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you're smaller it's a heavier hit on
your cash flow."
"Since we started food,safety
regulations have become more
complex and strict," Reid adds,
pointing to the need for nutritional
information on labels. "It adds to the
cost of bringing a new product to
market."
An example is the cost of
developing the thick protocol manual
necessary for the plant to qualify for
federal registration, allowing it to
ship its products outside of Ontario.
The consultant's fee was $50,000-
$60,000, he said.
Challenges will continue for the
company. Reid suggests Mornington
is in an extended fledgling business
stage. He compares it to walking
along the side of a precipice: one
false step and you can plunge to your
death.
Yet he sees potential for a bright
future. As the Canadian population
becomes more diverse, there are
more and more people for whom
goats' milk is the milk they grew up
with, he says. The market is growing
at a timewhen demand for dairy
product from cattle is shrinking.
And there seems to be a new
wave of people getting
involved in the goat diary
industry, he says. The Ontario Dairy
Goat Co-operative, for instance, is
very aggressive right now.
For young people getting involved
in the goats' milk industry, Reid
urges them to think beyond the farm
gate and get involved in marketing
their products. "Don't fall in love
with staying on the farm," he urges.
The goat industry can learn from the
lessons of other farm commodity
organizations that have been
involved in marketing.
For his own adventures beyond
the farm gate, Reid has no regrets.
"No matter how it turns out in the
end I'll never regret being involved,"
says Reid. "To me it was an
opportunity to contribute to
agriculture."
And there have been rewards such
as "The first time you go into big
new Zehrs supermarket and see a
bottle of Mornington goats' milk on
the shelf," he says. "And there are all
the people who tell me they've had
the product and liked it — that's
pretty satisfying."0