The Life of Free Range Egg Farmers video
www.virtualfarmtours.ca Meet Henk and Jennie and hear how they decided to move from Holland to become free range, organic egg farmers in Canada. Transcript Hi. I’m Henk. This is my wife Jennie. I was raised on a dairy farm and born in the Netherlands. Jennie: Hi. I’m Jennie. I didn’t grow up on a farm but I married Henk in the Netherlands and we immigrated here to Canada and we are now egg farmers here. Henk: My sister and my brother in law had already immigrated in 1992 to Canada and had started an organic chicken farm too. Later on, we visited them a couple of times and I thought it would be a nice idea for our family too to start building a barn and start with organic farming. Jennie: Ten years ago we immigrated to Canada with our children Tineke and Wiebren. The very next day after we arrived we started building our chicken barn. Henk: Our whole farm is organic. We grow soybeans, barley, spelt and organic corn. I like to work with small animals and especially organic animals — laying hens. I grew up on a dairy farm but its lots more work. Maybe now I can spend more time with my wife and my family. Jennie: So yes, we have a little bit more time now as a family and with our children and we hope to be grandparents in a few weeks so that’s very exciting for us. We have had a great ten years so far in Canada and hopefully we will have many more good years as egg farmers in Canada.
