Winkler-area vegetable grower Garry Wiebe, pictured beside a specialized pumpkin washer he built on his Winkler-area farm for crops he planned to grow for CPG, says the financial hit from the company’s woes will be felt well beyond the farm gate.

Farmers hit hard by vegetable processor’s financial difficulties

Creditor amounts owed, equipment investments and seed purchases putting farmers in the red

Vegetable producers in Manitoba have been dealt a huge blow when a Portage la Prairie vegetable processor was forced into receivership late last month. News of Canadian Prairie Garden Puree Products’ (CPG) financial predicament was bad enough, but also comes at the worst possible time, said Garry Wiebe, who farms with his son north of

Canadian Prairie Garden Puree COO Kelly Beaulieu in happier times, showcasing one of the company’s purées.

Canadian Prairie Garden Puree in receivership

Secured creditors applied for court protection earlier this month

A groundbreaking Man­itoba vegetable-processing company has been forced into receivership. Secured creditors of Can­adian Prairie Garden Puree Inc. (CPG) were granted a receivership order Mar. 22 by Court of Queen’s Bench in Winnipeg. The accounting firm Meyers Norris Penny has been named receiver and in a court document it detailed secured creditors are owed a


woman with bowl of purée

Purée producer a finalist for prestigious prize

Supporters can vote for Kelly Beaulieu, founder of Canadian Prairie Garden Puree Products Inc., who was chosen as as a finalist for a food product award in 
California earlier this winter

Manitoba’s Kelly Beaulieu, founder and chief operating officer of Canadian Prairie Garden Puree Products Inc., has been nominated for a prestigious 2015 Nexty Award. Beaulieu became a finalist after her line of vegetable, fruit and legume purées was chosen out of more than 3,000 exhibitors attending the Natural Products Expo West in Anaheim California in

woman dressed in white, food-processing clothing

Campbell’s for Christmas?

Kelly Beaulieu hopes to sign contracts with a couple of food industry giants in the next couple of weeks

Kelly Beaulieu’s idea for converting the nutrition from vegetables that would otherwise be thrown away into a tasty food product has caught the eye of some big names in the processed food business. Beaulieu’s company, Canadian Prairie Garden Purees, has recently received letters of intent to purchase from Nestle and Campbell’s after sending them samples.