all and Team Disco is so lucky to have her 🪩🥕🙌

Welcome to the family Daisy! We can’t wait to grow together 🌱

06/18/2026

History can repeat itself in terrible ways... but it can also do so with magic. With goodness. With joy.

Last week, we spent time reconnecting with some of our local organic growers. And lemme tell ya, the dirt is a pretty great place to be 🌱

Connection is a powerful antidote. Curiosity keeps us grounded and open. Community will meet you at the heart. Every time.

Hug your neighbour. Spend time with real people. Shop locally. Eat more organic fruits and vegetables. Move your body. Care for the planet. Write your own stories.

There is something beautiful growing here. Let’s grow with it 💚

04/07/2026

We hope everyone had a beautiful holiday weekend and found some joyful time with loved ones 💛

Here in Vancouver, the sunshine showed up in full force… and with it, the first sunburns of the year 😅

And you know what apparently helps soothe a sunburn? Potato juice.

Which feels like the perfect excuse for a potato appreciation moment.

The humble spud is one of the most widely eaten vegetables on the planet, yet it rarely gets the love it deserves. Reliable, nourishing, and deeply rooted in food cultures across the world, potatoes are a true staple of food security.

And here in Western Canada, we are spoiled! The Pemberton Valley is known as one of the best regions in North America for seed potatoes, thanks to its geography and natural isolation that helps keep crops disease resistant.

Right now though, we are in that fleeting window. Local storage potatoes are starting to wind down before the early summer harvest begins.

So let’s celebrate them while we still can.

We’ve got:

🥔 Rosemarie nugget potatoes from Sand Springs Ranch in Lac La Biche, AB
🥔 Yellow, red, and purple nugget potatoes from Fraserland in Delta, BC
🥔 Yukon Gold potatoes from Snow Farms in Delta, BC
🥔 Russet potatoes from Sand Springs Ranch in Lac La Biche, AB

Eat them roasted, mashed, crispy, or straight from the pan. Just don’t miss the moment.

Local season is a cycle, and this is your reminder to savour every phase 💚😋🥔

04/01/2026

Spring greens may be stealing the spotlight, but let’s not forget the quiet heroes of the season 🌱🥔

The alliums, the tubers, the root cellar staples. This is food security in its most grounded form.

All summer and fall, local growers steward these crops with care, curing them into dormancy so they can carry us through the leaner months. And here we are in April, still nourishing ourselves with carrots, onions, potatoes, squash, and beets grown right here at home.

That doesn’t happen by accident. That’s the result of farming families who understand the assignment.

That our future starts beneath our feet. That how we feed ourselves truly matters.

We’re still enjoying:
🧅 Onions from in Nobleford, Alberta
🥕 Carrots from Fountainview in Lillooet, BC and Leffers Brothers in Coaldale, Alberta
🥔 Potatoes from in Delta, BC and Sand Springs Ranch in Lac La Biche, Alberta
🎃 Squash from Monette Farms in Cache Creek, BC
🫜 Beets, cabbage, and shallots from in Delta, BC

And we’re building toward even more. With the right infrastructure, we can extend seasons, deepen resilience, and keep supporting farmers close to home.

None of this works without you. Eaters who care, who know where their food comes from, who choose local.

Welcome to April. Let’s fill those Easter tables with food that tells a story 💚

Address

880 Malkin Avenue
Vancouver, BC
V6A2K6

Opening Hours

Monday	8am - 4pm
Tuesday	8am - 4pm
Wednesday	8am - 4pm
Thursday	8am - 4pm
Friday	8am - 4pm
Saturday	8am - 4pm
Sunday	8am - 4pm

Telephone

+16042991683

Website

http://www.discoveryorganics.ca/

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