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Wednesday, June 16, 2021
Greenhouse competition returns after one-year absence REGIONAL — The annual Greenhouse Competition that crowns the Hottest Tomato, Perfect Pepper, Coolest Cucumber and Sweetest Strawberry has returned to the region after missing the 2020 competition. Usually held at the Leamington Fairgrounds during the Leamington Fair, the pandemic put a damper on last year’s event, but organizers pivoted in 2021 to put on a virtual competition. R.E.A.C.H. International is the charity behind the competition and Event Chair Art Barron is happy that the awards are back. “After cancelling the competitions in 2020 due
the global pandemic, the local greenhouse industry and R.E.A.C.H. charity volunteers were thrilled the competitions were brought back, redesigned to be contactless to protect the contestants, volunteers and judges.” R.E.A.C.H. International is a Canadian registered child-sponsorship charity, run completely by local volunteers, and has been hosting the annual event that both celebrates the local greenhouse fame while sponsoring some of the poorest children and families in the world. Barron says that all donations go directly to fund those families. “With no staff taking salaries, the charity is
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Hottest Tomato Beefsteak Tomato — Pure Flavor, Pure Hothouse Foods Beefsteak Bite-Size Tomato — Nature Fresh Farms Umami Cocktail Tomato — Sunset Mastronardi Produce Campari Roma Tomato — Mucci Farms Roma Specialty Tomato — Nature Fresh Farms Orange Cherry Cluster/Tomato On Vine — Nature Fresh Farms TOV
Best Overall Tomato — Nature Fresh Farms Umami Perfect Pepper Hot Peppers — Sunset Mastronardi Produce Yowzers Orange Bell Pepper — Sunset Mastronardi Produce Orange Bell Red Bell Pepper — DelFresco Pure Red Bell Sweet Specialty Bell Pepper — Sunset Mastronardi Produce Aloha Specialty Long Pepper
— Mucci Farms Rustico Specialty Mini Pepper — Mucci Farms Sweet to the Point Yellow Bell Pepper — Pure Flavor Pure Hothouse Foods Yellow Bell Best Overall Pepper — Mucci Farms Rustico Sweetest Strawberry — Sunset Mastronardi Produce Dreamberry Best Overall Strawberry – Sunset Mastronardi Produce Dreamberry.
Tomato awards won by Nature Fresh Farms at this year’s Greenhouse Competition.
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