100 Mile Market Receives Award

Author: Kyle L. McGregor

Posted: June 1, 2010

Categories: News from Sustain Members / News from Sustain Ontario

100
 Mile 
Market
 receives
 Premier’s
 2009
 Agri‐Food 

Innovation
 Excellence 
Award

100 
Mile
 Market 
co‐founders 
Albert
 Knab, 
Paul 
Knechtel
 and 
Chris 
McKittrick
 were
 honoured
 to receive
 the
 Premier’s
 Agri‐Food 
Innovation Excellence 
Regional
 Award, 
presented
 by 
The Honourable
 Carol
 Mitchell,
 Minister 
of 
Agriculture,
 Food
 and 
Rural
 Affairs.

The
 ceremony 
was
 held
 in 
Wingham
, ON
 on 
May
 26th,
 and
 in 
her 
comments, 
Ms. 
Mitchell remarked;

“100
 Mile 
Market 
has 
successfully 
become
 a
 crucial 
link 
in 
the 
Waterloo region 
food 
production 
chain, 
improving 
farmers’ 
margins 
and 
providing restaurants, 
hotels, 
caterers
 and
 food 
service 
outlets
 with
 the
timely 
delivery of 
a 
consistent, 
high‐quality 
supply 
of 
local 
products. 

There 
is 
currently 
a roster
 of 
110 
producers,
 and
 a 
product
 list 
of 
fruits, 
vegetables, 
meats,
 dairy and
 grains 
that 
tops 
1,000. 
By 
dealing 
with
 sales,
 marketing, 
distribution
 and logistics, 
100
 Mile 
Market
 has 
also 
freed 
up
 the 
farmers’ 
time 
to 
concentrate on
 what 
they 
do 
best 
‐ 
produce 
food.”

Albert
 Knab, 
who
 farms 
100
 acres, 
and 
whose 
frustration 
at 
finding 
a 
viable, 
sustainable method
 of 
delivering
 local 
food
 to 
consumers
 inspired
 the 
development 
of 
the 
business 
model with 
Knechtel
 and McKittrick,
 noted
 “it 
is gratifying 
to 
be 
recognized 
now 
that 
we 
are 
in
 our third
 full 
year 
of 
providing 
a
 unique 
mechanism
 that’s
 a 
win‐win 
for 
our 
farmer/
producers, food
 service
 and
 retail 
customers, 
rural 
renewal, 
and
 the 
availability 
of 
safe,
 healthy, 
nutritious local 
food.
 
Since 
the 
Minister 
prepared 
her 
comments, 
we 
have 
grown
 our 
producer 
roster
 and product 
listings,
 and 
now
 cover 
Niagara, 
the 
GTA 
and 
soon 
Eastern
 Ontario, 
and 
will 
be launching 
Fresh
 at 
Home home
 delivery 
in
 selected 
markets 
in 
the 
coming 
weeks”

100
 Mile 
Markets
 Ontario
 Inc
 is
 a
 local
 food
 distributor 
which
 performs
 the 
sales,
 marketing, logistics
 and
 distribution
 function 
for
 a
 roster
 of
 over
 135
 producers
 and
 deliver 
over
 1,200 
local proteins,
 fish,
 produce,
 dairy
 products
 and 
prepared
 foods
 within 
a 
100
 mile
 radius 
of
 a 
city
 to chefs,
 caterers, 
food
service
companies
and
institutions.

 All
 perishable 
products 
are 
delivered fresh, 
not
 from 
inventory, 
and
 the
 food
 is
 truly 
fresh, 
Local
Food….Guaranteed.

For 
more
 information,
 please
 contact:

Chris 
McKittrick, 
Co‐Founder
100
 Mile 
Markets
 Ontario 
Inc.
235 
Ardelt 
Ave. 
Unit 
2B, 
Kitchener,
ON
 N2C 
2M3
Email cmck@100milemarket.com
Cell 416‐708‐6659
Office 519‐741‐0885

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