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CONTENTS

14. R OCK STARS: SHINING A LIGHT ON THE GOLDSMITHS OF KNAR JEWELLERY 21. EXPERT OPINION (REAL ESTATE): JEFF NEUMANN 22. MEET YOUR MAKER: AL’S SANDWICHES 24. C ULINARY GUIDE: JONATHAN GUSHUE, THE BERLIN & THE DELICATE BALANCE OF MENTORING 28-29. DAYTRIPPIN’ WITH AIDAN WARE – GALLERY DIRECTOR, IDEA EXCHANGE 32. WILLIBALD: DISTILLING A NAME 38-39. UNCOVERING WELLINGTON COUNTY: WAGRAM SPRINGS FARM & MORE 40. E XPERT OPINION (WEALTH MANAGEMENT): WILL MACTAGGART 41. MEET YOUR MAKER: RUG & WEAVE 42-43. COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT: ONE EIGHTY 44. T HIS ISSUE FUELED BY: IMPERIAL RUSSIAN STOUT BY WELLINGTON BREWERY 45. EXPERT OPINION (GOLF & LEISURE): JOHN DECORSO 46. A RESTORING ADDICTION 56. ANATOMY OF A BRAND: BLACK OAK BREWING CO 58. SPECIAL FEATURE: BACKPEDDLING SPRING TUNE-UP 64. MEET YOUR MAKER: JB MaF 67. E XPERT OPINION (PROPERTY MANAGEMENT): MARIA FINORO 68-69. COMMUNITY BENEFITS: GUELPH Y 72. C OFFEE BY DESIGN: HANDCRAFTING EXPERIENCE AT SMILE TIGER & DEATH VALLEY’S LITTLE BROTHER 78. EXPERT OPINION (LEARNING): MICHELLE FACH 80-81. COMMUNITY BENEFITS: TOUR DE GUELPH 82. MEET YOUR MAKER: ATTIC GOLD 84. GETTING TO KNOW ERA66 90-91. COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT: DOON WEST 93. MEET YOUR MAKER: SPENCER SHEWEN 94. F OREST HILL APPLE CIDER: WHAT COLLABORATION (& HAPPINESS) TASTES LIKE 98. COCKTAIL HOUR WITH KATIE SHEWEN

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In the opening monologue of Anthony Bourdain’s

into a workshop nestled on the second story of

brilliant web series, Raw Craft, the chef-turned-

an 1880s Tudor building sandwiched between

author-turned-television personality posits that

two banks overlooking St. George’s Square in

the term ‘handcraft’ has in recent times been

downtown Guelph.

reduced to a vaporous marketing label that ‘can obscure the passionate folks who actually make things by hand.’ Bourdain’s mission, then,

DOWNTOWN GUELPH

throughout the series, is to locate and highlight those individuals whose business it is to craft by hand the most marvelous (and, in many cases, most luxurious) goods.

Bourdain’s quest for craft takes him across the globe, from a master bladesmith to a metal caster; from a luthier to a team of publishers; from a master cobbler to a legendary ‘boxing tailor’ – each one an extraordinary, uncommonly talented artisan.

The creation of this inaugural issue of TOQUE (itself an act of handiwork) has had us in pursuit of true masters of handcraft – albeit those close to home. And it was during this search that, breathless with excitement, I stumbled upon the most incredible operation in the unlikeliest of places: a small group of craftsfolk tucked

The goldsmiths of Knar Jewellery.

Four artisans. Well over sixty years experience between them. International careers that have spanned Lebanon to Dubai, Germany to Canada. Working as individuals. And as a team.

Each possessing specialized skills. Each at the top of their trade.

‘We pride ourselves in doing our own work in-house as much as possible,’ Knar General Manager John van de Kamer remarked during one of several chats we had about the business and its team of artisans. ‘While many jewellery businesses outsource custom jobs and repairs, we’ve always done it here.’ In the heart of the operation. With tools that – after so many generations – are perfectly fitted to the task.

‘We’re certainly not luddites,’ John observes as we tour past four worn wooden work stations piled with files, pliers, diamond-setting

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‘ TH E RE IS AL WA Y S W O R K , A N D T O O L S T O W ORK W IT H A L , F O R TH O SE WHO WIL L ; AND BLE S S E D A R E T H E H O R N Y H ANDS O F T O IL . ’ -JA M E S R U S SEL L L O W EL L

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instruments and other implements that look like they’ve been around longer than either of us. ‘We’re not averse to using computer-aided

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design, for instance, and lasers and other high tech innovations. However, so often it’s the traditional artisanal methods that simply make the most sense – that are the most appropriate technology at hand.’

At hand for new builds. And restoring family heirlooms. And repairing broken jewellery. And creating a new piece (or pieces) out of something old. It’s a glorious process to behold – the Knar masters at work. During my time with them, I was lucky enough to have goldsmith Levon take me under his wing as he moved from station to station throughout the workshop, meticulously setting diamonds, polishing, hand forming, and more. Next to Levon, goldsmith Raffi showed me how he had cast a gold ring with an injection molding before beginning to work his file on the piece to refine its rough edges and surfaces.

He, too, had diamonds on his workbench ready to be set. Little gems that he handled with the most delicate pair of specialized tweezers.

Bright treasures dazzling under the glowing work light.

‘Over a quarter of our business is custom work

and repair,’ John says. ‘And so many of the pieces we bring in are from companies that also take pleasure in hand crafting what they produce.’ Respected companies like John Hardy, which uses 100% certified reclaimed silver and gold as well as gemstones sourced under best practices for every piece they craft. And the Italian brand, Fope, which in 2013 became a certified member of the Responsible Jewellery Council – the international non-profit that sets ethical standards for the entire jewellery production chain. And Henrich & Denzel, the German company whose production and manufacturing processes are in full compliance with the most stringent environmental protection standards – including the exclusive use of electricity generated by renewable energy sources.

And Hearts of Fire diamonds, which are hand – not machine – polished by a team of expert (and mostly female) gem cutters.

John remarks that ever since Greg and Jeff Buzbuzian opened Knar in 1978 [in a 200 square foot shop on Macdonnell] the business has focused on gaining trust and respect through the quality products they craft – and sell. ‘We have customers who’ve been with us for over three decades, ‘ he observes, ‘so we must be doing something right.’ I’d say they’re doing a whole lot of things right – by hand – and right here at Knar.

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‘Despite having Knar locations in Oakville and Toronto, at the end of the day we’re just a bunch of folks from Guelph,’ John says. To be sure. And with a world of experience KNAR JEWELLERY 55 WYNDHAM ST. N., GUELPH

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Choosing something better for ourselves is

their own versions of the Canadian dream. The

human nature. If we’re in a restaurant and see

Canada that opened its doors to my family and

that the fellow beside us has a tasty-looking

provided them opportunity has repeated the

meal, we order it. When a co-worker gets a

gesture countless times for people in need.

one too. When we realize our friend lives in a more desirable town than we do (and at a lower price), we become their neighbour. This is what is happening to Guelph. If we ever thought we’ve been our own ‘best kept secret’ the secret is out.

Each family has their own unique story – threads that bind us together and make us what we are. A community.

It is a bold step to be the first. But the first did not come intending to be the last. Rather, they came to prepare a home for those who

Guelph is booming. And we ought to embrace it.

followed. And so it is with communities. The early settlers were not the last settlers; rather, they were charged with the task of preparing

As far as immigrant stories go, mine is a vicarious one. My uncle was the first member of the family to get off the boat in Halifax in 1954. He established the home base that cbn.on.ca

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soon grew – including his sister and her young family and, shortly thereafter, his little brother.

These folks, my family, eventually secured

for those bound to follow.

Guelph is changing, and change is good. And those of us already here are the agents of change.

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BY CHRIS TIESSEN ‘I’ve heard that as many as one in four

When I say ‘Jonathan and his team’ I am

residents in Waterloo Region either live on

thinking of what his business partner Ryan

a farm or have family who do,’ remarks chef

Lloyd-Craig spoke of, when we first met, as one

Jonathan Gushue as he takes a tiny break

of Jonathan’s primary mandates for The Berlin:

from dinner prep at his downtown Kitchener

to create a space where young cooks would

restaurant, The Berlin, to chat with me. I’m

be mentored and where they would flourish

star struck. Soaking it all in. Reveling in the

before finding careers in cities like Montreal,

experience of watching the internationally-

Toronto, and Vancouver. ‘Jonathan’s proven

renowned chef and his team of young cooks

himself in some of the best kitchens in the

envision and create – seemingly spontaneously

world,’ Ryan said. ‘What drives him now is his

– the menu for that night’s service. (I’d soon

role as mentor’ – a role that’s evident if you’re

come to discover that my assumptions about

lucky enough to see, as I did, Jonathan’s

their spontaneity isn’t far off the mark, since

kitchen in action.

Jonathan and his team change their menu each night.)

But Jonathan is speaking to me about something else that drives him. ‘There’s a uniquely strong culinary tradition in the

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region,’ he says. ‘An intimate connection between people and their food. Where it’s grown. By whom it’s raised. How it ends up on our plates. In the eyes of local folk, these factors can contribute to a phenomenal food experience.’ And these are factors that Jonathan and Ryan take very seriously. ‘There are well over four thousand registered farms in our region,’ says Ryan. ‘Local businesses that help complete a robust regional food eco-system. It only makes sense that we work closely with them.’

‘Having said this,’ adds Jonathan, ‘our commitment to cooking with regional ingredients isn’t what defines us, and it’s certainly not our differentiating factor. In my mind,’ he goes on, ‘every quality restaurant should be using local as a baseline, or starting point. What sets us apart, then, is our devotion to simplicity – to letting these great regional ingredients speak for themselves.’

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Indeed, the hearth is central to everything Jonathan and his team do at The Berlin – a restaurant Jonathan describes as ‘ingredientfocused in the Modern European style’.

Poultry. Fish. Meat. Vegetables. Fruit. Bread.

Very few ingredients escape the live flames of Jonathan’s kitchen. Flames that keep the ingredients – and the chef – honest. ‘In the hearth everything’s simple. There are three options for cooking: raised above the flames, closer to the flames, or in the coal.’ And the dishes that emerge sing with subtle hints of a regional terroir released in the delicate smoke of cherry, peach, apple, and oak.* Dishes that are ever-changing. Spider Crab and Daikon radish. Coal Roasted Hen of the Woods with Mushrooms, Cauliflower and Smoked Trout Roe. White Asparagus and Seaweed Butter. Goose Dumplings and Butter Beans.

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pies (for later) and for an amazing cobb salad (for now).

It’s noon, so we head `just down the street to Block Three Brewing! They’ve always got something amazing to try in their Tasting Room. My faves include Vibrant (an oak-fermented Farmhouse Ale) and The Loneliness (a Russian Imperial Stout).

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WILLIBALD:

D I S T IL L IN G A NAME

BY CHRIS TIESSEN

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‘What’s in a name?’ Juliet asks her soulmate,

‘For years, we’ve playfully teased our

Romeo, in that most tragic of Shakespearian

grandfather about his middle name,’ says

romances. It’s an important question that

Jordan van der Heyden, one of three co-

drives to the very heart of their story. Juliet

founders of Willibald Farm Distillery. Jordan’s

knows that last names denote clan identity.

brother Nolan adds: ‘It became an ongoing

First names, on the other hand, identify us as

family joke, but was always done out of love.

individuals in the immediate here and now. As

He’d tell us not to call him by his middle name.

for middle names – they are, more often than

We’d do it anyways. And we’d all end up

not, relegated to obscurity or even reduced

laughing together.’

to a single letter. For many of us they might seem like odd tags with which we never really identify – and might even attempt to keep hidden.

When Jordan, Nolan and their childhood friend Cam Formica decided, then, in 2013, to open a distillery at the van der Heyden family farm, it didn’t take long for the three young

It’s a cheeky thing, then, that Waterloo Region’s

entrepreneurs – all recent university graduates

newest distillery is named after the middle

with big dreams – to turn grandfather’s

name of the grandfather of two of its founders.

hidden handle into an emerging brand. At first

It’s a middle name for which this particular

grandfather Richard didn’t believe the boys

grandfather – Richard Feicht – has had little

when they told him the name they had settled

affection, and which he has made efforts to

on. ‘We didn’t believe it ourselves,’ Jordan

conceal wherever possible – even going so far

laughs. ‘But after a while, we realized that

as to keep it off his driver’s license.

Willibald really did check off so many boxes of

Willibald.

what represented the distillery for us.’

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Including an abiding sense of community

And what exactly are the ‘boys Willibald’

that links so many aspects of the enterprise

distilling? First up is a barrel-aged gin, with

together. Ties that bind. To family. To

a unique amber colour and smooth floral

landscape (grandfather Richard continues

notes. ‘It took us eight months and over 100

to live just a few kilometres from the farm

iterations to get the gin the way we want it,’

distillery, near Ayr). To the area’s rich German

Nolan, who’s taken on the role of head distiller,

heritage. Ties that clearly run much more than

remarks. ‘There are so many possibilities

name deep. Ties that find expression also in

with gin – it’s an endless creative process.’ A

the fabulous immediate physical space the

process that has included, as all hand-crafted

farm distillery occupies.

distilleries should, the construction (by Nolan,

Dominating the distillery’s gorgeous event space are the historic wood beams the Willibald team reclaimed from the recentlydemolished family barn. Some of them span more than sixty feet. Dropped off by a neighbor and installed on-site are the original

Cam and Jordan) of their own 4000-litre open top douglas fir fermenter, inspired by the boys’ visits to distilleries down south. They’ll be releasing more as the distillery continues to grow and when their whisky – already in casks – reaches its appropriate age to bottle.

1930s Ayr street lights whose almost-whimsical

One thing’s for certain. Willibald Farm Distillery

circular design has since been incorporated

is here to stay. A fantastic location. Gorgeous

as a key icon in the distillery’s branding. The

event space with several food truck-meet-

almost-gothic font and bright yellow colours of

cocktail events in the works for this summer.

the Willibald logo denote a German rural past

Innovative branding. And a gin (for starters)

that speaks to family, community and heritage.

that’s bound to become a go-to for evening

And to ‘Willibald’ himself.

drinks with family and friends.

‘Our logo and overall branding is an integral

I am so excited for these three founders and

part of who we are and what the distillery

their phenomenal enterprise. Though not

represents,’ says Cam, whose primary role at

half as excited, I bet, as they must be. And as

the distillery is marketing the business. ‘It’s our

grandfather Richard Willibald Feicht, who now

business’ first point of contact with a growing

loves the name (and can seldom be found

audience of craft distillery fans – even before

without the distillery’s t-shirt) surely is

they taste what we’re distilling.’

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TAPPING INTO CANADA’S OTHER SYRUP

BY CHRIS TIESSEN When most of us think of ‘tapping trees’ we develop a mental picture of mature forests dripping sap ready to be harvested for that great Canadian elixir: maple syrup. Few of us would think of what’s becoming Canada’s other splendid native condiment, derived from trees no less familiar to the

MOOREFIELD

Canadian landscape and mindscape – the elegant birch.

‘Why settle for maple syrup when you could have birch?’, asks a writer for the Globe And Mail. Why, indeed?

BIRC H SYRUP VINAIGRE TTE

by Executive Chef Shea Robinson (Neighbourhood Group of Companies)

INGREDIENTS:

¼ cup birch syrup

½ cup good quality apple cider vinegar

1 tsp kosher salt

It’s a question Bert and Kathy Beilke, owners of Wagram

1½ tbsp dijon mustard

Springs Farm, have been asking for the past few years while

1 clove of garlic, minced

they’ve enjoyed tapping the golden birch trees that have

2½ cups cold pressed canola oil

grown over many years on the family farm near Moorefield

(regular vegetable oil can be

(about a half hour’s drive north-west of Guelph and

substituted)

Kitchener, above Conestogo Lake). The fruit of the Beilkes’ efforts is a dark-coloured syrup with a subtler aroma than

METHOD: Place birch syrup, cider vinegar,

maple and a rich caramel flavour touched with notes of

salt, mustard and garlic into a blender. Turn

molasses, honey, and lingering notes of savoury balsamic.

the blender on and slowly start to add the oil

Ideal for unique culinary dishes, flavouring in sauces,

until it is completely emulsified. Alternatively,

desserts and speciality drinks, Wagram Springs’ syrup has

all the ingredients can be put into a mason

found its way into recipes at top restaurants – including

jar and shaken vigorously (with cap on) for 30

.

Canoe Restaurant & Bar in Toronto, La Patisserie Fine

seconds. Approximate yield of 750ml. Can be

Cakes & Pastries in Kitchener, and Miijidaa Café & Bistro in

kept in the fridge for up to 5-7 days.

downtown Guelph

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TAST E RE AL E V E N T S

S P R I N G R U R AL R O MP MAY 27 2017 NORTHERN WELLINGTON COUNTY Put on your rubber boots and get ready to romp through the countryside on this free self-guided food and farm tour. Farm tours, greenhouses, food samples, wagon rides, farm animals and other activities for the whole family.

TASTE REAL is your guide to local food and local food experiences in Wellington County and Guelph. Look for the logo at farms, businesses and markets, pick up a free local food map or visit the website tastereal.ca to discover more local food options.

LO C A L F O OD F E ST JUNE 25 2017 GUELPH/ERAMOSA Celebrate all things local food with farmers, local chefs and more. This event features local prepared foods, farm tours, food skill-building workshops, a farmers’ market, exhibitors, kids’ activities, live music and more.

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Get growing with native plants and heirloom

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Fire up your BBQ with steaks and specialty

seedlings from Wild Things Plant Farm

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meats from Trotters Butcher Shop and Charcuterie

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Pick up a freshly baked loaf of sourdough

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Visit with baby farm animals on Romp Day at

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Sip a cider or enjoy a cold beer on the patio at

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bread at the Elora Bread Trading Company

Reroot Organic Farm

the Drayton Chop House Experience a day full of ‘shear’ fun at Harmony Meadows Alpaca Farm’s Open House Visit The Donkey Sanctuary and sponsor a new friend Get a little fancy with High Tea at Tintagles Tea Room Sharpen your skills at one of Thatcher Farms’ butchery workshops Sign up for a weekly seasonal fresh food box (CSA) from Drumlin Farm

Learn more about food experiences and festivals & events in Welllington County at tastereal.ca and experiencewellington.ca

DOES YOUR INVESTMENT STRATEGY INCLUDE PHILANTHROPY? As Canadians celebrate our sesquicentennial, I

the future, professional or entrepreneurial

think about being a Canadian in terms of how

goals, family needs such as education, and

I feel connected to our community. Helping

these broader philanthropic interests. We

people to have the best possible quality of life

are then able to explore the different asset

is a quintessential part of the legacy that I want

allocations that work together to deliver the

to leave for my kids and future generations.

best returns and are aligned with our client’s

This goal is the basis of my personal

values.

philanthropy, and is a perspective that we bring to conversations with our clients’ about their own goals.

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Of course, as with anything involving money, the devil is in the details. A legacy gift of insurance needs to be set up and managed

The first step is to help people understand

correctly to maximize the benefit. A direct gift

that with smart planning, they can realize

to charity is more effective if you pick the right

their personal goals and still invest in their

security from your portfolio. Helping clients

community. It’s usually a deeply personal

make the right decisions allows them to make

discussion: Did a charity help you or your

a bigger philanthropic impact.

family get where you are? Are there certain causes that matter to you? Do you prefer to give quietly, or build a well-known legacy in the community?

Fundamentally, these strategies are all about tax minimization; by setting up the charitable gift in the right way, we can reduce our client’s tax burden today and in the future. In essence,

We layer these goals into the client’s larger

some of the money that might otherwise go to

investment picture: understanding the right

taxes can be redirected to charity.

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living in the heart of the city.’ It sounds like a

Speed. Families spilling out of The Boathouse,

great place – the heart of a city. But what does

ice cream in hand. Children laughing at the

it actually mean? Where is this elusive heart? In

playground(s) of Royal City Park. University

Guelph, I’d suggest that the answer’s obvious:

students crossing the Gordon Street Bridge

at the splendid confluence of the city’s two

on their way to class or into downtown. A

rivers – the Eramosa and Speed. At this time

constant stream of joggers and cyclists ebbing

of year especially it’s clear that this part of the

and flowing up and down the groomed trail

Royal City is its epicentre. Just stroll on down

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complete a round in very little time. At Victoria

Golf. The sport continues to battle preconceived notions of being too expensive, too timeconsuming, and too intimidating to play.

Lucky for us, an abundance of courses across poised to prove those mistaken beliefs wrong.

Think golf is too expensive? It’s important to note that different courses have different price points, and that playing nine holes is cheaper than playing eighteen. Guelph’s Victoria Park Valley Golf Course, for instance, is more affordable than the more established Victoria Park East Golf Course. Moreover, most courses offer coupons and other deals – including varying price points at certain times of the day and in certain seasons. And guess what? Going

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to the driving range to hit a bucket of balls still counts as golf! And it’s affordable. And a ton of fun!

Think golf is too time-consuming? It doesn’t have to be. While it’s true that you can spend an entire (glorious!) morning on the course

clubhouse socializing, it’s also true that you can Park Valley, for instance, players have been known to complete nine-hole rounds in as little as ninety minutes! And at courses that offer memberships, members can play as few or as many holes as they like.

Think golf is too intimidating? Try practicing on area driving ranges. Playing only nine holes is always a great idea. Get in a game with folks you know – perhaps in a foursome where a few players are more experienced and can ‘teach’ their non- or casual golfer friends. And, believe it or not, ‘tournaments’ are great ways to learn the game! Area businesses and non-profits love hosting these non-competitive day-long events that feature seasoned golfers alongside folks who don’t know a tee from a hole. Victoria Park East and Victoria Park Valley are great tournament options, as are so many other courses in our region.

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BY CHRIS TIESSEN On a dreary Monday morning in early April,

The family business? Restoration Design Inc. –

Alex De Jonge made my dreams come true.

a fabricator of classic Porsche panels located in

And it was exhilarating. And terrifying. And

a non-descript shop in the resurgent industrial

a little cramped. And I’d do it again in a

area of Guelph’s storied ‘Ward’ neighbourhood.

heartbeat!

You’d miss the place altogether if it wasn’t for

You see, I’m a car nut. Not a car collector, mind you. (Unless, of course, you count my Hotwheels collection that includes a couple of pretty sweet Datsun 510s and an early model

the rusted 912 shell mounted on the shop roof. Which, I find out, isn’t for sale. ‘No VIN number,’ is what Alex tells me. ‘So it wouldn’t ever be able to get licensed for the road.’

Skyline. But you wouldn’t. And I don’t.) And on

Not that I could ever afford it. Indeed, even a

that rainy morning in April, Alex took me out

rusted out shell – no windows, no interior, no

in a couple of his family business’ company

engine – would fetch a pretty penny in today’s

cars – a barn find 1952 Porsche 356 and classic

classic Porsche market. As Alex remarks: ‘This

1967 Porsche 911 kitted with a racing roll cage,

past decade especially, classic Porsche prices

cat-back exhaust and upgraded 911s engine

have skyrocketed. Cars that no one would have

hanging out its rear end. And I was moved.

even attempted to restore just a decade ago

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are now coming in for complete ground-up restorations. It’s an incredible phenomenon, really.’

A phenomenon that’s got Restoration Design – the only business of its kind in the world – working overtime to fulfill orders for customers across the entire globe. Indeed, the shop floor would make even Jerry Seinfeld’s jaw drop. (Note: Jerry Seinfeld is among the world’s most fervent classic Porsche collectors.) In one area of the shop, about a dozen classic Porsche bodies – 356s, 911s, 912s, 914s – sandblasted to the bare metal are in various states of repair and restoration.

In another vast room, massive rolls of sheet metal are fed into custom-made machines where reproduction panels are fabricated.

As business owner (and Alex’s dad) Mike De Jonge notes: ‘When we bought the business in 2009, we inherited a catalogue of about thirty parts. We’re now closer to eight hundred – and counting.’ A quick perusal through the Restoration Design website (restorationdesign.com) gives a sense of the scope of the business’ ever-expanding catalogue. From fenders to dashes, pans to seats, door skins to rocker panels – the business seems to have it all. Including different iterations of the same part for the same model year!

Peter De Jonge (Alex’s brother and Mike’s other son) explains: ‘Porsche is a company that’s never stopped doing research and development. In an age when the cars would have been crafted by hand – piece by piece, one at a time – this meant that redesigning a single part for the same model was a natural thing to do. We’ve made it our job to respond to all of these redesigns with quality reproduction parts.’ I learn that the 1968 model year is notorious for this phenomenon.

Good to know, in case I’m ever in the position to grab a ’68 Porsche some day!

As I walk around the shop, it’s apparent that Mike, Alex and Peter have found a glorious niche with the business. Indeed, ‘kid in a candy store’ doesn’t begin to describe how the De

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Jonge family and other staff – up to fifteen total – must feel going to work each day. As Mike remarks: ‘I got into this business to feed a habit – when I retired back in 2008 I’d bought myself a couple classic Porsches and began working on them in my garage at home. Today we’re helping feed many people’s habits.’ He continues: ‘But more than this, we’re using today’s knowledge to help solve – and preserve – yesteryear’s puzzles of German engineering.

Porsche engineering. And to keep alive a tradition so rich in automobile lore.’

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And that’s a very good thing. Now, Alex, when’s that next ride?

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Condo boards are comprised of volunteers who deal with matters ranging from noise complaints to the proper use of reserve funds.

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Bridge. The. Gap. Three seemingly ineffectual

those offered at St. Joseph’s Health Centre in

words. And yet, for Guelph Y Wellness Co-

Guelph. ‘We serve patients who, having arrived

ordinator Chris Seftel, they’re powerful words

at the end of intensive wellness programming,

that – when placed together – serve as a

need transitional support while they move

profound mantra that drives Chris’ every day

from rehab to maintaining exercise in a

at the Guelph Y. Bridging the gap.

community setting.’ The beauty of the Guelph

‘It’s what our Wellness Programs are all about,’ Chris notes as we chat together in what’s best described as a highly-customizable exercise room adjacent to the facility’s gymnasium

Y Program is that it’s been – and continues to be – developed as an effective solution to real challenges facing a significant number of area residents.

(where little kids run and play and laugh in

Local numbers are vague, but consider these

some sort of beautiful organized chaos).

national statistics: in Canada, 50,000 strokes

Around us several Guelph Y Members with

occur each year while almost half a million

complex health and mobility challenges –

Canadians live with the effects of stroke.

including multiple sclerosis (MS), Parkinson’s,

Moreover, Canada has the highest rate of

stroke, low mobility, dementia and various

MS in the world, with an estimated 100,000

other neurological conditions – are being

Canadians living with the disease. And more

helped through a myriad of rehabilitation

than 100,000 Canadians are living with

exercises by a small army of Guelph Y staff and

Parkinson’s. It was Dr. Wayne Lew of St. Joe’s

volunteers.

who initially approached Chris about how

‘Our Programs are designed to bridge the real health care gap between hospital rehabilitation programs and available community resources,’ Chris observes. Rehabilitation programs like

the Guelph Y might help those individuals whose term at St. Joe’s had ended but who still needed regular specialized rehabilitation and exercise programming. And it’s Dr. Lew, as well as the University of Guelph, who supports the

design and implementation of Guelph Y’s Wellness Programming.

While Chris and I continue to chat, a half dozen or so volunteers move around the room, helping Guelph Y staff and Program participants. ‘They’re University of Guelph students – mostly from Human Kinetics and Neuroscience,’ Chris says. ‘An awesome aspect of our Wellness Program is that we work closely with the University,’ he continues, ‘and specifically with Dr. Laurie Vallis, whose students volunteer here every semester. They gain vital hands-on experience and the Y gains invaluable volunteers!

Meanwhile, Dr. Vallis herself helps with program development – including everything from P.A.C.E (Parkinson’s Assisted Cycle Exercise) to K.E.E.S (Kinesthetic Everyday Exercise for Seniors) .Our most recent venture is with University of Waterloo and Dr. Monica Maly. We are working on implementing her prescribed Yoga program which targets individuals with Arthritis. Which means that our programs are grounded in research and developed as protocols that are repeatable across institutions.’

Bridging the gap. Words that Chris lives by. Words that have been put into action at the Guelph Y, where it’s apparent that a variety of gaps are being

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BY CHRIS TIESSEN I have a theory about what makes a thriving

slightest hint of bemusement on Joel’s face).

coffee shop – those gorgeous spaces that

Confidence heightened, I continue: ‘I think

continue to spring up throughout our region

coffee – albeit great coffee – has become but

into bastions of good conversation. And

a point of entry into a milieu that’s actually

company. And community.

about sharing fully-immersive experiences in

And it’s got very little to do with coffee.

And on a warmer-than-usual Thursday afternoon in mid-March, I find myself seated across from Katherine and Joel Gingrich – masterminds behind Waterloo’s Death Valley’s Little Brother Craft Espresso & Whisky (DVLB); Kitchener’s Smile Tiger Coffee Roasters; and

gorgeously-appointed environments where folks are drawn to gather. And chat. And muse.

And work, of course. But also converge to be inspired by meticulously-designed space.’

Joel seems ready to respond. I hold my breath.

‘I couldn’t agree more,’ he says. I’m relieved. He elaborates.

more to come* – at Smile Tiger ready to test

‘For me, coffee’s a means to an end,’ he says,

my theory. Of course I begin by complimenting

‘that helps satiate a real urge to get creative

the coffee – a rich Americano served in a

with design.’ He continues: ‘For years, I poured

satisfyingly-chunky mug. And then I dive in.

my creative efforts into corporate gigs as Art

‘In my mind,’ I begin tentatively, ‘today’s coffee scene isn’t really about the coffee at all.’ I look up from my steaming drink, anticipating hints

Director at Toronto agencies. It was awesome, but didn’t afford me the creative freedom that comes with visioning DVLB and Smile Tiger.’

of disdain in either Joel’s or Katherine’s eyes.

‘Of course,’ adds Katherine, ‘we take our

I see only signs of curiosity (and perhaps the

coffee seriously too.’ Having lived in Australia – the mecca of coffee culture – for a time, Katherine’s not about to downplay Smile

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Tiger’s phenomenal in-house roasted beans.

Beans that are gaining a cult following. Beans that are all named after Beck songs. (Joel’s creative influence knows no bounds.)

Coffee’s a means to an end, then. A muse, even, that stimulates a sort of expressive curiosity imprinted everywhere I look in this bright space located in one of Kitchener’s plethora of two-story industrial buildings (which hearken back to the city’s history as manufacturing leader among cities of the British Commonwealth). It’s apparent that Joel’s been busy here. The table at which we’re seated – a massive, perfectly-proportioned wood ‘harvest-style’ piece – looks like it’s been custom-made for this industrial space.

Which it has. Indeed, except for a strategicallypositioned single leather chair and the rich green espresso machine that functions as the workhorse of the place, everything inside Smile Tiger has either been designed or built to highlight the space by Joel and his team.

‘We design our businesses around the buildings in which they reside and in response to the architecture, materials, and history of the spaces they inhabit,’ Joel says. ‘Here at Smile Tiger that’s meant accentuating the initial industrial space with handcrafted finishes and furniture that complement the original materials of glass, brick and wood.’

From the custom wood furniture and original wood floors to the exposed brick walls; from the floor-to-ceiling windows to the beautiful early factory lighting whose retrofitted LED bulbs enhance the lightness of the site.

Winston Churchill once posited that ‘We shape our buildings; thereafter, they shape us.’ In the case of Katherine and Joel’s businesses, seemingly the opposite rings true.

In contrast to Smile Tiger, Death Valley’s Little Brother is a much darker, almost brooding

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space laden with design cues that speak to

observes. ‘And within each business too.’ The

its long-forgotten past as the end of the line

two business’ mascots, or ‘spirit icons’ – each

for the horse-drawn tram system that used to

a mix of two animals – attest to this. At DVLB

run up and down King Street in Waterloo. ‘The

the mythical ‘jackalope’, a fabled combination

tracks used to come right into this space, while

of jackrabbit and antelope, represents the dual

the horses were kept just below us,’ Katherine

personality of the place as a coffee shop (by

observes. It’s like Uptown’s very own Wild

day) and whisky spot (by night). And at Smile

West. No wonder the place feels a bit like a

Tiger, it’s the tiger and the dove – representing

saloon. And hunting club. And hipster mecca.

the powerful and tranquil natures in coffee.

All the while serving great coffee. And whisky, of course. (What else would a coffee saloon in the middle of Waterloo serve?)

And did I mention the antlers on display?

The mounted deer head hanging from a dark exposed brick wall. The blackened front

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.

Oh, right. Coffee. That’s what these beguiling places are all about, aren’t they? Yep. And so much more

*DVLB is owned by Katherine, while Joel is one of several Partners at Smile Tiger

counter. The bottles of whisky displayed on dusky wooden shelves. The leather furniture.

The piano. The custom tables made, as Joel notes, of re-purposed ‘bowling lanes’. The metal pig head mounted to the side of the front counter whose nose has turned shiny from folks rubbing it for luck.

I can’t help but notice the stark contrast between the two businesses – Smile Tiger’s bright cheerful space and DVLB’s darker tones.

‘There’s a deliberate duality at play in the design of the two businesses, to be sure,’ Joel

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MICHELLE FACH

In Open Learning and Educational Support

of my final classes in the UofG program, the

(OpenEd) at the University of Guelph, we

Designing for Sustainability course,’ he says, ‘I

create opportunities to enhance our students’

used our urban property here in the Sun Lakes

personal and professional experience at a

community as a case example for creating a

time and place that meets their needs. Ontario

sustainable landscape design. That plan has

native Bob MacFarlane understands what I

been completed and is now being updated;

mean.

install work will start next winter.’

Since 2011 65-year-old MacFarlane, who

MacFarlane takes pride in sharing with his

now lives in the Sonoran Desert of Arizona,

peers the skills he has attained through

has maintained his commitment to lifelong

University of Guelph landscape design courses,

learning by studying landscape design at

and writes that ‘the Creating Landscapes

the University of Guelph. MacFarlane has

Certificate not only allowed me to meet a

completed the Creating Landscapes Certificate

lifelong learning goal, but also helped me to

entirely online, advancing his personal learning

advance a retirement hobby into a business.

goal and realizing his dream of creating a

In fact, what I learned online continues to

sustainable landscape design for the winter

positively influence the new winter lifestyle we

home he shares with his wife down south.

enjoy in Arizona.’

MacFarlane, who has gained insight into

MacFarlane’s achievement is just one example

Arizona’s desert plants by being an active

of the relevancy of the University of Guelph’s

member of local gardening clubs, has fully

landscape and horticulture program, which

integrated his personal and professional

engages and informs students doing hands-on

interests through his OpenEd studies. ‘In one

work with plant life in a wide range of climatic

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BY CHRIS TIESSEN When the English writer H.G. Wells remarked,

Based on the increasing numbers of

‘Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no

registrants each year (last year’s ride attracted

longer despair for the future of the human

over 650 riders of all levels completing routes

race,’ he could very well have been thinking

of 5k, 10k, 25k, 50k, 75km and 100k), this goal

about someone like Guelph resident Terry

is perfectly attainable. Especially with this

Manning who, at 69 years of age, made a

year’s introduction of a Community Team

herculean fifty-day cross-continent odyssey

Challenge that encourages groups of riders

that raised $33,000 for Guelph General

– colleagues, friends, community groups – to

Hospital. Indeed it was Terry’s epic ride in 2013

come together to support hospital and Rotary

that inspired David Parr to hatch the initial

projects. And to have fun too! (See sidebar for

plan for an annual community-based cycling

more.)

event that would raise money for the hospital and Rotary projects as well. And so Tour de Guelph was born.

In fact, besides becoming one of Guelph’s premier fundraising events, Tour de Guelph highlights Guelph’s emergent cycling

Celebrating its fourth anniversary this June

community, made up of locals and visiting

25th, Tour de Guelph – an annual fundraiser

tourists as well. It’s as if folks in the Royal

supporting Guelph General Hospital as well as

City have adopted John F Kennedy’s dictum:

local and international Rotary projects through

‘Nothing compares to the simple pleasure of a

the Rotary Clubs of Guelph South and Guelph

bike ride.’

Trillium – has become a veritable exercise in community building. Indeed, in its first three years the ride has raised over $150,000, with a fundraising goal this year of an additional $80,000.

’Indeed, many of us have discovered that the scenic countryside and rolling hills that surround Guelph are ideal for cycling – with accessible and alluring destinations including

EMMA: WHY IS INTRIGUE TAKING PART IN THE COMMUNITY TEAM CHALLENGE? ROB: I see the Challenge as a team-building exercise that gets the team

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outside and helps our community. We’ve also just moved the Intrigue offices to Delhi Street – right next to the hospital. Our participation is a great way to collaborate with our new neighbours!

BEGINNING THIS YEAR, TOUR DE GUELPH IS INTRODUCING A COMMUNITY TEAM CHALLENGE THAT ENCOURAGES ORGANIZATIONS TO RECRUIT A TEAM TO PARTICIPATE IN THE TOUR. UNITED WAY GUELPH WELLINGTON DUFFERIN’S EMMA ROGERS SAT DOWN WITH INTRIGUE

HOW IS THE INTRIGUE TEAM PREPPING FOR THE TOUR? We’re not quite sure yet – maybe we’ll wear bike shorts around the office!? But really, we’ve got a fairly fit team so I’ll let them figure out their pre-ride prep. As many as eight of us will be riding various lengths of the Tour, which is cool. I’m even bringing my two-and-a-half year-old son Hunter with me so I’m doubting we’ll be doing much more than 5k.

Training wheels can only take him so far!

CHAT ABOUT INTRIGUE’S DECISION TO

WITH SO MANY GREAT ORGANIZATIONS IN THE COMMUNITY, WHY DOES INTRIGUE DEEM THE HOSPITAL SO IMPORTANT TO SUPPORT?

PARTICIPATE IN THE CHALLENGE.

Hospitals are vital for community well-being by improving health and

MEDIA CO-FOUNDER ROB MURRAY TO

saving lives, of course. But they’re also signifiers of healthy communities in a broader sense by facilitating the growth of robust cities. It’s so important that we continue to help fund important care equipment – for Fergus, Elora, St. Jacobs, and more just a bike ride away. (My own favourite ride takes me from downtown Guelph straight to my parents’ dinner table in Kitchener’s Old Westmount

those who many need it and for the continued growth of strong cities.

WHY DO YOU FEEL IT’S IMPORTANT FOR BUSINESSES TO CONTINUE SUPPORTING LOCAL COMMUNITY BENEFIT (IE NONPROFIT) ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE HOSPITAL?

neighbourhood – a 33km jaunt – in

Non-profits really are the fabric that holds community together by

less than an hour and a half.

providing so many essential social services. It’s up to the businesses that

Bicycling inspired H.G. Wells to have faith in the human race. For others this wholesome diversion offers an amalgam of challenge and pleasure.

Helen Keller, who loved to ride on her tandem bike, found it, she said, ‘splendid to feel the wind blowing in my face and the springy motion of my iron steed.’ Bikers of all ages and

benefit from these services to help sustain them. In my mind, it’s less about ‘giving back’ and more about playing a role in community-building.

WHAT’S YOUR ADVICE FOR PEOPLE OR BUSINESSES LOOKING TO GET MORE INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY? You’ve got to find something that connects with you and your people and make it part of your pursuit of passion. If you want your staff to get involved, make sure you choose projects that speak to them. And, most importantly, just start somewhere!

abilities might join her in declaring that ‘the rapid rush through the air’ gives me ‘a delicious sense of strength

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and buoyancy,’ and that ‘the exercise makes my pulse dance and my heart sing.’

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ERA66 IS THE CREATION OF LIFE AND BUSINESS PARTNERS KIP AND ALEXA (LUX) PERRY – TWO TALENTED, FOCUSED, AND INNOVATIVE CRAFTSFOLK WHOSE GROWING COMPANY IS ONE OF GUELPH’S MOST AMAZING TREASURES. THESE BUSINESS OWNERS SHARE COMMON PASSIONS OF ACCOMPLISHED CREATIVITY, A SENSE OF AUTONOMY, AND A LOVE FOR CREATING CUSTOM FURNITURE WITH MODERN FUNCTIONALITY – COINED #MIDCENTURYMODERN. TOQUE RECENTLY SAT DOWN WITH KIP AND LUX IN THEIR EXPANSIVE WORKSHOP IN GUELPH’S ‘THE WARD’ NEIGHBOURHOOD TO TALK SHOP. HERE’S WHAT THEY HAD TO SAY:

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HOW OLD WERE EACH OF YOU WHEN YOU BUILT YOUR FIRST PIECE OF FURNITURE? Lux: I was 20 – it was actually the first commission pieces we sold as era66. [Laughs.] The client was under the impression that I’d built hundreds already, though!

Kip: 19 – it was a set of drawers for Lux.

HOW DID YOU FALL INTO THIS PROFESSION? Kip: Cabinetry is a family business – my parents own a furniture company in town. I wasn’t interested in getting involved with the family business, but Lux really encouraged me to get into it through our own designs. Which now makes me a thirdgeneration cabinet-maker.

HOW DO YOU DEFINE ERA66?

Lux: Custom. Modern. Eclectic. And affordable too. It’s what’s been called mid century modern furniture – all designed and hand-crafted by us.

HOW MANY YEARS HAS ERA66 BEEN IN BUSINESS? Lux: Four years – we started the business when we were twenty years old.

WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS FOR THE FUTURE OF YOUR BUSINESS? Lux: We see era66 as a national, even global, brand in the not-too-distant future – as a movement that emphasizes the creation of financially-accessible, brilliantly-designed products by us and other designers who would collaborate with us under the era66 umbrella.

WHAT MAKES YOU MOST EXCITED ABOUT YOUR WORK? Lux: Seeing pieces come together in the workshop, and architectural spaces coming together as clients incorporate our pieces into them.

WHAT’S THE BEST PART OF YOUR WORK DAY? Kip: It’s the freedom that comes from working for ourselves – knowing that we’re our own bosses.

Lux: Telling Dwayne [Lux and Kip’s shop dog] that he’s coming to work with us. For Dwayne, ‘work’ is interchangeable with ‘walk’ – he goes crazy running and dancing around the house ‘til we head out the door.

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AND THE MOST MUNDANE PART? Lux: Filing taxes … in fact, anything that has to do with finances.

Kip: Sanding. [Laughter ensues.] We’re always trying to offload sanding onto whoever else is around the shop. It’s unavoidable. And forever awful.

WHAT’S THE MOST CHALLENGING PART OF RUNNING ERA66?

Lux: Definitely balancing manufacturing with marketing. Each takes time from the other, yet both are integral for present and future success.

WHAT DIFFERENTIATES ERA66 FROM OTHER FURNITURE MAKERS? Lux: We’ve never emphasized maximizing profit, but instead try our hardest to keep our furniture affordable for everyday folks. One of our biggest selling points is that our product is custom, handcrafted, and at a reasonable price point.

WHAT DO YOU DO EACH DAY AFTER WORK? Lux: We rip off our clothes…

Kip: …and vegetate – usually in front of the TV.

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WHO ARE YOUR INSPIRATIONS? Lux: I’m digging Ilse Crawford of IKEA, who stresses approaching design from an emotional perspective over aesthetics.

Kip: My dad, who’s successfully run a furniture business in Guelph for the past several decades.

DO YOU COLLABORATE WITH ANY LOCAL BUSINESSES? Lux: Homebody Ceramics by Heather Prouse – check her out.

Kip: And we’ve done several shoots with locals Rug & Weave.

YOUR FAVOURITE LOCAL RESTAURANTS? Lux: The Airpark Café. Nothing compares.

Kip: Lucky Belly.

YOU’RE TRUE ‘WARD’ RESIDENTS – LIVING AND WORKING IN ‘THE WARD’. WHAT DO YOU LIKE ABOUT THIS STORIED GUELPH NEIGHBOURHOOD? Lux: It’s a classic stereotypical neighbourhood, with archetypal neighbours. They’re friendly, gossipy. They will do anything for you and want to know everything about you. It’s amazing.

Kip: True. Both on our street, and in our workplace.

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‘ E V E N IF I KN E W T HAT TOMORROW T HE WO RL D WO U L D GO TO PIE CE S , I WO U L D S T IL L PLANT MY APPL E T RE E . ’ -MART IN LUTH ER

F OR ES T HI LL AP P L E C I D E R:

WHAT COLLABORATION (AND HAPPINESS) TASTES LIKE

BY CHRIS TIESSEN My six year old knows what he likes. Shoes

cider business that supports local agricultural

that make him run faster. His bike. Any sort

production, creates living-wage jobs, and

of digging utensil. And – ever since he got

provides something tasty and healthy for

a taste of the sweet nectar at his Oma and

people to drink.’

Opa’s house – apple cider. Hot. Cold. Room temperature. It doesn’t matter much. Because, as he’s declared: ‘It just makes me happy.’ It certainly does.

‘It looks like you’re onto something,’ I remark as we watch Doran’s apples – a mixture of domesticated and heirloom Fuji, McIntosh, Empire, Macoun, Liberty, Melrose and Mutsu

Cider makes Doran Hoge happy, too. And,

gathered from area small-scale farmers –

for the past year or so, Doran’s been making

ride the conveyor into the press. The highly-

his own blend that’s spreading happiness

mechanized operation at Bennett’s is a far

throughout our region: Forest Hill Apple Cider.

cry from the hand press (borrowed from the

‘We started doing this,’ Doran remarks over

Guelph Tool Library) Doran and his partner

the hum of the commercial press at Bennett’s

Emma Tarbush used to use when they first

Apples & Cider in Ancaster, ‘to see whether

started this enterprise. ‘At the beginning,’ he

it would be possible to create a sustainable

says, ‘we sold cider once a week at the Guelph

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DURING PEAK SEASON, WHICH SPANS SEPTEMBER THROUGH MARCH, DORAN PRESSES ABOUT 800 POUNDS OF APPLES EACH WEEK, MAKING ABOUT 350

A N A T O MY O F A B R A N D : FOREST HILL APPLE CIDER PACKAGING & REBRANDING D ESIG N ER: CAI SEPULIS, TOQUE LTD. L A U N C H D A T E: SPRING 2017 C L IEN T :

PRO JEC T :

LITRES OF CIDER

Nutrition Facts Valeur nutritive CYCLICAL. HOLISTIC. Per 1 cup (240g) pour 1 tasse (240g) WE WANTED THE % Calories 120 % valeu LOGO TO REFLECT Carbohydrate / Glucides 3 THAT DORAN USES Fibre / Fibres 0g 4-6 DIFFERENTSugars / Sucres 30g Fat/Lipides 0g VARIETIES OF Saturated/Saturés 0g +Trans/trans 0g APPLES. Protein/Protéines 0g

’Yes, here we are. It’s Friday - Doran’s weekly ‘production day’. And by the time we arrive at Bennett’s just past 11am to meet up with Doran for a photo shoot and a tour of the operation, he’s deep into his workday. Each Friday morning at around 8am, Doran picks up a rental U-Haul and drives to as many as seven local small-scale farms where he collects all the apples they have for him.

Bushel by bushel, farm by farm, Doran fills the U-Haul until there’s enough apples to press for the following week’s (brisk) business. It’s a phenomenal model, really – a sort of collective movement in which the farms provide Doran with raw ingredients and Doran, in turn, takes excess apples

locally sourced, fresh pressed ontario apples Pommes de l’Ontario, fraîchement presses All natural no sugar added •Preservative-free Entièrement NATUREL Sans addition de sucre • Sans conservateur

T H E L A B EL :

TO CUT DOWN ON 2 litres PRINTING FEES, WE WENT WITH A SINGLE LABEL AS A 2-SIDED WRAP.

Forest Hill Apple Cider • Guelph ON forest.hill.apple.cider@gmail.com

pressing. And so here we are!

keep refrigerated. Garder réfrigéré.

growth has made it untenable to continue hand-

Ingredients: Fresh Ontario apples Ingrédients: Pommes fraîches de l’Ontario

press. But since those early days our sustained

We use up to 7 different varieties of apples!

Nous utilisons jusqu’à 7 variétés de pommes!

supporting area farmers Soutient les agriculteurs locaux

THE LOGO:

Farmer’s Market. That was doable with a hand

Cholesterol/Cholestérol 0m Sodium/Sodium 60mg

Possium 140mg 4% Calcium 0mg Iron/Fer .4mg

*5% or less is a little / 5% ou moins c’e 15% or more is a lot / 15% ou plus c’e

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off the farmers’ hands. ‘These farm orchards are our most important partners,’ Doran posits, ‘since

through March, Doran presses about 800 pounds of apples each week, making about 350 litres of cider, which he distributes to several area specialty shops, including Market Fresh and the Flour Barrel in Guelph, the Guelph Farmer’s Market, and the Real Food Market in Hamilton.

IN F O G RA PH :

MINI INFOGRAPH DESCRIBES HOW DORAN’S WORK HELPS SUSTAINABLE FARMING. locally sourced, fresh pressed ontario apples Pommes de l’Ontario, fraîchement presses

Henry David Thoreau declared that the apple is ‘the

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noblest of fruits’. I can’t comment on that. But I do know there are folks who find happiness in a glass

All natural no sugar added •Preservative-free Entièrement NATUREL Sans addition de sucre • Sans conservateur

of freshly-pressed local apple cider FOREST HILL CIDER

2 litres

Forest Hill Apple Cider • Guelph ON forest.hill.apple.cider@gmail.com

During peak season, which spans September

keep refrigerated. Garder réfrigéré.

oh so tasty.

Nutrition Facts Valeur nutritive

Ingredients: Fresh Ontario apples Ingrédients: Pommes fraîches de l’Ontario

Which means cider that is preservative free. And

We use up to 7 different varieties of apples!

Nous utilisons jusqu’à 7 variétés de pommes!

mandate to source apples as locally as possible.’

supporting area farmers Soutient les agriculteurs locaux

they guarantee a high-quality product and fulfil our

Per 1 cup (240g) pour 1 tasse (240g)

Calories 120

Carbohydrate / Glucides 3 Fibre / Fibres 0g Sugars / Sucres 30g Fat/Lipides 0g Saturated/Saturés 0g +Trans/trans 0g Protein/Protéines 0g

Cholesterol/Cholestérol 0m Sodium/Sodium 60mg

Possium 140mg 4% Calcium 0mg Iron/Fer .4mg

*5% or less is a little / 5% ou moins c’e 15% or more is a lot / 15% ou plus c’e

PRODUCT OF CANADA/ produit du Canada

a TOQUE project TM

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SHAKE and TASTE (modify if needed)

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