At the end of a rural laneway in the Town of Mono, Reid’s Farm Market offers seasonal, locally grown produce from their own and neighbours’ fields at a self-service market where customers are trusted to leave payment in a till for what they buy.

The Reid Century Farm was purchased in 1845. The present barn was built in 1905, the drive shed in 1928 and the present house in 1937. “My grandfather bought this farm in 1890. He had worked here before that. Since then there’s always been potatoes on it,” says Gerry Reid.      

With its high elevation, warm summer days and cool nights, Dufferin County provides just the right climate for cultivating the Province’s most popular and versatile vegetable - the potato.“ Because I’ve grown them for so long, it’s nice to see different varieties and how they’ve changed over the years,” Reid continues, listing off the many varieties he grows.

The Reid family presently owns 200 acres and rents another 500 acres. Beans, corn, hay, soybeans, straw and wheat are crops grown. The farm is operated by Gerry Reid and his wife Tricia.  A new barn is a change to the landscape at the farm; construction was completed at the end of 2011. 

Gerry Reid is a past winner of the Dufferin Farmer of the Year and Environmental Excellence awards and has completed the Ontario Environmental Farm Plan.

Gerry is on the Board of Directors for Dufferin Soil and Crops Association, is the past president and current member of the Greater Dufferin and Area Chamber of Commerce and a member of the Ontario and Dufferin Federation of Agriculture, the Mono Township Planning and Environmental Committee and the Mono Township LEAR Planning Committee. In his spare time Gerry collects antique Minneapolis Moline and John Deere tractors.

Tricia is a member of the local chapter of Beta Sigma Phi, an international women's social, cultural and service organization. She also canvasses for the Canadian Cancer Society and is an avid quilt maker.