Okanagan residents are lucky to have an abundance of locally produced food.
While some of us get the privilege of getting to know the men and women who produce that food, either because theyÏ㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥™re our neighbours or regulars at the two farmers markets there are a week, not everyone does.
So the Capital News is starting a new project. WeÏ㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥™re going to bring these farmers to you, so hereÏ㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥™s our latest installment of Meet Your Farmer.
Manjit BasraÏ㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥™s selection at the Kelowna Farmers and CraftersÏ㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥™ Market is impressive.
Long before others, heÏ㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥™s able to offer every tomato variety you can imagine, as well as cucumbers, peppers and more.
ItÏ㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥™s not that he has a special deal set up with Mother Nature.
Five years ago he applied the knowledge he picked up as a farmer in India to a whole new way of food production. He now grows hydroponically.
It was a steep learning curve, but one heÏ㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥™s glad he took on.
HereÏ㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥™s Basra in this weekÏ㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥™s Meet Your Farmer.