Why we “harvest” onions twice

Onions, curing in the sun out in the field.

Did you know that we harvest our onions from the ground, and then need to leave them to cure in the sun before we go back to collect them? That’s why at times in the fall when you drive on the streets around our fields you can smell onions. It isn’t dinner cooking (yet!), it’s […]

Investments for Growth

A large piece of farming equipment with three wheels (1 front, 2 rear) parked in a field on a clear day. It is painted red, and features decals of the Gwillimdale Farms logo next to the Canadian flag, as well as the text "Custom Manufactured; Vogel Engineering; Holton, Mich.; 231-821-2125" next to the American flag.

To be the best, means that we need to invest in new equipment and technology regularly. And we’ve been busy over the last year!

Christmas 2017 in the Community

Photo of Gwillimdale Farms' float at the Bradford Christmas Parade 2017. A red truck cab is pulling a long trailer covered carrying two gazebos trimmed with Christmas lights. A box on the rear wheels of the cab, in front of the trailer has a banner lined in Christmas lights, which reads "Merry Christmas", to the left of the Gwillimdale Farms logo.

The Gwillimdale Farms family was excited to be a part of the annual Santa Claus Parade in Bradford, Ontario. Our President, John Hambly even drove the tractor through the parade himself. While the kids might have preferred candy canes, other members of our team shared small bags of carrots out to the crowds who lined […]