What's In Our Name?

Ruben's Veggies was founded in 1996.

It was founded by Ruth and Ben(Ru-Ben) Veurink. Now their daughter, Chloe, works alongside her father as a grower. Their son, Brennan, is responsible for the market garden produce. While their other son, Tesema, cares and tends to their free-range chickens.

Ruben's is passionate about providing the freshest produce at a rate that everyone can afford. We use advanced technology and expert techniques to provide the best tasting vegetables possible. We are also environmentally conscience growers, using a bio-control program, this means we use good bugs to fight the bad bugs, keeping our veggies natural.

Our stores are cashierless and unmanned. This allows us to keep our stores open for longer hours and reduce expenses, meaning your vegetables at an affordable rate. All stores now have self-serve check-out kiosks for credit and debit card payments!

From The Best Little Greenhouse in the West, we are proud of our name and all it represents!

Featured Products

Variety Bag

Ruben's is home of the variety bag. We hold the bragging rights for being the first local greenhouse to provide such a package. To get the most out of your variety bag store the vegetables separate. Tomatoes and cucumber belong on your counter, but leave the cucumbers in the plastic bag. While peppers should be stored in your fridge in the vegetable drawer.

Tomatoes

We grow all sorts of tomatoes; the juicy beefsteak tomato which are great for burgers, vine-ripe tomatoes are ideal for sandwiches, roma tomatoes are perfect for flavor in salsas and sauces, and the cherry tomato which is excellent for snacking and easy to prepare for salads. To get the most out of your tomatoes store on the counter out of the sun. Health benefits of tomatoes:

Excellent source of vitamin C and antioxidants,
regulates blood pressure,
and is great for eye-health.

Cucumbers

Ruben's was the first greenhouse to grow mini-cucumbers in the area. We have the knowledge and expertise to grow the crunchiest, tastiest, mini-cucumber in the region. Mini-cucumbers are great for a tasty snack and easy to prepare for a delicious salad. To get the most out of your mini-cucumber store them on the counter in a plastic bag.

Health benefits of cucumbers:

Great for hydration,
High in Potassium,
Rich in Antioxidants,
and Heart Healthy.

Peppers

Our peppers are vibrant and delicious. We grow large bell peppers, and small snack size peppers. Our peppers are great for salads, snacks, and salsas. Adding flavor and crunch to any meal. Peppers should be stored in the fridge for long-lasting freshness. Health benefits of peppers:

Peppers are a great source of vitamin C,
prevents anemia,
and controls cholesterol.

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to learn more about what we grow, and how we ensure you're getting the freshest produce from our farm to your plate!

Vine-Ripe Tomato

Our Vine-Ripe Tomato is truly delectable. The direct farm-to-plate marketing allows us to let our tomatoes grow to perfect ripeness before harvesting. The longer the tomato has on the vine, the better it tastes. Our Vine-Ripe Tomato encapsulates this freshness, tasting like it was just picked straight from your garden. The beautiful inner-red colour and fantastic taste is sure to be good on sandwiches, burgers, salsa, and pasta.

Carrots

We grow our garden vegetables in our greenhouse in the ground. This way we have vegetables available throughout the winter. That's right, local garden vegetables year-round!

Cherry Tomatoes

Our cherry tomatoes are a delicacy. They are succulent, juicy, crunchy, and smooth. We select the finest seeds, all the way from France. The seeds are then propagated by a specialist, once the plants reach the perfect size we receive them. From there we grow the plants under optimal conditions, delivering the best tomato possible.

Lettuce

If you need more green in your diet Ruben's has you covered! We grow several different kinds of lettuce. We grow living green and red butter lettuce, kale, spinach, salad mix, swiss chard, and much much more. Most of our lettuce is grown hydroponically in the greenhouse, meaning it is grown directly in water ensuring it receives the proper nutrients and grows rapidly.

Radishes

We grow our garden vegetables in our greenhouse in the ground. This way we have vegetables available throughout the winter. That's right, local garden vegetables year-round!

Garlic

Beans

We grow our garden vegetables in our greenhouse in the ground. This way we have vegetables available throughout the winter. That's right, local garden vegetables year-round!

Eggplant

Peas

We grow our garden vegetables in our greenhouse in the ground. This way we have vegetables available throughout the winter. That's right, local garden vegetables year-round!

Eggs

We have lovely free-range eggs year-round. After our chickens lay their eggs in the morning they are free to roam the farm yard. We believe a free chicken is a happy chicken!

Goat Milk Soap

We also sell Goat Milk Soap, made fresh from our very own dairy goats. There are many different scents and all ingredients are organic.

Bumblebees

At Ruben's we incorporate nature with our vegetable production. Bumblebees are used to naturally pollinate flowers, our bees are busy getting your tomatoes ready for harvest. Our greenhouses has a natural ecosystems to combat pests, essentially using natural predators to fight the pests. This allows us to reduce our pesticide use and provide you with a product you can trust.