Love Grows in Fields

It wasn't long before they began growing other crops, and in 1999 the Cooper's began attending local farmer's markets with their harvest. Prior to this, Steve had established a roadside stand in Newmarket in 1981 at the end of his dads driveway. We still have a corn stand on Young street, making the 2019 season 38 years selling corn there! Another big change came when Steve added a herd of goats to his repertoire, and the Cooper's began offering even more variety to the public.

In 1995 Cayla was born, and in 1996 Trenton followed, adding to the rapidly expanding and very busy farm! Trenton and Cayla both work on the farm with their parents, helping to make this farm flourish. A true family run operation, the roots of hard work and honesty were instilled in Trenton and Cayla at a very young age through their work in the fields, pastures, and markets. Both children take on daily chore loads to contribute to the success of the family farm. Cayla can be found working at the corn stand, farmers' markets and washing eggs, whereas Trenton works with Steve on the farm doing everything from chores to cutting hay when he's not off playing rugby .

In 2003 Lisa transitioned to working full-time on the farm; a dream both Steve and Lisa had entertained for many years. In 2006, their combined hard work and enthusiasm led to the creation of “The Uxbridge Maize” followed by an incredibly successful “Community Supported Agriculture” (CSA) program in 2007 – both of which have been heartily embraced and enjoyed by the community.

In 2010, Steve & Lisa were honoured with the prestigious national "Outstanding Young Farmers" award, for their ACHIEVEMENTS in sustainable, successful farming & business practices.

The Coopers are driven by their commitment to bridging the gap between field and plate, leaving their customers hungry for more. A creative, hard-working, and down-to-earth team, Steve and Lisa Cooper have embraced their entrepreneurial edge, transforming Cooper's Farm into a place for families, laughter, and great food.

Today, Steve and Lisa have added even more diversity to the family farm. In moving away from raising goats, the Cooper's have transitioned to raising and breeding Berkshire pork. The pasture is rounded out with chickens, cows, & turkeys. This won't be where they stop however, as they are always learning, changing, and evolving. As of winter of 2017 they have added making maple syrup to the list of farm enterprises and got back into the cow calf operation with their beef cattle.

Trenton & Kelsey Cooper

We are very excited that our children are joining the family business. Our son Trenton & his wife Kelsey have taken on manger roles within the business so you will be seeing more of them!

Trenton graduated with top honours from his Heavy Equipment Technician program at Conestoga College, winning multiple scholarships for his hard work. As he plans to pursue work in his field, he still has a love for farming and wishes to continue the Cooper Legacy! Trenton will now claim the title of 7TH GENERATION of the Cooper Family to Farm here in Ontario. Trenton’s role on the farm is machinery maintenance, machinery operation as he plants & harvests crops, works fields, fertilizes, and maintains crop heath through the summer. He also tends to and feeds the livestock.

Kelsey joined as a summer job we offered her while she was not attending secondary school. Turns out she fell in love with agriculture and decided to attend Ridge-town Agriculture College where she was very successful & was the Valedictorian. Kelsey returned to the farm and took on the role of managing our Meat share program, social media expert & works with Lisa on the retail side. She is also very involved in day to day farm work as she is our crop, livestock worker, and works in the fields.

Farm Wedding! Trenton & Kelsey tied the knot on our farm on June 27th of 2020. We are very excited that our family is growing!

The Farm Crew

We have a great team that helps us here at Cooper’s;

• Our harvest Crew- AKA “The Amigos!”

• Our Kitchen Crew

• Our Share Pack Crew

• Our Delivery Drivers

• Our Fall Fun Festivities Crew

We couldn’t do what we do without them all!

150 years of farming

The Cooper Family has been ‘Recorded’ Farming since 1810! That’s over 200 years of working Ontario soil.

We, and many other Families, were recognized by Durham Region for this and were graciously awarded a certificate and a sign! Very humbling, we only had research from maybe around 100 years of family had been farming but we got confirmation that our genes have been farming for a longer than what we thought

Trenton is in the process of purchasing his grandparents farm and has plans to start a business of his own later on. For now he plans to work for Cooper’s CSA Farm full time being mentored by ‘ma & pa’, Steve and Lisa Cooper.

We are very proud and happy that he claims the 7th Gen title. His carries the Family name very well and we are excited to see what is to come for Trenton!