A Canadian, family-owned pulse exporter. Prairie growers to Chilean buyers, under direct contract.
Canadian pulses for Chile.
We move lentils from Saskatchewan and Alberta farms to distributors and food processors in Chile — contracted direct with the grower, inspected to Chilean import standard, shipped by the container. Chickpeas, dry peas, soybeans and grain travel the same lane as demand builds.
Origin
Saskatchewan & Alberta
Bought under contract, direct from the grower.
Destination
Chile
Distributors and food processors, diversified buyers.
Shipping now
Lentils
Pulses and grains follow the same lane.
Unit
21 t container
The repeatable unit we price and scale on.
What we ship
Lentils today, on a lane built to carry grain.
Lentils are what moves right now: contracted with growers in Saskatchewan and Alberta, inspected against the sample before loading, and shipped in 21-tonne containers to buyers in Chile. Everything standing behind that container — the grower contracts, the phytosanitary and origin paperwork, the freight, the insurance, the buyer relationships — is commodity-agnostic. Adding a pulse or a grain is a purchase order, not a new business.
Product ladder
- Shipping now
Lentils
Red and green, contracted at origin and containerised for Chilean distributors and processors.
- Next
Chickpeas & dry peas
Same growing regions, same buyers, same documentation. Added as buyer demand is confirmed.
- As volume builds
Soybeans & grains
The lane was built for grain rather than for a single pulse, and widens without being rebuilt.
Growth is deliberately conservative: pre-negotiated purchase agreements, currency monitoring on CAD–CLP exposure, export compliance and cargo insurance on every shipment, and reinvestment of margin through the initial phase.
Who we are
A Canadian family business built around one trade lane.
Boreall Fern Inc. is a federally incorporated, family-owned Canadian exporter. We buy pulses under direct contract from Prairie growers and sell them to distributors and food processors in Chile. One origin, one destination, one set of relationships — held long enough to be worth something at both ends.
Why Saskatchewan & Alberta
Canada is the world's largest lentil exporter and the Prairies grow nearly all of it. Buying at origin, under contract with the grower, settles grade and price before a container is ever booked.
Why Chile
Pulses are a staple of the Chilean table and domestic production covers only part of the demand. Canada–Chile trade runs duty-free under the CCFTA, and Chilean import controls reward supply that arrives documented.
What we solve
Cargo that matches the sample, a paper trail that runs from the field to the port, and contracts held directly with producers instead of a chain of resellers between the farm and the buyer.
Governance & risk
Discipline is the product.
Agri-export goes wrong on paperwork, cargo and currency far more often than on price. We run each of those as a named control, under Canadian legal and accounting standards with external oversight.
Export compliance
CFIA phytosanitary certification, Chilean SAG import requirements and CCFTA origin documentation prepared per shipment — not once a year.
Cargo & counterparty cover
Marine cargo insurance on every container and receivables cover on the buyer side. Nothing leaves the terminal uninsured.
CAD–CLP exposure
Contracts priced and covered against the currency movement between purchase in Canada and payment in Chile. No speculative positions.
Contracts, not handshakes
Zero tolerance for facilitation payments or undue influence, under Canada's foreign-bribery law. Every relationship at both ends is written down.
Institutional ecosystem
We work alongside EDC, the Trade Commissioner Service, and the Canadian banks, insurers, customs brokers and freight forwarders that stand behind an export before the first container moves.
2026 roadmap
One container at a time.
- Federally incorporated and registered with the Canada Revenue Agency
- Grower relationships in Saskatchewan and Alberta being contracted
- Banking, trade finance and cargo insurance arrangements in progress
- Q1
Foundation
Grower contracts, export registrations, banking and trade finance.
- Q2
First containers
Buyer qualification in Chile, sample shipments, quality confirmed against contract.
- Q3–Q4
Repeat volume
Recurring container volume, a second pulse line, margin reinvested.
Contact
Let's talk about a container.
We are speaking with Chilean distributors and food processors looking for contracted Canadian supply, and with Prairie growers and grain handlers who want a direct lane south.
Other Canadian goods will follow this corridor in time. Pulses are what we run today.