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Merville Organics Growers Cooperative was a collaboration between organic farms in the Comox Valley. We are now disbanded.
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Find Tendergreens and Whitaker Farm at the market or via their websites/social media Merville Organics is a way for five local certified organic and transitional to organic farmers to join forces and market and distribute their products cooperatively. We offer a summer & fall CSA box program, and we sell our produce at local farmers markets & restaurants in the Comox Valley.

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Merville, BC
V9J1N7

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http://www.mervilleorganics.ca/

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Merville Organics is a way for four local certified organic and transitional to organic farmers to join forces and market and distribute their products cooperatively. We offer a summer & fall CSA box program and we sell our produce at local farmers markets in the Comox Valley.

Meet the Farmers

Robin Sturley, Green Arrow Farm

Robin got her start in farming as an apprentice on a Certified Organic farm in Lytton, BC. She was initially motivated by a desire for some practical skills and a deeper connection to her food. That was in 2009 and she hasn’t looked back since. She started Green Arrow Farm in the Cowichan Valley in 2014, and collaborated with three other farmers selling fall and winter vegetables at the Duncan Farmers Market. Shortly afterwards, she relocated to the Comox Valley and helped to found Merville Organics Growers Co-op. Robin recently procured her forever farm north of Courtenay and she’ll be growing a ton of delicious veggies for you! Robin also has a passion for growing seed, and spent two years running a seed company in the Cowichan Valley. She hopes to continue growing organic seed for her own farm use and for sale to other commercial growers, and adapting traditional commercial varieties to our unique island climate.

Kira Kotilla, Kloverdalen Farm

Kira grew up on a hobby farm in Merville. Since 2008 or so, she has been working towards starting a small farm. She spent a few years on the East coast completing a Plant Science Tech Diploma at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College and working as a research assistant with the Organic Agriculture Centre of Canada (OACC). After that she returned to the island for an 8 month SOIL apprenticeship with Saanich Organics and has been happy to be back in Comox Valley ever since!

In the summer of 2014 Kira and Ingemar Dalen purchased a small acreage just north of Courtenay. After a couple of years of putting up greenhouses and figuring out farm systems, they are now fully certified organic and producing an abundance of fresh organic veggies!

This year they are taking a sabbatical and heading to Nepal to explore with baby Eilif.

Mariette Sluyter & Brian Padlewski, Whitaker Farm

Mariette & Brian relocated to the Valley with the goal of growing high quality food for themselves, their neighbours and their community.

Their background in systems analysis (Brian) and community development (Mariette) naturally led them to a life of farming.

Joining Merville Organics was a dream come true and they are grateful to be a part of a team that values community, food security, and soil health as key components of their business goals.

Food security is a big driver for Whitaker Farm so Mariette volunteers her spare time on the Board for the Comox Valley Farmers’ Market.

Jay Williamson, Tendergreens Farm

Jay is the newest member of the co-op and comes to Merville Organics via the South Island. Jay started farming in 2013, beginning as the salad greens manager at SunTrio Farm for 3 years and then spending 2 years at Northbrook Farm, part of Saanich Organics.

Growing up in the suburbs of Ottawa, Jay always dreamed of living on the west coast and came to Victoria in 2009 to earn a degree in Gender Studies from UVic before discovering a passion for organic farming. When Merville Organics put out the call for new members, Jay leapt at the opportunity, found an acre of land to lease in “Deep Merville,” and made the move to the valley in fall 2017 to start up a farm.