Agribusiness in Prince Edward County consists of enterprising people with creative sensibilities. Prince Edward County was founded on people, enterprise and creativity. We have a thriving agribusiness community with diverse opportunities ready for the taking. The County was last year crowned by the Vintner’s Quality Alliance as the province’s newest designated viticulture area, and has become the unofficial Slow Food capital of Canada. Small scale food processors, artisan cheese makers, organic farmers and many others are reaping high returns on their investments; due, in part, to distributing their products to urban markets. Enterprising people have already tethered here, and you’re invited to harness your creativity and explore your opportunities!

Meet Dick Prinzen of Prinzen Farms

Dick Prinzen abandoned cows for chickens in 2004 and never looked back. The Bloomfield-based chicken producer raises six flocks of chickens each year for Maple Lodge Farms, a supplier for Kentucky Fried Chicken. Every nine weeks, Dick gets a shipment of 36,000 newborn chicks to raise to maturity. He is quick to say that nobody uses growth hormones or steroids anymore and attributes his healthy flocks to better feed, genetics and living conditions. Dick is a third generation Prince Edward County farmer with two sons and two daughters. His children and his wife, Sharon, all help around the farm from time to time.