ORCHARDS
Purple Fit consists of multiple orchards. We have a Research Orchard, the Rutherford Farms Orchard, The Riddell Seed Farm Orchard, The DDJ orchard and the Jensen Orchard. All of these orchards are located in the South Interlake area of Manitoba, Canada.

The Research Orchard
The Research Orchard is located at the Rockwood Agricultural Society Grounds near Stonewall, Manitoba on Provincial Trunk Highway 236. Here we have planted eleven different varieties of Saskatoon berries to compare the growing, hardiness, taste and ease of harvesting of the berries in one location.


HARVESTING EQUIPMENT
We have a Jovaras fruit harvester which we have modified to pick our berries. From the field, they are transported by refrigerated reefer to our processing area located in the Open Kitchen in Warren Manitoba. Here our berries are carefully cleaned on a 20 foot processing conveyor and packaged into 5 pound buckets, 7.5 or 15 pound boxes. We have coolers on site for fresh sales. Berrries not sold within two days are transferred to our freezer located off site.

COMPANIES USING OUR PRODUCTS


MEET OUR TEAM

Doug Langrell, Director

Tom Dykstra, Director
(204) 467-2730

Craig Riddell, Director
Orchard Owner
Engineering Consultant
International Sales Consultant
(204) 227-5679

Jennifer Studler, Director

Wendy Rutherford, Director

Rick Rutherford, CEO
