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Bob Outingdyke and Sandra Pealow purchased the 14.5 acre farm in October 2009. We plan on producing in the spring of 2010 for selling from home, at markets. and at fairs.

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Switzers’ Farm is a mixed operation with an emphasis on beef cattle and seasonal fruits and vegetables. Switzer’s offers “pick your own” raspberries, strawberries, currents and goosberries.

You can find produce and bouquets of cut flowers from Old MacKuno Farm at the Combermere Farmers’ Market.

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The Van de Heyden family have been growing vegetables since 1981. Ann and John and their four daughter live and work at Wooler Dale Farm nestled in the Murray Hills. John and Ann emigrated from Holland.

The growing seasons begins in April with salad greens;, asparagus is ready in May and strawberries in June. By mid summer they have eggplant, tomatoes, beans, leeks and more. They grow crops that they can store over the winter like potatoes, squash, carrots, onions, garlic and dried herbs.

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At Rozema Farms, although they are no certified as organic they use organic methods and don’t use chemical fertilizers or pesticides.

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Strattons Farm is situated on a 100 acres located in Stirling-Rawdon.

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Mike and Lorraine Wright have a small hobby farm in RR#1, Madoc Township, where they grow in organic soil, fresh herbs and veggies and raise chickens for brown eggs.

Since 2000, a number of Amish families have bought farms in Centre Hastings and Stirling-Rawdon. They farm using horses, have set up sawmills and are making furniture.

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Wille and Didi Curry live in a fieldstone home, built in 1864, on Pancake Hill, in Centre Hastings. They call their small farm Hill Top Pastures.

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Gonzalo and Diane Wilson and their five children run Wilson Apiaries from their farm and Thomasburg area.