Today’s company -Niagara Orchard & Vineyard Corp, is the amalgamation of three independent grower-shipper and crop input groups. The parent company, Niagara Grape, was established in 1926 by a group of local grape growers and maintained by various owners until purchased in 1988 by Arnie Lepp.
In 2004 the company size increased significantly from one location to three, with the purchase of Louth & Niagara Orchards – an alliance of itself. The purchase resulted in a company with over 200 years of combined industry experience among key management and staff.
NOVC operates four warehouses, two located in Virgil, Jordan Station, and Niagara-on-the-Lake. Our clients include greenhouse operators, golf course and lawn care specialists, orchard and vineyard growers, regional and municipal governments as well as local homeowners.
Our growing client base includes: Loblaws, Sobeys, Metro and fruit wholesalers from the East Coast to Saskatchewan.
All four locations are AWSA Phase III certified to supply crop protection materials. There are eight state-of-the-art cold storages, warehousing for container manufacturing, fertilizer production and a complete line of supplies to establish and maintain orchards and vineyards in Ontario.
In 2020 the last of the major independent supply companies Niagara Fruit & Vegetable Growers was amalgamated into Niagara Orchard & Vineyard Corp making it the largest independent orchard and vineyard supply company in Canada. Unlike any other service and supply organization we purchase direct from all crop protection companies and pass those savings on to the grower and we are the only fertilizer blending and bagging facility dedicated to horticulture.