Quick Freeze Facility Launched in Delhi, Ontario
Posted: November 27, 2009
Categories: News from Sustain Ontario
Good news for local food, local jobs
Announced today in Delhi, Ontario, the government of Ontario through the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs has partnered with Naturally Norfolk, a Delhi-based company specializing in the processing of frozen fruits and vegetables, to launch the development of a new Individual Quick Freeze (IQF) facility in this south central Ontario community.
Announced by Rick Johnson, the Parliamentary Assistant to Leona Dombrowsky, the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, the government will contribute just under $1M will help establish a state-of-the-art food processing facility that will allow local producers and contract buyers to process locally-grown fruits, vegetables and ginseng in frozen and freeze-dried formats.
“We are developing this facility because we see an immediate need to support the local farmer†says Jim Irvin, CEO of Naturally Norfolk.  “There is a good business opportunity to provide growers another viable outlet for their cropsâ€.
Not only will this provide another path to market for growers, there will be a significant boost in local employment, with the facility to hire about 50 people. Â This will provide a needed influx of jobs for the local community that has been hurt so much by the collapse of the tobacco market.
New Individual Quick Freeze Facility Launched in Delhi, Ontario.