Welcome to day 5 of “Ontario Agriculture Week” where we celebrate Ontario farms and the bounty of food grown in Ontario. We are proud to be the faces behind the food on your table. There is a wide variety of jobs to complete and we all have our areas of expertise. From fieldwork to storing potatoes, from stocking the farm stand to providing customer care in the office, you can be certain that we do what we do because we love farming. Even Riley works during the busy harvest offering companionship as he tags along in the tractors! You can visit “The Faces Of Our Farm” subcategory in The Common-Tater to learn more about who we are and what we do.
 Join me as I celebrate “Ontario Agriculture Week” with a social media blitz. There are so many ways to celebrate Ontario farmers, and I only have so much time to write blogs. I promise I’ll do my best to give you some new insights into the operations of our farm! I can’t think of a better way to kick start this week than by recognizing the incredible, hard working men who quietly do their jobs behind the scenes here at the farm.
From left to right, meet Dionisio, Abelardo, Curtis, Cornelio, Josue, Isaias, Darren and Eduardo. These are the men who pack our potatoes, pick our sweet corn & pumpkins, and stock our produce stand. They come to work with a smile on their face and help wherever they’re needed. We couldn’t do what we do without them. So from the bottom of our hearts, we thank these dedicated agriculture workers! You can visit “Sweet Corn Fields” to see a drone video of these men picking our sweet corn.  Today we say farewell to someone who has been working at our farm for over 20 years. Roberto has been a dedicated, hard-working and reliable employee, and he has done so much for us over the years. His experience picking sweet corn, driving the tractors, and understanding the flow of the jobs at our farm is invaluable. It is with great bitter sweetness that we send him southbound to Mexico for the very last time. We will miss him so much, but know that he will be enjoying his family in a very much deserved retirement. All the best to you Roberto!
 This one’s for you Christina! It’s never easy to say good-bye. For 5 ½ years Christina has been a valued and reliable employee. She’s the friendly voice answering our phone. She communicates weekly with all our customers, and I know they appreciate her attention to detail when she’s fulfilling their orders. We share all the jobs in the office, help each other finish timely tasks, and show each other new tricks we learn with the multiple software programs we use. She’s learned so much, she’s taught me so much, and she’s come a long way from when I took her under my wing as my young Padawan!
Christina stuck with us through all the COVID years when she first worked remotely from her house, then in a small trailer at the farm, and even in an apartment at the front of the farm. Nothing slowed her down as she was determined to continue her excellent customer service and incredible work ethics. She was a part of our tiny social bubble and enjoyed Friday Night Dinner & Movie Night at our house when the whole world was in lockdown. Christina has become a good friend to us. We celebrated with her when she turned 30, when she adopted her beloved dog Javier, and when she purchased her first house. She made us many unique items with her cricket, shared video editing tips, and cooked with me for my website recipes. She told me how to get tractor grease out of my winter coat and how to use my iPhone as a GPS in my truck (who knew?!) I’m sure she would rather slip away quietly without any fuss but we’re not about to let that happen! We know all our customers will want to wish her well as she starts the next big adventure in her life. So join me in wishing her “Happy Trails” as she heads out west to a brand new home and life. No matter what this next phase in her life brings her, we know she will land with both feet on the ground and be very successful. We wish you all the best Christina, don’t be a stranger! You can visit “International Women’s Day 2023” to see more about Christina.  What do the guys at the farm have to say about Christina and myself on International Women’s Day? Here are their direct quotes (which were a piece of cake to collect!)
“My mom and Christina work closely with the rest of the management to keep the farm organized and moving in the right direction. Their work is extremely important and we are lucky to have such a capable team working in the office.” Curtis Thompson “I could do BJ and Christina’s job if I liked phones, computers and being pleasant….I can’t do BJ and Christina’s job!” RJ Thompson Thanks for the kind words! It’s always nice to be appreciated. If you would like to see more about women in agriculture, you can visit “Spud-tacular” to read an article that was published in the East Gwillimbury Women in Business section highlighting my role at the farm. |
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