KLA Cadets Visit Maple Leaf Farms
January 10, 2024 at 7:25 p.m.
On Jan. 2, Kosciusko Leadership Academy cadets visited Maple Leaf Farms World Headquarters where Olivia Tucker Ruddell, director of marketing for Maple Leaf Farms, and Mindy Truex, president of Creighton Brothers and Crystal Lake LLC, presented on agri-business in Kosciusko County.
Both farms are vertically integrated, and family owned, according to a provided news release.
Truex explained Creighton’s process of harvesting, cleaning, inspecting and packaging “shell eggs” and liquid egg products. Then she discussed how the birds are fed and cared for, using conventional farming techniques. Creighton Brothers has been a family farm since 1925.
Truex also spoke about the Crazy Egg Café and The Roost, a restaurant and banquet facility just adjacent to the headquarters. Creighton Brothers are all about creative innovation and understanding what makes healthy eggs and happy chickens and they have been in business for over 97 years, the release states.
Ruddell presented the history of Maple Leaf Farms and how it has grown and the many high-quality products they offer worldwide. Cadets met at Maple Leaf's world headquarters in Leesburg, which opened in 2011. The building was converted from the Leesburg Elementary School. Maple Leaf was founded in 1958 by Donald Wentzel in Milford.
Maple Leaf operates off its "Trident Stewardship" program, which ensures duck well-being, biosecurity and natural resource conservation. The farm produces 9-12 million white Pekin ducks annually. Ruddell invited the group to visit the company store at Maple Leaf’s World Headquarters in Leesburg and to try some of their ready-to-eat entrees. A wide range of down products and household goods are also available at the store.
The next KLA session will be on the economics of Kosciusko County and will be held at the Syracuse Community Center on Tuesday.
The Kosciusko Leadership Academy is in its 42nd year of service to the county. As an independent 501-3(c) organization, KLA conducts biweekly morning sessions around the county to expose leaders to a wide variety of local topics and experts. The annual whitepaper projects have yielded many benefits to the citizens of Kosciusko County.
For more information, visit www.kocsciuskoleadership.org.
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On Jan. 2, Kosciusko Leadership Academy cadets visited Maple Leaf Farms World Headquarters where Olivia Tucker Ruddell, director of marketing for Maple Leaf Farms, and Mindy Truex, president of Creighton Brothers and Crystal Lake LLC, presented on agri-business in Kosciusko County.
Both farms are vertically integrated, and family owned, according to a provided news release.
Truex explained Creighton’s process of harvesting, cleaning, inspecting and packaging “shell eggs” and liquid egg products. Then she discussed how the birds are fed and cared for, using conventional farming techniques. Creighton Brothers has been a family farm since 1925.
Truex also spoke about the Crazy Egg Café and The Roost, a restaurant and banquet facility just adjacent to the headquarters. Creighton Brothers are all about creative innovation and understanding what makes healthy eggs and happy chickens and they have been in business for over 97 years, the release states.
Ruddell presented the history of Maple Leaf Farms and how it has grown and the many high-quality products they offer worldwide. Cadets met at Maple Leaf's world headquarters in Leesburg, which opened in 2011. The building was converted from the Leesburg Elementary School. Maple Leaf was founded in 1958 by Donald Wentzel in Milford.
Maple Leaf operates off its "Trident Stewardship" program, which ensures duck well-being, biosecurity and natural resource conservation. The farm produces 9-12 million white Pekin ducks annually. Ruddell invited the group to visit the company store at Maple Leaf’s World Headquarters in Leesburg and to try some of their ready-to-eat entrees. A wide range of down products and household goods are also available at the store.
The next KLA session will be on the economics of Kosciusko County and will be held at the Syracuse Community Center on Tuesday.
The Kosciusko Leadership Academy is in its 42nd year of service to the county. As an independent 501-3(c) organization, KLA conducts biweekly morning sessions around the county to expose leaders to a wide variety of local topics and experts. The annual whitepaper projects have yielded many benefits to the citizens of Kosciusko County.
For more information, visit www.kocsciuskoleadership.org.