Grondines canning cooperative, 1930
From the Société Coopérative de Grondines, cté de Portneuf, 1930.
Source: Rapport du Ministre de l’Agriculture de la Province de Québec 1929-1930, p.80.
Grondines canning cooperative, 1930.
The Grondines canning cooperative opened its doors in 1928, canning local market garden produce. At first, the focus was on tomatoes, tomato juice and beans. When the company passed into the hands of Jules Turcotte in 1942, production diversified to include shelled or cob corn, baked beans, cabbage, cubed beets, macedoine…