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| WELCOME TO THE NORFOLK GIANT GROWERS HOMEPAGE |
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| "TO ACCOMPLISH GREAT THINGS, YOU MUST NOT ONLY ACT, BUT DREAM, NOT ONLY PLAN, BUT BELIEVE." ANONYMOUS |
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| A FEW OF THE NORFOLK GROWERS AT PT.ELGIN 1999 WEIGH-OFF |
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| FROM LEFT TO RIGHT - BEATRICE BOWYER,TONY & DEBBIE HAEGENS, ROBERT GROHS, BRETT KOTCHAN, GARY & LIZ BURKE, KEN ARMSTRONG AND DEANNA LLOYD | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NORFOLK COUNTY STRETCHS ALONG THE CENTRAL NORTH SHORE OF LAKE ERIE IN SOUTHERN ONTARIO.THE RICH AGRICULTURAL FIELDS PRODUCE A SURPRISING VARIETY OF TRADITIONAL AND NON-TRADITIONAL CROPS SUCH AS PEANUTS AND GINSENG.MIXED FARMING PREDOMINATES THE AREA AND THE LIGHT SANDY SOIL IS IDEALLY SUITED FOR GROWING TOBACCO AND SMALL FRUITS WHICH HAS MADE THIS AREA ONE OF THE MOST PROSPEROUS AGRICULTURAL REGIONS IN CANADA. THE NORFOLK GIANT GROWERS WERE FORMED IN THE SPRING OF 1998 WITH ABOUT 30 MEMBERS. NOW IN THE SPRING OF 2000, THE MEMBERSHIP HAS DOUBLED TO OVER 60 GROWERS. OUR GROWERS COME FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE, MEN AND WOMEN AND CHILDREN , ALL WORKING TOGETHER, HELPING, ENCOURAGING ONE ANOTHER TO DO THIER BEST AND TO ENJOY AND HAVE FUN AT THIS GREAT HOBBY OF OURS |
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