Gusto:  "An individual or special taste"

Gusto Garlic was founded in 2006 by Al & Donna Kozak when we grew our first test crop of 15 bulbs.  Our first harvests were a huge success and the size of our 2009 crop has expanded to approximately 12,000 garlic plants consisting of eight different varieties. 

Our beautiful 17 acre farm; Duende Farm, is located in Maple Ridge on the original site of one of BC’s first farms in the Fraser Valley.  We are T3 Transitional with regards to organic certification, and we have never used pesticides and have adhered largely to organic farming principles. 

Each variety of garlic is known as a cultivar and has been developed from a natural species and maintained under cultivation.  This year we have planted eight different cultivars consisting several primarily of hardneck varieties for our production crop and some experimentation with two types of softneck.  The hardneck varieties that we plant can be divided further into Purple Stripe and Porcelain categories.

We invite suppliers or customers to visit our farm at any time to see our farming operation and the way we grow great garlic.