The Farmers
Brock McLeod and Heather Walker own and operate Makaria Farm. We walked onto 10 acres of raw pasture in June of 2007, and have been busy developing our farm every day since.

Brock's been a teacher, a ski-bum, and a trade policy advisor for the provincial government. Heather's an editor, writer, and professional communications gal. We both love eating food we've grown ourselves, and developing ventures like our Island Grains project (launched in 2009). We are very interested in agricultural issues: we are actively involved in the Cowichan Agricultural Society & Farmers' Institute (Heather has been the Secretary since 2009; Brock is a Director on the Board). We attend numerous agriculture events and public meetings throughout the season.

The Farm
Makaria Farm is an organic farm. We do not use any pesticides, fungicides, herbicides, sprays, chemical fertilizers, etc. We build our soil through cover crops, crop rotation, mulch, and compost from organic materials on our farm. We feed our animals certified-organic feed, as well as grains and vegetables we've grown ourselves. Our layer hens free-range widely.

We are proud to offer quality products for a fair price. Our CSA Harvest Box program is an excellent way to obtain the best of our harvest at an economical cost. We try to educate our customers as well as ourselves, and offer a Garlic-Growers Club (at no charge) as well as our Island Grains program.