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Better Farming

September 2016

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FIELD

TRIP

Members of the Herrle family pose around a stagecoach built by family patriarch

Howard (standing centre) as a woodworking project in 2001. From left: Karen

Gingerich (company bookkeeper) and her brother, James (field production and

harvests); his wife, Michelle (human resources and communications); Country

Farm Market founder and fourth generation Herrle, Howard; Alison Herrle-Braun

(14), her sister, Josephine (12); and the sisters’ parents, Joanne (scheduling and

bakery management and daughter to Howard) and Trevor Herrle-Braun (manager

of social media and produce section).

James guides a freshly picked batch of cobs into a bin for sale at the market, a

task that is done hourly on a typical weekend. Herrle’s grows twelve varieties of

sweet corn which take 70 to 80 days to mature. The crop is planted from

mid-April to mid-July to ensure supplies last until Thanksgiving, and sometimes,

weather permitting, until closing on October 31.

Lois Hall of Heidelberg picks out three

dozen ears of corn a few hours before

catching a flight to visit her son in

Thunder Bay. She recalls her family

regularly visiting the Herrle garage for

corn when her children were young.

Her son is hosting a family reunion and

asked Lois to fly in with three dozen

ears – which she knows from experi-

ence is the exact amount that will fit in

her suitcase.