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Written by Mark Xuereb
Originally posted on June 6th, 2011
Garden Party, the farm operation run by St Agatha’s Theresa Schumilas, won the Premier’s Award for Agri-Food Innovation Excellence for Waterloo Region.
Schumilas won for her innovative approach to running her organic CSA: she built an inspected kitchen on-site and produces preserves and prepared foods so that customers can purchase her foods year-round.
Garden Party is training other farmers on this new CSA model and has published a report on its best practices.
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For a photo of Schumilas receiving the award from Carol Mitchell, Minister of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Affairs, click here.