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THE TRANSITION OF MANY FARMS TO "PICK-YOUR-OWN"Pick-Your-Own farms have seen a boost in recent years and many farmers in the Grimsby area operate, either fully or partially, in this way.
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Llewellyn Smith Explains the Benefits of Pick-Your-Own Farms10 February 2009
E. D. Smith Property, Winona, Ontario, Canada
Credits:Smith, Llewellyn
Grimsby Museum Collection
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Anne Bridgman Describes Bridgman's Pick Your Own Farm in Winona4 October 2008
Bridgman Farm, Winona, Ontario, Canada
Credits:Bridgman, Anne
Grimsby Museum Collection
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FARMING HAS NEVER BEEN AN EASY LIFE AND NOW IT IS A RISKY BUSINESS18
Anne Bridgman Describes How Farming Isn't an Easy Way of Life4 October 2008
Bridgman Farm, Winona, Ontario, Canada
Credits:Bridgman, Anne
Grimsby Museum Collection
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THE FUTURE OF GRIMSBY: WINE AND WINERIES IN NIAGARATHE GRIMSBY AND BEAMSVILLE WINE ROUTE
The shift in local farms has also been from growing fruits for processing and fresh markets, to growing grapes for wine, one of Niagara's few expanding agricultural industries. Farming has become nostalgic in Niagara with wineries becoming an integral part of the tourist industry. Grimsby and Beamsville are in the heart of the Niagara Peninsula Wine Industry and they are located on 'The Bench' which is located below the escarpment from Grimsby to St. Catharines. This area is known as one of the best grape growing regions in the world. The wineries in the Grimsby and Beamsville area include: Angels Gate Winery, Cornerstone Estate Winery, Crown Bench Wines, De Sousa Wine Cellars, EastDell Estates, Fielding Estate Winery, Kittling Ridge Estate Wines and Spirits, Legends Estate Winery, Magnotta Beamsville, Malivoire Wine Company, Mountain Road Wine Company, Peninsula Ridge Estates Winery, Puddicombe Estate Farms and Winery, Rosewood Estates Winery and Meadery, Thomas and Vaughan and Thirty Bench Wines. These wineries are along one of Ontario's 'Wine Routes' and can be visited for tours and tastings.
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Holly Gronsalves Discusses The Wine Route and Competition Between Wineries2 October 2008
Puddicombe Estate Farms and Winery, Winona, Ontario, Canada
Credits:Gonsalves, Holly
Grimsby Museum Collection
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Bill Evans Explains that Wine Making Depends on Grape Growing16 January 2009
Rockway Glen Estate Winery, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
Credits:Evans, Bill
Grimsby Museum Collection
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CHANGES IN GRAPE GROWING23
Debbie Zimmerman Discusses the Changes in Types of Grapes Grown in Ontario2008-Dec
The Grape Growers of Ontario, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
Credits:Zimmerman, Debbie
Grimsby Museum Collection
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Tom Greensides Explains the Changes in Grape Growing in Recent Years8 October 2008
Grimsby, Ontario, Canada
Credits:Greensides, Tom
Grimsby Museum Collection
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Debbie Zimmerman Describes the New VITIS Technology2008-Dec
The Grape Growers of Ontario, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
Credits:Zimmerman, Debbie
Grimsby Museum Collection
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Debbie Zimmerman Explains how the New VITIS Technology Works2008-Dec
The Grape Growers of Ontario, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
Credits:Zimmerman, Debbie
Grimsby Museum Collection
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CROP PROTECTION WIND MACHINESAnother new tool used by Grimsby fruit and grape growers is wind machines to improve survival of tender fruit and grape plants during cold snaps. Usually fuelled by propane or diesel, wind machines pull warm air from ten or more metres above the field down to the crop level covering ten acres of fields. In the last few years many growers have chosen to invest in fans rather than risk losing crops.
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