Creekside greenhouse expands with a new specialty tomato facility
Ravi Cheema of Creekside Hot House has expanded his focus on specialty crops with an additional 10 a…Ravi Cheema of Creekside Hot House has expanded his focus on specialty crops with an additional 10 acres of glass greenhouses in South Surrey, British Columbia. This facility will focus on growing specialty tomato varieties with Big Taste that include Pink Blushers®, Sweet Cherry on the Vine, Colourful Gem Medley Mix, Tastini Grape Tomatoes, Roma, Beefsteak and Tomatoes on the Vine.
A proud member of the BC Hot House (BCHH) grower family for 13 years, Cheema applies passion and fourth generation expertise in agriculture to focus on the taste, quality and new seed variety innovations for all of his products. Cheema’s lead grower, Melina Fillipoff also brings over 10 years of BCHH tomato growing experience to the new specialty tomato facility.
“It is great to see young enthusiastic people like Ravi and his specialty tomato grower Melina continue to expand our Big Taste product offering and be so passionate in what they produce,” says Mike Reed, President of BC Hot House.
Cheema does acknowledge that he could not have done this alone. His mentor, passionate grower colleague and BC Hot House Chairman, David Ryall, has helped him focus on the importance of the flavour of each tomato variety. Ryall grew tomatoes for BCHH for over 35 years and now spends much of his time in search of the best possible seed varieties to grow the finest greenhouse products available.
BC Hot House Foods Inc, Langley, Canada, is a world leader in the hydroponically grown produce industry. BC Hot House specializes in offering its customers a full product line of hydroponically grown Beefsteak Tomatoes, Tomatoes on the Vine, Cherry Tomatoes, Roma Tomatoes, Specialty Tomatoes, Sweet Bell Peppers, Specialty Peppers, Baby Eggplant and Baby Graffiti Eggplant, Long English Cucumbers and Mini Cucumbers.
