The Province of Prince Edward Island congratulates Flory Sanderson and Island Hill Farm for its recent recognition as one of Canada’s most-loved small businesses.
A competition through the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB), the #SmallBiz Love contest ran from June 10 to June 22 and invited consumers to mention their favourite small businesses over Twitter and Instagram. As one of the four winning businesses, Island Hill Farm is being featured in a national campaign to celebrate Small Business Week this month.
“Island Hill Farm is truly deserving of this recognition,” says Minister of Economic Development and Tourism Heath MacDonald. “It is a great example of a small business diversifying the products and services it provides its customers. It’s routinely open to the public, and that allows residents an opportunity to learn about our primary industries. It’s also supplying goat’s milk to a local cheese maker and hosting summer camps for kids. It’s a great business and I applaud the Sandersons for all their hard work.”
Flory Sanderson and her husband Rob have been operating the Island Hill Farm for nearly five years. The farm has gradually expanded from a goat-farming business to a popular petting farm hosting school tours, summer camps, corporate team-building events, birthday parties and weddings. The most recent development out of Island Hill Farm is soap made from goat’s milk.
Sanderson also has a distribution deal for her goat’s milk with local PEI chef Jeff McCourt who uses it to make gouda at Glasgow Glen Farm.
“A participant in the province’s Future Farmer program, Flory Sanderson has taken what she has learned through the program and her own ambition to develop a successful commercial farm operation,” said Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries Alan McIsaac. “It is nation-wide accomplishments such as this that help affirm Prince Edward Island as Canada’s Food Island. The Province of Prince Edward Island will continue to support the growth and development of our primary industries to the benefit to our producers and the provincial economy.”
To learn more about Island Hill Farm, visit www.facebook.com/IslandHillFarm.