John Della Bosca’s Future Plans – Farmer Owned Processing

Podcast produced for www.BuildANewLife.ca, a website developed by Prince Edward County’s Economic Development Office (Internship)

During a boating trip through France in January, John and Geri Della Bosca came across a company called Lunor.

Lunor specializes in pre-cooked vegetables – “retort packaging” which means the vegetables are vacuum sterilized, destroying all bacteria.

With a shelf-life of one calendar year, this method enables consumers to store these vegetables at room temperature, eliminating the tin can and the excess water that comes with it.

John says the plant itself can be scaled to accommodate the size of agriculture in Prince Edward County.

“I think farmer-owned means the farmer is in on the processing, process makes the money. So why shouldn’t the farmer be involved in that?” added John.

John says it’s important that the farmer see the process through to the consumer.

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