date:Aug 20, 2021
A new tomato processing system at an Elgin County farm is helping one Southwestern Ontario grower solve the industrys longtime problem of finding enough field workers. DeBackere Farms Inc., which produces field and Roma tomatoes on five hectares southeast of St. Thomas, has invested $1 million in automation to ramp up sorting and processing.
Were very limited on finding sufficient help on the fields, said farm owner Dan DeBackere. But this (processing system) would help create less labor. The m