Growers
The term farmer usually applies to a person who grows field crops, and/or manages orchards or vineyards, or raises livestock or poultry. Their products are usually sold in a market or, in a subsistence economy, consumed by the family or pooled by the community.
In developed nations, a farmer (as a profession) is usually defined as someone with an ownership interest in crops or livestock, and who provides land or management in their production. Those who provide only labor are most often called farmhands. Alternatively, growers who manage farmland for an absentee landowner, sharing the harvest (or its profits) are known as sharecroppers or sharefarmers. In the context of agribusiness, a farmer can be almost anyone – and can legally qualify under agricultural policy for various subsidies, incentives and tax relief.
In developed nations, a farmer (as a profession) is usually defined as someone with an ownership interest in crops or livestock, and who provides land or management in their production. Those who provide only labor are most often called farmhands. Alternatively, growers who manage farmland for an absentee landowner, sharing the harvest (or its profits) are known as sharecroppers or sharefarmers. In the context of agribusiness, a farmer can be almost anyone – and can legally qualify under agricultural policy for various subsidies, incentives and tax relief.
Online listings
- Aquatec Seafoods Ltd.
- Art Knapp's Plantland
- Ash Berry Farm
- Bitesize Specialty Foods
- Canada Safeway Limited
- DeeKayTee Farm Market
- Fanny Bay Oysters Seafood
- Fiesta Greenhouses
- Find locally grown farm fresh produce
- Good Earth Farms
- Island Bison
- Estevan Tuna Co.
- Pacific Smoked Salmon Ltd.
- Tannadice Farms Ltd
- Tsolum Farm
- Find more listings through the Comox Valley Farmer's Market website...