Arjan Stephens’s father was growing organic berries on Vancouver Island 60 years ago — before the term "organic" carried the weight it does now — and Stephens has helped cultivate that handed-down knowledge into big business.

Stephens is a vice-president of the Nature’s Path breakfast food company and has made Business in Vancouver magazine’s prestigious Forty Under 40 list for 2012.

The CBC’s Belle Puri reports.