With Terry Bremner, the conversation circles back to health.

Healthy lifestyles, healthy eating and healthy agricultural communities.

The owner of Bremner Foods and Wellbrook Winery (wellbrookwinery.com) is an avid hiker, taking part in races like 5 Peaks, a trail running series through B.C. mountains.

On this afternoon he’s on his way to St. Paul’s Hospital, where he volunteers for an ongoing body fat test which looks at where people of different ethnicities carry their weight.

And as a farmer with 80 acres of blueberries in east Ladner, it makes sense Bremner believes in buying local, and in growing organic.

Most of the fruit used for their variety of wines and juices are grown in B.C.

It’s premium grade fruit, Bremner says, which makes the end products that much better for you. The juices have no added preservatives, water or sugar—and are therefore more expensive than other juices, a reason why the company attends health and wellness expos to explain to potential customers why their products cost more, and why they’re worth it.

And then there’s the matter of spreading the word to consumers the wines and juices are from Delta.

“The average person wants to eat local, but is not informed,” says Bremner.

It’s on this topic where he becomes engaged. “It’s as simple as asking people, Do you like farmland?” he says. “Do you like Delta farmland remaining farmland?”

Even if it costs him a few tens of dollars more in a year—peanuts, really, for potatoes from Delta soil—Bremner will buy local if he knows it will help local farmers.

And he also believes in giving back to the community in which he lives.

“We all benefit from the lifestyle here,” he says, noting his family has lived and farmed in Delta for more than 50 years.

A number of groups such as the Gateway Society for people with autism use the winery site for fundraising functions. And for the past five years—since starting the winery—Bremner has hosted Summerfest, an event that brings together vintage cars and motorcycles, live entertainment, a farmers’ market and, of course, blueberries, including a blueberry bake-off and pie eating contest.

While admission is free, money raised at the July 18 event goes to the Delta Hospital Foundation.

“We all need medical attention at some point,” says Bremner. “It benefits everyone in Delta.”

And as sales climbed this spring despite an economic downturn, it seems the community is supporting his businesses in turn.

Says Bremner, “I think a business grows on its own as long as you do the best you can and provide the best product you possibly can.”