2025- Thomas and Catherine Cuthbert- Ladysmith
Thomas and Catherine Cuthbert of Southcoast Agro Farms Ltd., along with their four young children, Mack, Connor, Riley, and Georgia, proudly farm in the South Nanaimo area on beautiful Vancouver Island. Their primary operation is producing broiler chickens for Island Farmhouse Poultry, a local processor in Cowichan Bay, who supplies chicken to Island grocery stores, local markets, and restaurants. With a passion for living off the land and offering fresh, local food to their community, they ventured into small scale self-marketing in 2018, offering free-range roasting chickens, and later in 2022, began their grass-fed beef herd with three calves, expanding to double digits by 2024 to meet growing demand. In addition to their poultry and beef operation, Thomas is a shareholder in the family dairy and
works full-time managing the farm alongside his parents – just a minute down the road from their farm. As fourth generation farmers, Thomas and Catherine are extremely proud and grateful to be able to share their farming experience with their children and pass on the invaluable knowledge and skills they have gained from their parents and the generations before them.
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works full-time managing the farm alongside his parents – just a minute down the road from their farm. As fourth generation farmers, Thomas and Catherine are extremely proud and grateful to be able to share their farming experience with their children and pass on the invaluable knowledge and skills they have gained from their parents and the generations before them.