From the Ground Up - McCain Foods Limited

Produced on the occasion of its 50th anniversary
by
mcCain FoodS limited
BCE Place
181 Bay Street, Suite 3600
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
M5J 2T3
www.mccain.com
416-955-1700
For copies of this book, please contact:
McCain Foods Limited,
Director, Communications,
at growingtogether@mccain.com
or at the address above
This book was printed on paper containing
post-consumer waste, which saved:
42 trees
29 million BTU’s of energy
4,626 pounds of greenhouse gases
15,163 gallons of water
2,509 pounds of solid waste
Calculation based on research by
Environmental Defense and members
of the Paper Task Force.
Copyright © McCain Foods Limited 2007
All rights reserved. No part of this book, including images, illustrations, photographs,
logos, text, etc. may be reproduced, modified, copied or transmitted in any form or used
for commercial purposes without the prior written permission of McCain Foods Limited,
or, in the case of reprographic copying, a license from Access Copyright, the Canadian
Copyright Licensing Agency, One Yonge Street, Suite 1900, Toronto, Ontario, M6B 3A9.
library and archives canada cataloguing in publication
Stoffman, Daniel
From the ground up : the first fifty years of McCain Foods / Daniel Stoffman
in collaboration with Tony van Leersum.
Includes index.
ISBN: 978-0-9783720-0-2
1. McCain Foods Limited – History. 2. McCain, Wallace, 1930– .
3. McCain, H. Harrison, 1927–2004. I. Van Leersum, Tony, 1935– . II. McCain Foods Limited
III. Title.
HD9217.C34M338 2007 338.7'664028530971 C2007-903193-5
Project management and design: Counterpunch / Linda Gustafson
Editor: Judy Phillips
Printed in Canada by Friesens Printers
photo credits: Many of the photographs are from the extensive picture archives,
both historical and contemporary, that McCain agronomists and other employees have
contributed to, including the photographs of Erika Fitzgerald, Erik Haasken, Luis Lago
Castro, David Morgan, Ghislain Pelletier, David Pullan, John Walsh, Tony van Leersum, and
many others. The collection of historical photographs is maintained by Dawn Shaw at
Florenceville, New Brunswick.
Other photographs are by: Keith Blackmore (107), Bart W. Bradbury (164), The Woodstock
Bugle (126), Carl Court (61 left), Doug Forster (x), Mark Howard (174), Mike Kipling (38),
Michael Mahovlich / Masterfile (138 right), Trish McCain (ii), Diana Murphy (140), Mike
Ridewood (133 various), Henk Ruitenbeek (129, 133 various), Clive Schaupmeyer (124), Eerik
Schipper (68), Sid Tabak (i, vii–ix, 93, 138 left, 139 top, 144, 159, 161, 162, 163, 238, 239),
and Graeme Williams (192).
Efforts have been made to locate the copyright owner of the photographs used in this
publication. We would be happy to include any omissions in future editions.
ContentS
Foreword by Wallace McCain / x
Preface by Janice Wismer / xii
Chapter One the beGinninG / 1
Chapter Two CroSSinG the atlantiC / 39
Chapter Three aCroSS the Channel / 69
Chapter Four down under / 103
Chapter Five the home Front / 125
Chapter Six South oF the border / 165
Chapter Seven new worldS to Conquer / 187
Chapter Eight a world oF ChanGe / 225
Afterword by Dale Morrison / 240
Acknowledgements / 242
Index / 244
iv From the Ground up
chapter title v