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Maplewood Farm celebrates 50 years of life BRENT RICHTER
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Down on the farm – Maplewood Farm that is – fouryear-old James Smallwood clutches a handful of kale and waits for his turn to get inside the “rabbitat,” where bunnies and guinea pigs are treated by visitors to a smorgasbord of healthy snacks.
From the time the gate opens, there’s a stream of youngsters parading through the five-acre facility. In many cases they are getting their first-ever encounter with domestic farm animals. It’s a tradition that, as of this summer, dates back 50 years. But Maplewood Farm, as it is today, is another one of those almost-never-happened success stories. Before it was Maplewood Farm, it was just a farm. Or numerous farms and a dog kennel, specifically, starting in 1924 when it was purchased by Joseph Ellis and Walter Young. They developed the land into a dairy farm that delivered milk and cream to residents from Lonsdale to Deep Cove, a history compiled by District of North Vancouver notes. They sold the farm to the Smyth Family who continued to keep 25 head of cattle, selling raw milk for 10 to 12 cents per quart until 1946 when provincial public health legislation banned the sale of unpasteurized milk. The Smyths sold their herd and converted the farm to a dog kennel where Continued on A21
Farm manager Selina Cowman cuddles with Fig, a three-month-old Nigerian pygmy goat, at North Vancouver’s Maplewood Farm. The farm will hold a 50th anniversary celebration Saturday, July 19. PAUL MCGRATH / NSN
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