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The weather in Southern Ontario was at it\u2019s hottest when our\u00a0HyperActive<\/a>\u00a0film crew visited; but what they found was really\u00a0cool<\/strong>.<\/p>\n


\nIn Chatham, they spent some time\u00a0Truly Green Farms\u00a0with Hilco Tamminga, the Operations and General Manager, where they met some of the international foreign workers \u2013 the people that come every year to prune, clip and harvest the tomatoes \u2013 and witnessed life on the farm.<\/p>\n


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\nThe filming journey continued southward to\u00a0JC Fresh Farms<\/a>, in Kingsville, Ontario.<\/p>\n

Here the HyperActive team met Natalie Capussini, the farms\u2019 office manager. A farm veteran, Natalie understands the strain that the repetitive work can make on the body. In consideration of the workers, and to help them stretch out their muscles, she has arranged on-site yoga for the international farm workers. The classes take place regularly, right in the greenhouse.
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And\u2026the team continued to JPI Acres \u2013 in the Sun Parlour of Canada \u2013 Leamington, Ontario. This farm\u2019s crop is mini cucumbers which are sold in Canada by Costco.
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\nHere they met Issak Giesbrecht and his\u00a0team<\/strong>\u00a0of international farm workers. We say team because Issak knows that all work\u00a0and no<\/em>\u00a0play is a recipe for trouble. Isaak, who grew up in Mexico, knows about the country\u2019s passion for baseball. The migrant workers enjoyed baseball when they weren\u2019t working. So, a few years ago, when there was an opening in Essex County Senior Baseball league, Isaak approached the baseball officials to see if he could enter a migrant farm worker team. The Leamington Greenhouse team was born. Fast forward a few years and this team has a major following \u2013 and played in the finals last weekend. This team is a big part of the farm workers\u2019 lives at JPI Acres.<\/p>\n

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While in Leamington, HyperActive met up with Mayor John Paterson. He described how Leamington is building infrastructure to help the workers \u2013 many of whom ride bicycles \u2013 get around in in the community.
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They are putting in cycling lanes where road space permits and building a trail network throughout the town to make it safer to travel. The town also hosts and promotes many cultural festivals where everyone is invited and encouraged to attend. According to Mayor Paterson, the workers contribute about $15M to the local economy through their personal shopping and purchases. They are making a difference here, and when they go home they can build community there too. Everyone wins.<\/p>\n

\nStay tuned, HyperActive\u2019s next stop is British Columbia \u2013 once the smoke clears, of course.<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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