Welcome to the Association

Building an informed and engaged membership representing a diverse Ontario meat and poultry industry. Canadian Meat Council Marie-France MacKinnon (613) 729-3911 marie.france@cmc-cvc.com 220 Laurier Avenue West Unit 930 Ottawa, ON K1P 5Z9 DMS Foods Inc. Victoria Agulto (905) 855-0758 dmsfoodsinc@gmail.com 2155 Leanne Boulevard Unit 8A Mississauga, ON L5K 2K8

Leone Fine Foods Paul Leone (905) 850-2100 paul@leonefinefoods.com 8655 Weston Road Unit 4 Woodbridge, ON L4L 9R6 Mr. Beef Mohamed Hamad (613) 624-5222 mqasqas80@gmail.com 223 McWatty Road PO Box 51 Pakenham, ON K0A 2X0

Brand Culture Marketing Alicia Bruyea (905) 361-0305 abruyea@brandculture.ca 5250 Satellite Road Unit 14 Mississauga, ON L4W 5G5

ADMINISTRATION BOARD LISTING &

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Franco Naccarato franco@MeatPoultryON.ca TECHNICAL DIRECTOR Daphne Nuys-Hall technical@MeatPoultryON.ca EVENTS, MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER April Jackman april@MeatPoultryON.ca INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST Derek Boudreau derek@MeatPoultryON.ca MEMBERSHIP COORDINATOR Melissa McDougall member@MeatPoultryON.ca PRESIDENT | Carol Goriup Florence Meats, Oakville PAST PRESIDENT Cory Van Groningen VG Meats, Simcoe VICE PRESIDENT Christine Hobson Halenda’s Fine Foods, Oshawa SECRETARY/TREASURER Kevin Schinkel Schinkel’s Legacy, Chatham DIRECTOR | Peter Baarda J&G Quality Meats, Burlington Director | Graham Dalziel Handtmann Canada, Waterloo DIRECTOR | Adam Hayward Nesbitt’s Meat Market, Lindsay DIRECTOR | Gerhard Metzger Metzger Meats, Hensall DIRECTOR | Kevin Stemmler Stemmler Meats & Cheese, Heidelberg DIRECTOR | Dale Schefter Schefter Poultry Processing Ltd., Gorrie DIRECTOR | Doris Valade The Malabar Group Inc., Campbellville DIRECTOR | Jeff Miedema Townsend Butchers Inc., Simcoe

BLOCKtalk is the official publication of the MPO, distributed to over 250 MPO members, commodity groups, and others throughout the industry, providing excellent advertising opportunities for suppliers of the meat and poultry industry to promote their newest, most innovative, supplies, equipment, and technology. BLOCKtalk encourages Associate Members and supporters of the industry to submit articles which would be beneficial to our members.

ADVERTISING DEADLINES 2021 Spring January 22 Summer April 30 Fall July 30 Winter October 29 The information published in BLOCKtalk is compiled from a variety of sources, which we believe to be reliable; however, MPO does not guarantee, and assumes no responsibility for the correctness of the information.