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Our Organization

Grape Growers of Ontario is an independent, self-governing farming organization. We are not a government body, agency or department.

We operate under the Ontario Farm Products Marketing Act, and are funded entirely by grape growers who pay a fee per metric tonne of grapes sold. These funds are used to support the grape-growing system and to promote the grape and wine industry in the province.

At our annual meeting, growers elect a committee. The committee then elects ten directors, and those directors choose the officers for the Board of Directors.

The Board of Directors approves the programs, policies and strategic direction of the Grape Growers of Ontario. The Board meets every month at its offices in Niagara, and conducts regular information and policy discussion meetings for our grower-members throughout the year. Every member of our Board of Directors is a grape grower, whose knowledge and experience in the grape-growing industry benefits the organization as a whole.

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Officers & Directors 2010-11:

Chair:
Bill George Jr. (3 years)

Vice Chair:
Matthias Oppenlaender (3 years)

C.E.O.
Debbie Zimmerman

Directors:
Trevor Falk (2 years)

Steve Fernick (2 years)

Bill Jansenberger (2 years)

Debra Marshall (1year)

Jim Morrison (1 year)

Steve Pohorly (1 year)

Bill Schenck (3 years)

Kevin Watson (Director at Large - 3 years)

Growers’ Committee 2009-10:

TOWN OF NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE
– District 1 –
Trevor Falk

Don Forrer

  • Phone: 905-658-7473

David Lambert

Matthias Oppenlaender

Steve Pohorly

Albrecht Seeger

Kevin Watson

Erwin Wiens

CITY OF ST. CATHARINES
– District 2 –
Bill Schenck

George Wiley

Terry Yungblut

  • Phone: 905-892-3326

TOWN OF LINCOLN
– District 3 –
Bill George Jr.

Glen Koop

Jim Morrison

Martin Schuele

Roger Vail

Tom Wiley

TOWN OF GRIMSBY, TOWNSHIP OF WEST LINCOLN AND CITY OF HAMILTON
– District 4(a) –
 Steve Fernick

  • Phone: 905-537-4711

Harold Ferrier

  • Phone: 905-643-2555

SOUTHWESTERN ONTARIO

– District 4(b) –
Bill Jansenberger

PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY

– District 4(c) –
 Debra Marshall

 

 

 
 

 

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