Our Story

The Journey of Hungler Farm 

From 1939 to today.  Farm life has always been the way. 

September 1931

John Hungler Sr. emigrated from Yugoslavia to Canada and worked in the mines in N. Ontario to make enough money to send for his wife, Josephine and daughter. 

September 1931

April 1939

The Hungler family moved to Kingsville and share cropped tobacco on the farm they would eventually buy.  

April 1939

June 1950

Honey Crisp | KingsvilleThe farm was purchased by John Sr and Josephine.  They slowly moved out of tobacco and into market gardening.  John Sr. died in 1960 after which  Josephine and family continued the work.  

June 1950

May 1974

Italian Plums | KingsvilleThe farm property passed to John and Josephine’s three other children and in 1984 three quarters of it was sold out of the family. 

May 1974

June 1979

Hungler Farm | Kingsville Apple OrchardJohn Jr and his wife Barbara planted their quarter section in apple orchard, an enterprise that continues today. 

June 1979

June 2022

Now, after almost 50 years,  the orchard produces a variety of fruit including 17 varieties of apples along with peaches, pears and Italian plumbs.   

June 2022