Producer
Hoogenboom Family Farm
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About Us
Hoogenboom Family Farm is best known for the fresh greenhouse grown English cucumbers and crisp and delicious varieties of lettuce.
Marco and Edith Hoogenboom founded Hoogenboom Family Farm in 2004 after immigrating to Ontario from their native Holland with a wealth of greenhouse farming experience.
“We used to have a greenhouse back in the Netherlands,” says Marco. “When we decided to emigrate, I had the opportunity to manage a greenhouse and after two years I decided I wanted to be my own boss.”
The Hoogenbooms took over an existing greenhouse that had been used to grow tomatoes and they began growing English cucumbers, the same as they had done in the Netherlands.
“Baby lettuce is not exactly your romaine heart that you know from the stores but it’s a little smaller and it’s crispy and a little bit sweet,” says Marco. “It’s actually awesome.”
In addition to Marco and Edith, a truck driver and about 25 full-time employees keep Hoogenboom Family Farm running smoothly throughout the year. In the summer, seven or eight students also come onboard to work and gain farm experience.
Marco says that they are proud of how they got to where they are with relatively little from the Netherlands. With nearly 20 years of production experience, they have managed to build up the business to the size they are at right now.
“I say quite often this has been a team effort with Edith and myself to achieve this,” he says.
Marco explains that in addition to following a food safety program called Canada GAP (Good Agricultural Practices), they also hold their own high standards of excellence.
“We try to achieve the best quality and freshest products out there.”
Marco and Edith Hoogenboom founded Hoogenboom Family Farm in 2004 after immigrating to Ontario from their native Holland with a wealth of greenhouse farming experience.
“We used to have a greenhouse back in the Netherlands,” says Marco. “When we decided to emigrate, I had the opportunity to manage a greenhouse and after two years I decided I wanted to be my own boss.”
The Hoogenbooms took over an existing greenhouse that had been used to grow tomatoes and they began growing English cucumbers, the same as they had done in the Netherlands.
“Baby lettuce is not exactly your romaine heart that you know from the stores but it’s a little smaller and it’s crispy and a little bit sweet,” says Marco. “It’s actually awesome.”
In addition to Marco and Edith, a truck driver and about 25 full-time employees keep Hoogenboom Family Farm running smoothly throughout the year. In the summer, seven or eight students also come onboard to work and gain farm experience.
Marco says that they are proud of how they got to where they are with relatively little from the Netherlands. With nearly 20 years of production experience, they have managed to build up the business to the size they are at right now.
“I say quite often this has been a team effort with Edith and myself to achieve this,” he says.
Marco explains that in addition to following a food safety program called Canada GAP (Good Agricultural Practices), they also hold their own high standards of excellence.
“We try to achieve the best quality and freshest products out there.”