The Citizen, 2011-07-14, Page 19THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JULY 14, 2011. PAGE 19. Auburn youth starts chicken business
People want to know what they’re
getting when they buy food, and
Jamie Plaetzer is taking that a step
further.
Plaetzer, a Central Huron
Secondary School student entering
Grade 12 in September from
the Auburn area, decided that he
wanted to be his own boss for
the summer and found that
opportunity in the Summer
Company program.
The Ministry of Economic
Development and Trade runs the
Summer Company program every
year which offers young
entrepreneurs age 15-29 the
opportunity to make their own
decisions and run their own
business.
Plaetzer opened Farmfresh
Chickens from his parents’ farmearlier this month with the intent tosell locally produced and processed
chickens from his farm gate.
“So far I’m doing pretty good,” he
said. “I’ve sold to neighbours, co-
workers and people who found out
about the program through local
newspapers.”
Plaetzer believes that people want
to know more about their food, and
buying from larger stores doesn’t
always afford that opportunity.
“I can show people where their
chickens are grown, what they eat,
and how they’ve lived,” he said. “I
believe that buying from farm gates,
and buying local and fresh, are
important.”
Plaetzer will be selling both whole
and half chickens throughout the
summer from his home.
The chicken will be processed in
Gorrie at Schefter Poultry, and the
services they provide really sold
Plaetzer on choosing them.
“They’re great,” he said. “They
handle all the testing, and, when we
receive the chickens, they’re frozen
and labelled and ready to go.”
The program affords young
business-people $1,500 to start their
business and Plaetzer used his to get
his livestock as well as the feed,
feeders and waterers necessary to
grow his chickens.
If they finish the program,
students receive another $1,500 at
the summer’s end.
The payoff and the fact that he can
make his own hours were both
drawing factors for the young
farmer, but his brother Jeff’s
experience, selling firewood from
the farm through the Summer
Company Program last year, also
influenced Plaetzer.
Plaetzer will be processing three
batches of chicken, each batch
containing 100 chickens, as 300 was
the maximum he could have in the
space he had available.
For information, contact Plaetzer
at (519)- 526-7121 or e-mail him at
jplaetzerchss@gmail.com
Auburn welcomes Ryan
McClinchey and Stacey Baker as its
newest residents. Ryan and Stacey
have moved into the former home of
Jason and Diana Kerr. The Kerr
family has moved to the village of
Nile and have begun building their
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Huron Chapel Evangelical
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Registration is required and the cost
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please contact Rob Campbell at
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PEOPLE AROUND
AUBURN
NEWS
FROM AUBURN
Who feels like chicken tonight?
Summer Company-funded entrepreneur Jamie Plaetzer of Auburn is banking on the
assumption that chicken is a good meat and that people like to know where their chicken
comes from with his business Farmfresh Chickens. Plaetzer is selling half and whole chickens
from his family’s farm in Auburn through the provincially-funded Summer Company program.
(Denny Scott photo)
By Denny Scott
The Citizen