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Wawa Entrepreneur Picks Blueberry Business
August 14, 2009
McGuinty Government Creating Jobs, Strengthening Economy
NEWS
Ontario is helping a Wawa entrepreneur cultivate and process wild blueberries for local and export markets.
Level Plains Enterprises is taking innovative approaches to growing wild lowbush blueberries on hundreds of acres of land. The company will use funding from the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation to:
- Conduct trials to confirm the most efficient method of propagating wild blueberry plants;
- Purchase equipment for land development and;
- Conduct seed and mulch trials
QUOTES
“By investing in this business, our government is boosting the local economy and helping commercialize an abundant and popular natural local resource.”
- Mike Brown, MPP Algoma-Manitoulin.
“This project is an excellent example of how the NOHFC is helping northern entrepreneurs turn new innovative business ideas into tangible business ventures.”
- Michael Gravelle, Minister of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry and Chair of the NOHFC.
QUICK FACTS
- The NOHFC is providing $33,333 to this project.
- Research has shown that blueberries, especially of the wild low bush variety, contain properties that may reduce the risks of certain diseases.
- Read about the NOHFC’s programs.
- About Ontario blueberry varieties.
Michel Lavoie, Communications Branch, 705-564-7125
ontario.ca/north-news
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