History
Jara Floral International Corp.
From its beginnings in 2005 to now things have changed quite dramatically.
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In 2005 Raymond Oosterveld along with his father John Oosterveld started a tulip forcing operation. From there Raymond married Sheryl and are now a family of 4 with their two daughters, Olivia and Emily.
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Sales began to increase in 2006 when Wiebe van der Veen joined the tulip operation. Since then our facility has expanded each season to match our continued demand.
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2008: Expansion of our greenhouse and rooting room facilities
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2009: Expansion of our production hall
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2010: Expansion of our greenhouse
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2012: Expansion of our bulb storage facility
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2013: Improved irrigation and automation controls
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2014: Addition to our packing storage area and bulk wood storage for our biomass boiler
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2015: Addition to our packing hall cooler
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2016: An administration building and work shop area was added
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2017: Increase in our irrigation capacity and greenhouse area to make way for 30% increase in production
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2018: Expansion of our flower cooler
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2019: Assisted in the development of the FMA Flower Sensors.
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