Events & News
!! Note on USA Sales !! We may or may not be able to cross the border again in 2021 to fulfill US orders. A decision will be made and posted sometimes in July. Details available in our Garlic Store. 2021 Garlic Store opens in mid August. Bulk Sales: Call anytime if you'd like to discuss making a bulk purchase for the 2021 season. We won't know for certain what's available until harvest comes in, but we can get a good sense of what might be possible and take a look at your goals and options together. Online Store: The seed garlic portion of our online store will open in mid-August, once harvest has been brought in and processed so we know precisely what's available. The store is currently open for Workshop registrations, and garlic scape powder sales, and customers can also browse the store to see which cultivars we are likely to be carrying this fall. WORKSHOPS UPDATE (ZOOM) We're continue to hold our Garlic Growing Workshops via Zoom in the 2021 season, making this highly useful educational event accessible to anyone in the world.
Go HERE to learn more about our comprehensive Growing Garlic Successfully & Profitably Workshops and to register to attend.
Public Appearances Read the June 2017 Country Life in BC article that came out of Jim's presentation about the future of Canadian garlic at the 2017 Pacific Agricultural Show.
Plan Your Garlic Farm
If you've ever dreamed of farming garlic, small scale or large, then you'll find Rasa Creek Farm's new Planning Your Garlic Farm© spreadsheet indispensable. It's free! | ![]() Getting giddy in the garlic drying shed
Organic Seed Garlic
Rasa (Rah'-sa) Creek Farm: suppliers of organic seed garlic and bulbils to gardeners and farmers everywhere.
Rasa Creek Farm is your supplier of quality organic and non-organic (grown naturally) seed garlic. We represent a team of growers who produce the best garlic bulbs available, both hardneck and softneck. Bulk discounts are now built into our shopping cart, but call for special pricing if ordering more than 3,000 bulbs. Veteran garlic growers can zoom straight to our Online Garlic Store and begin ordering what they want, and beginners can learn everything they need to get started, from detailed cultivar descriptions to how to grow your own.
Post and Pre-Sales Support for Our CustomersThe service Rasa Creek Farm provides to its customers does not stop once the garlic walks out the door. We're here to answer questions and help you grow the best garlic possible, regardless of how much, or little, you grow. We also provide tools and solutions for farming and running a profitable garlic business.
Canadian Garlic ComebackIn the late 1990's, China flooded the market with under-priced garlic and put many Canadian growers out of business, knocking the number of acres planted in garlic down from 4,500 in the year 2000, to just 300 in the year 2002. Small farms and independent gardeners, like you, have become key players in bringing Canadian garlic back to life. ![]() Everyone who visits farmer's markets and attends garlic festivals knows about the difference between domestic garlic and the imported variety, but there's still a huge consumer base that is aching to be converted. Rasa Creek Farm is on task.
Building Garlic SupplySince 2015, Rasa Creek Farm has trained many new garlic farmers through our series of Growing Garlic Successfully & Profitably Workshops. We need volume in order to stand a chance in the larger marketplace; volume, coupled with communication and coordination between garlic farms.
Creating a New Garlic ProductIt would be foolish to compete with imported garlic on price. Quality hardneck, domestically grown garlic is an entirely different product and needs to be set apart as such. Rasa Garlic has some ideas along these lines and will be implementing them in the coming years, establishing in the minds of consumers an immediate recognition of the vast differences and why domestic garlic is worth the extra cost.
Meeting and Increasing Garlic DemandCurrently, consumers face a choice between "Canadian grown vs imported." We want to change that limited perspective, making it a choice between "An organic Rocambole with jaw dropping flavor... a gorgeous Porcelain with 4 immense cloves... a scintillating Marbled Purple Stripe that dances circles on your tongue—OR—an irradiated, sterile and dried out mini-bulb from overseas." See the difference? Demand & Supply... each must grow.
![]() Jim & Lalitha—Owners
The Farm and the FarmersRasa Creek Farm (pronounced Rah'-sa... meaning juice or divine nectar and related to the sanskrit term Rasona which means garlic) is 126 acres of paradise located in Trinity Valley, one hour northeast of Vernon, BC. The land and weather here are perfect for gourmet hardneck garlic production and the farm's owners are uniquely qualified to deliver outstanding garlic to your home or business.
Lalitha Thomas trained as a master herbalist in the 1970's and is an internationally acclaimed author. Her most popular title, 10 Essential Herbs, has sold over 30,000 copies in five languages. One chapter from 10 Essential Herbs covers garlic and we've made that chapter available for free on our Garlic for Health page, where you can also purchase your own signed copy of the book. Educational ToolsWhile we're on the subject of resources, be sure to investigate the many links and educational materials we have on our Resources, How to Grow Garlic and Garlic for Health pages, where we've assembled:
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