Dirk De Jong

Dirk is Regional Manager for Village Farms in British Columbia, Canada. For Dirk greenhouse growing is in his blood. Born into a family of hothouse growers in the Netherlands, Dirk’s father and uncles grew tomatoes and peppers under glass.

From a young age Dirk spent holidays and summers learning every aspect of greenhouse production nurtured through a long line of family tradition. Educated at horticultural school in Holland, upon graduation de Jong was officially initiated into his family’s greenhouse tomato business where he stayed for 10 years. Village Farms was pleased to find Dirk and persuade him to join up with us in the USA where he spent a year as Grower in the Fort Davis, Texas facility. For the past 10 years, Dirk has been part of the Village Farms’ family in British Columbia, Canada. Here Dirk started out as a Grower, then moved up to Site Manager, and currently is Regional Manager of all of the greenhouse facilities in Delta.