Our
Story
Fruitful Beginnings
We grow, produce, and promote healthy, great-tasting ingredients and gourmet products. Each Prairie Berries Saskatoon Berry tree is nourished by nature and cared for by our environmentally-conscious team.
Prairie Berries Inc. has become synonymous with a very special fruit that revitalizes your body. The saskatoon berry and all its restorative properties create the perfect whole food or food ingredient to complement a healthy lifestyle, one that pushes back the effects of time.
At more than 160 acres, Prairie Berries has invested in the world’s largest and most sustainable saskatoon berry orchard.
“Within our primary handling plant, we take pride in our ability to grade, clean, freeze, and package our saskatoon berries, taking every necessary measure to ensure consistency and food safety.”
– Prairie Berries Founder, Sandy Purdy
Investment & Growth
Prairie Berries’ primary handling plant is the largest and most up-to-date saskatoon berry handling facility in Canada. Technology such as colour sorters, IQF tunnels, and large cooling capacity ensure quality specifications are maintained throughout the handling process.
The Prairie Berries establishment is inspected and registered under the authority of the Canada Agricultural Products Act, the Processed Products Regulations and the Processed Fruit and Vegetable Establishment. Our certificate of registration is #304. We operate a HACCP system audited by SAI Global. Our Food Safety systems ensure the highest standards of safe food handling for the purpose of meeting consumer expectations for safe food. Every product we produce in the facility can be traced back to where and when it was grown, offering complete traceability.
Within our primary handling plant, we take pride in our ability to grade, clean, freeze, and package our saskatoon berries, taking every necessary measure to ensure consistency and food safety. While in our secondary processing facility, we create yummy saskatoon-berry-infused gourmet food and ingredients such as purees, pie fillings, concentrates, mineral powders, and even retail products that our health-conscious customers love.
Sustainability
Respect the land that grows our berries
At Prairie Berries, our top priority is to respect the land that grows our berries. We aim to limit the impact of our operations on the environment, and while there’s always room for improvement, we’re proud to have implemented practices that allow us to reduce our carbon footprint while keeping our consumers safe.
To explore what we’ve done, and what we hope to do going forward, check out our blog post: Staying Sustainable at Prairie Berries.
Find all of the nutritional benefits
of the Saskatoon Berry in the
Purple Report
