Nature Fresh takes home greenhouse awards

LEAMINGTON — The Greenhouse Competitions in Leamington made a return this year hosting its annual Greenhouse Vegetable Awards on Friday, June 11. Showcasing the best greenhouse-grown produce from leading North American growers, family-owned Nature Fresh Farms came back to the competition, prevailing in their yearly tradition of receiving many top accolades, including overall winner of the Hottest Tomato with their newest Umami Cherry Tomato, in addition to winning the Bite-Sized Tomato category with their Axiany placing third, Orange Cherry receiving second, and their Umami Cherry Tomato awarded first place.

Matt Quiring, left and Benny Teichroeb, with Nature Fresh Farm’s Greenhouse awards.

Nature Fresh Farms took home awards in the following categories:

Best Overall Tomato; Best Tomato on the Vine, Cluster Tomato Category 1st and 2nd place;

Best Bite-Sized Tomato Category 1st, 2nd, 3rd;

Best Specialty Tomato;

Sweetest Strawberry 2nd;

Coolest Cucumber, English Cucumber Category 2nd;

Hottest Tomato, Beefsteak Category 2nd;

Hottest Tomato, Roma Tomato Category 3rd;

Perfect Pepper Category - Orange Bell 2nd, Red Bell 2nd, Yellow Bell 2nd.

The Greenhouse Competitions has been a local event that Nature Fresh Farms looks forward to every year and are always proud of placing and especially honoured to earn top spots for some of their favourite varieties.

“Every year this event draws a lot of local attention with the grower base,” said Matt Quiring, Director of Sales. “It is always great validation to see that our growing processes and seed selection strategies are paying off. With this year being our first year entering into the strawberry segment, we are excited to have also received second place overall, proving that we will be a force to contend with in the future.”