About KPPA
Keystone Potato Producers Association
Our Story
Our roots run back to 1962, when Midwest Food Products processed its first potatoes in Carberry. A year later, in 1963, local producers came together as an informal group known as the Carberry Growers Association, and in 1969 they formalized their efforts by incorporating as the Keystone Vegetable Producers Association.
In 2006, the organization took its current form, established as a Board under The Farm Products Marketing Act as the Keystone Potato Producers Association (KPPA). KPPA operates within the framework established by the Manitoba Processing Potato Marketing Plan Regulation and the orders and regulations made under it, available here.
For more than six decades, growers have stood together to strengthen and represent Manitoba’s processing potato industry, and that shared purpose continues to guide us today.
Susan Ainsworth
General Manager
Our mission
“To enhance the profitability and long-term viability of processing potato growers through advocacy, research, and industry collaboration.”
Our vision
A resilient and competitive processing potato sector that benefits growers and stakeholders.
Our Board
The Producer Board is elected from four growing districts across Manitoba. Current members:
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Chad Berry
President
District 3 -
Stan Wiebe
Vice President
District 2 -
Sheldon Wiebe
Board Member
District 2 -
Travis Waterhouse
Board Member
District 1 -
Kirk Davison
Board Member
District 1 -
Photo coming soon
Randy Baron
Board Member
District 1 -
Paul McDonald
Board Member
District 4