02/24/2022
Come on our to say Hi and get some Spuds This Saturday!
We will be in Bloomfield, at the big Red Warehouses just past Foodland.
2317 O'Halloran Rd Rt 145 Bloomfield, PE
Come Fill Your Boots
As a thank you to all our fellow islanders who have been so supportive through this potato crisis, some potato growers are opening their storages to our communities to “Come Fill Your Boots” - LITERALLY - with POTATOES!
Foodbanks all over Canada are being supplied with potatoes from PEI, but there’s still many, many more we cannot sell because the mainland USA is still closed to PEI potatoes. Potatoes all over PEI are being destroyed by taking them out of storages and chopping them through snowblowers. They are being spread over fields to freeze.
While we do this, we want to offer our fellow islanders to Come Fill Your Boots from these piles destined for destruction. Whatever you can carry out the door in a bag, box, or boot is free for the taking. Maybe you have never seen a big pile of unwashed potatoes stored in a big warehouse. We encourage you to come out to one of the locations below. At each location there will be some farmers to greet you, show appreciation and help answer any questions you may want to ask.
Come on out to one of these Open House locations Saturday, February 26th from 10am to 2pm.
G Visser & Sons
6346 Trans Canada Hwy
Orwell Cove
Randy @ 902-626-9841
(Tour of the pack shed also available at this location)
R A Rose and Sons Ltd
402 Northlake Harbour Rd
Souris
Myles Rose @ 902-969-7785
Blue Bay Farms
2942 Buntain Rd
Rustico
Kayla Nieuwhof @ 902-963-3311 (farm); 902-940-0430 (cell)
Vanco Farms
280 Route 251
Oyster Bed
Phillip VanNieuwenhuyzen @ 902-218-0539
WP Griffin
2317 O’halloran Rd, Rt 145
Tyne Valley West
Colton @ 902-206-0292
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