About Taproot Farms

Tucked in the heartland of the Annapolis Valley's farming belt, Taproot Farms merges deeply-held family farming traditions with the most established organic heritage in Nova Scotia.

Josh's farming roots were calling him in the spring of 2004 when he purchased a vegetable farm in Lower Canard, Nova Scotia. Having spent years working as a dairy herdsman, Josh took a leap into the realm of growing vegetables.

Patricia's farming roots were calling to her and in November 2007 she purchased 23 acres of organic goodness.

In 2011 they finally decided to combine their efforts under one farm name-Taproot Farms.

These lands gave the young farmers (who both, as a matter of interest, learned to walk, talk and farm simultaneously) an opportunity to fulfill their dream of growing delicious, healthy food not only for their family but for others to enjoy and benefit from.

Since purchasing the organic farm, Patricia and Josh have been increasing the number of acres in transition to organic, with the intention of having the majority of the farms certified organic in the years ahead.

While the decision to grow organic food is based on Josh and Patricia's principles, Taproots' roots go deeper than ideology. Patricia Bishop can trace her family back to the original New England planters who settled the region in the mid-1700s. Josh Oulton's family tree is nothing to sniff at either - his grandparents introduced the Charolais breed of beef cow to Nova Scotia from France in 1900s.

When Josh and Patricia aren't chasing their three young children Izaak, Lily and Frank around the farmyard, instilling the virtues of environmental responsibility and composting, they grow the most delicious veggies imaginable: purple and green beans, numerous varieties of tomatoes, hot peppers, bok choi, napa and savoy cabbage, honey crisp apples, dill, basil, squash and oh-la-la the list goes on.