The Burkholders Bros: Sweet Corn in Chase

This time on the podcast, a conversation with Vincent and Lewis Burkholder, a pair of brothers who worked summers for the local sweet corn baron as teenagers and ended up taking over his operation, sort of. I'm referring, of course, to The Burkholder Bros Corn Farm, a business that thwarted my effort to nab the URL I wanted in order to promote a new sport I invented where contestants race to try to catch an ear of corn dangled on a stick mounted to a 2009 Honda Fit.

I was interested to talk to Vincent and Lewis because of their reputation for innovative approaches to the planting, cultivation, and harvesting of sweet corn. We talk about that, how they were forced to pivot from a tried and true sales model in their first year of production because of a crown-shaped virus, why they’re okay with a grizzly bear taking up residence in the corn patch, and a bunch more.

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SSMPA Climate Resiliency in Livestock Production: Workshop Apr 24/25 in Armstrong

To register for the SSMPA's April 24/25 Workshop in Armtrong on leveraging your livestock for climate resilience, visit farminginbc.ca/climate

SSMPA Climate Resilience Workshop

SSMPA Climate Resiliency in Livestock Production: Workshop Apr 24/25 in Armstrong

To register for the SSMPA's April 24/25 Workshop in Armtrong on leveraging your livestock for climate resilience, visit farminginbc.ca/climate

SSMPA Climate Resilience Workshop