NRIs from Punjab sell carrots in Canada - last year's turnover was $15-million

This is the success story of four NRIs from Punjab who are the top suppliers of carrots in Canada - last year, their turnover was $15-millon. The eldest of the brothers landed as an immigrant in Vancouver in 1970 from Phalpota village, near Jalandhar, in Punjab and, subsequently, the whole family joined him in 1976. Like any new immigrant, they worked in factories to make a living in their earlier years.
This has been reported in timesofindia.indiatimes.com dated 16 May 2016.

Being farmers, they bought 40 acres of land in Cloverdale near Vancouver even as they continued to work in factories. It was only in 1988 that they decided to devote full time to it. Their produces included potatoes, cabbage, parsnips and, pumpkins but, it was carrots that made their day. Today, they are the largest carrot growers in western Canada and the only producer of baby carrots in the whole of western Canada. They are proud of the fact that a packet of carrots, potatoes, cabbage or parsnips at any supermarket in Canada invariably bears the label of Sahotas' Canadian Farms.
Their farming operations spread over 900 acres yield the best carrots in Canada. Their carrots are shipped across Canada, the US and elsewhere. Though the US and Canada are the main markets, they also ship to Dubai and Thailand. They employ state-of-the-art technology that they have acquired from around the world to stay ahead of the competition. They have machines from Germany, Denmark, Holland, the US and Belgium. The complete process of farming from sowing to harvesting are tech-oriented.


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