2017 AWC East - Patricia Thompson speaks about her family agri-food business
Oct 15, 2024

Video: 2017 AWC East - Patricia Thompson speaks about her family agri-food business


Patricia Thompson, VP Sales and Marketing, King Cole Ducks in Stouffville, Ontario shares her family's story of building a farm-to-fork business since the 1950s. She shares business and marketing tips that helped her enterprise - led by many dynamic women in agriculture - to become the success it is today.

This video is a part of a series of past speakers from previous Advancing Women in Agriculture Conferences we will release in the weeks leading up to our Advancing Women Conference in Calgary on March 26 and 27, 2018.

 

2017 AWC East - Patricia Thompson speaks about her family agri-food business

2017 AWC East - Patricia Thompson speaks about her family agri-food business

Patricia Thompson, VP Sales and Marketing, King Cole Ducks in Stouffville, Ontario shares her family's story of building a farm-to-fork business since the 1950s. She shares business and marketing tips that helped her enterprise - led by many dynamic women in agriculture - to become the success i... More
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