Paul & Elaine Lapadat

Third generation farmers Paul & Elaine Lapadat enjoy putting their best, freshest produce forward at market week after week. “It’s a great thing for consumers to speak directly to the person growing the food,” says Paul, who, with his wife Elaine, has grown the Spruce Ridge market garden from 6 to 45 vast acres of fruit and vegetables. Spruce Ridge was one of the first farms ever to cater to the local ethnic community, satisfying a craving for specialty peppers. Paul & Elaine love adding new produce for their customers to savour, anticipating a bumper crop of Saskatoon berries for next year’s plates.