Time to ‘say cheese’ for South Dundas company

In this Thursday, Dec. 7, 2017 photo, members of the Biemond family pose with South Dundas Mayor Evonne Delegarde, far left, and MP Guy Lauzon, far right, to announce $20,000 in funding. The money will allow the South Dundas company to expand into cheese production. (Cornwall & The Counties CFDC via Newswatch Group)

IROQUOIS – The expression “say cheese” had a double meeting Thursday for participants in a photo-op at Upper Canada Creamery.

It also signified the South Dundas dairy company’s expansion into cheese production – namely cheese and cheese curds – building on its specialty “farm to fridge” market.

The company is already known for its Biemond organic yogurt.

Upper Canada Creamery, which has been churning out product in August 2015, received $20,000 from the Cornwall and the Counties Community Futures Development Corporation through the Eastern Ontario Development Program (EODP) business expansion project.

With the production of organic cheese will be the addition of two staff.

This is the latest in a series of funding announcements across SD&G.

Last week, the Community Futures Development Corporation handed out $500,000 to Food Cycle Science, Ross Video, Xplornet, MPIQC and Ottawa Aviation Services.