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History
In 1934 the Verkaik family purchased a parcel of land on the west side of the Holland Marsh (in an area to be known as Springdale). They began clearing and farming the land that same year. Over the next number of years the Verkaik Brother’s continued to clear more land and expanded their farming operations. Most of the produce farmed in the early years was sold to farmer’s markets throughout Ontario.
Over the next few years the farm and families of the Verkaik brothers were continually growing and in 1967 the farm was divided into separate family farms; each to support the needs of the new generation of families. They continued to grow and work along side each other and maintained their commitment to fresh local quality produce.
One of these family farms was run by Jacob (Jake) Verkaik and his family. They named the farm by combining the letters of the farms two prominent vegetables; Carrots and Onions. Thus, Carron Farms Ltd. was created. Jake continued farming with his family until the mid 1970’s when he passed away. At which point Doug and Jack Verkaik, two of his son’s, took over the responsibility of running Carron Farms.
During the next number of years Doug and Jack developed a state of the art onion curing and storing facility as well as a carrot storing and packaging facility. These innovations, along with a high quality reputation for their produce, allowed them to create a better shelf life for their produce and expanded their customer base into export markets.
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