Gildale Farms, St. Marys, ON

Gildale Farms began producing wood pellets in 2006, when Scott Abercrombie and his father Jim, were looking for a cost effective method to heat the buildings on their farm. They discovered pellet furnaces and boilers and were attracted to their low cost heating fuel and environmentally responsible reputation. At the time there were no locally produced pellets available, only imports from Quebec or British Columbia. Through research it became apparent that wood pellets had many benefits as a heating fuel for rural Ontario, and that there would be a growing demand for this economical fuel source.