Profile of NLFA Board Members

President
Tom Angiers
Tom Angiers is the Lake Melville Agricultural Association (LMAA) representative on the Newfoundland and Labrador Federation of Agriculture’s Board of Directors.

Tom has a long history in farming and comes from a true farm family. He is a ninth generation farmer who was born and raised on a 200-acre mixed farm in Ontario. He later went on to become a farm manager in Keg River, Alberta where he produced oats for Quaker.

Currently, Tom is in the process of re-establishing his farm in Labrador. In 2004 his original farm location on the Trans Labrador Highway had to be evacuated due to potential contamination from the American military base. Tom’s new site is 22 kilometres away from the original site.

The new farm will be a mixed operation consisting of root vegetables and a greenhouse which will operate year round growing tomatoes, lettuce, peppers, and green onions. Tom’s business plan for the new operation calls for a 320-acre facility by the time it is completed.

There are also plans to continue the Angiers family’s long history of family farming. Tom’s 23 year old son Chad has applied for a lease on a parcel of land next to his father’s, where he plans to operate a 100-acre beef cattle farm.

Tom Angiers
Lake Melville Agriculture Association
Happy Valley-Goose Bay, NL
Phone: (709) 896-8136
calit@nf.sympatico.ca

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