Renfrew farm family receives BMO Ontario Farm Family award

The McGregors will be honoured at the International Plowing Match

By Diego Flammini
Assistant Editor, North American Content
Farms.com

The McGregor family of Renfrew, Ontario, will be honoured at the International Plowing Match on September 24 as one of 10 recipients of BMO’s Ontario Farm Family award.

The award goes to families who dedicate themselves to Ontario’s agricultural sector and rural way of life.

“It certainly is an honour to be given the award and to be one of the 10 in Ontario,” Jim McGregor, the fourth generation of McGregors to farm, told the Renfrew Mercury.

McGregor’s Produce, located on Lochwinnoch Road, consists of 1,000 acres of owned and leased land, including about 1,500 apple trees.

But the farm didn’t start out that large.

The farm began with 200 acres of land in 1856 when Jim’s great grandfather and great uncle relocated to McNab Township from Beckwith.

The McGregor Family
Photo: Renfrew Mercury

Jim's son Ian, along with his wife Deb and their three children currently live on the farm.

They were nominated by Marry Harris, an account manager at their local Bank of Montreal branch.

Harris said the McGregors check all the boxes that make up a great farm family.

“When I think of a family who exudes all of the traits and attributes that contributes to rural life I think of them right away, they are very active in so many charities,” Harris told the Renfrew Mercury. “They really are involved in the community and they have so much depth in the community.”

The other winners are:

Farms.com would like to congratulate all the families for winning the BMO Ontario Farm Family Award.