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My great-grandparents, Charles and Marie Labrie, arrived here in the late 1890s and began Ferme Charluson Inc., located in Saint-Cyprien, part of the Lower Saint Lawrence region of Quebec, in 1901.

Two years ago, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Marie-Claude Bibeau announced $1.75 billion would be provided to compensate Canadian dairy farmers for the market access concessions made under the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) and the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), but it left out a large segment of the dairy supply chain.

The Group Fleur de Lys Inc. started its activities in 2014. I am the owner, thanks to the support of my father, André Dubuc, and my mother, Johanne Roy.

What does it take to achieve more than 700% growth in one year? Start with a great idea, add social media, add teachers looking for new ways to engage their students, and mix in a pandemic to make things interesting.

Expansion is a strategy that has been passed down from generation to generation at Walker Farms in Aylmer, Ontario.

In September, Dr. Gordon Atkins was awarded the “Mentor of the Year” award by Merck Animal Health and the American Association of Bovine Practitioners (AABP). The award is given to individuals working in bovine medicine who have shown a continued commitment towards aiding and educating those interested in pursuing a career in bovine veterinary medicine.