FARM OF THE MONTH. Alliston woman carrying on tradition.
Click
here to read the article: Alliston Herald article May 31,
2011 (pdf file, 3Mb)
Alliston
Herald Website
Behind Every Bag of Lay's® Potato Chips is a
Great Canadian Farmer
Lay’s® Farmer Program Reveals that Your Favourite
Potato Chip Brand is Made with Potatoes Grown Closer to Home
Than You Think!
Click
here to read the article posted April 26, 2011.
Click
here to read the Lay's Farmer profile
(pdf file, 464Kb)
Against the Cultural Grain?
A recent article in the Canadian Christian Courier features
the VanderZaag farm in the context of contemporary family
farms.
Click
here to read the article: Christian Courier article Feb 8,
2010 (pdf file, 216Kb)
Christian
Courier website
Building a Better (CFFO) District Association
A focus on District Leadership in the Christian Farmers Federation
of Ontario.
Click
here to read the article: The CFFO Newsletter, Feb 2006 (pdf
file, 124Kb)
Christian
Farmers Federation website
Premier's Award
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Ruth VanderZaag;
Carol Mitchell, MPP for Huron-Bruce |
The chips are never down at Sunrise Produce.
The farm's experienced potato breeders and growers, Peter
and Carla VanderZaag, have developed three new potato varieties
that can be made into the popular snack all year-round. Most
other chipping varieties maintain their quality for only two
to three months. The three innovative potato lines can be
processed any time, from the moment they are placed in storage
until the following summer. The new varieties were officially
registered in 2007 and have been adopted by other producers.
Last year, 300 acres of the new varieties were grown in Ontario.
There is significant market growth potential for these potatoes,
including in the U.S.
For
more information on the province's Ministry of Agriculture
Food & Rural Affairs Premier's Award for Agri-Food Innovation
Excellence please click here.
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