Lay of the Land: Meet five of the top 10 power people in Eastern Ontario agriculture
In this excerpt from the fall issue of the Eastern Ontario Business Journal, we introduce five of Eastern Ontario’s 10 power people of agriculture.
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Eastern Ontario Business Journal (EOBJ) provides regional business coverage of Eastern Ontario including news from Renfrew (north) to Kingston (west) to Cornwall (south) to Hawkesbury (east).
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