Desert Hills Ranch – David Porter

In January 2024 it was reported 3 temporary workers from Guatemala claimed they were sexually abused and exploited while working at Desert Hills Ranch in Ashcroft. (deserthillsranch@hotmail.com, deserthillsfarmmarket@gmail.com)

The workers took their complaint to the BC Human Rights Tribunal. The tribunal named farm manager and co-owner David Porter as the alleged abuser. Porter “sexually abused them, exploited them and humiliated them in their employment.” RCMP began its investigation into Porter in 2020, executing search warrants the next year. Porter’s parents opened the vegetable farm in the early 1990s, which sells to grocery stores.


Desert Hills Ranch has no connection to Randir (Randy) Toor, the co-owner and former president of Desert Hills Winery in Oliver who was charged with sexual assault of foreign workers in June 2025.