Good clean food grown close to home

Fat Chance Farmstead is a small-scale fruit, vegetable and grain farm operated by Josh Suppan and a couple seasonal workers each year. Established in 2012, the farm was certified organic from 2016-2022 but has opted out of the certification process. The farm is still operating following the organic standards to learn more about that head to the “how it’s done” page. Fat Chance offers high quality healthy food to people through the Food Box program. We are committed to supporting our local economy and are proud members of the National Farmers Union.

The Farmstead

In 2017, after years of farming on a variety of locations, we landed on this farm. The only catch is that it didn't come with a house! (If you have two hours and want to hear the story of where the house came from, ask Josh at the pick up some time)

The farm is roughly 92 acres (30 is forested), while there are currently over 30 acres in cultivation for fruit, vegetables and grain (along with 8 rented acres off farm). Having enough space to grow allows us to properly manage soil fertility and have a robust crop rotation, which helps minimize pest, weed and disease pressure. The farm received organic certification in 2016 and was certified until 2022 when it was decided to continue farming un-certified organic.

The Food Box pick up is on-farm, which gives members a chance to get up close and personal with the food they take home.

Farmer Josh

Farmer Josh has been working in agriculture longer than he hasn’t. Starting out on orchards in Niagara at the age of 13 to milking 250+ cows an evening to picking cones on a seed orchard on Vancouver Island, he’s had a taste of most aspects of agriculture. Farming is not just a job but also a passion and probably his favourite pastime aside from spending time with his family.

The farm’s operations revolve around Josh whether it’s planting kohlrabi, combining wheat or repairing the tractor that’s older than he is. And Josh wouldn’t have it any other way!

Farmers-in-training

These two young farmers have grown up running around the fields and equipment. You’ll still find them out there and working (especially if there is a monetary incentive). Their shared primary farm goal is to drive tractors, just waiting for those legs to get a bit longer and reliably reach that clutch pedal….