Mark Saunders

Mark Saunders Canada East

Mark Saunders is the Director of Fun at the family-run Saunders Farm. Mark works with his parents Bill and Anne and his wife, Angela.  Mark studied History and economics at the University of Guelph before spending 5 years traveling the world and living in Europe. He now looks after the general management, sales and marketing of Saunders Farm. Saunders Farm is an award-winning 100-acre farm 30 minutes from downtown Ottawa, Canada. Saunders Farm began as a strawberry farm in 1975 years ago but is most well-known for its “Haunting Season” during October. The Farm is also the site of North America ’s largest collection of hedge Mazes. During the summer months Saunders Farm hosts corporate picnics and retreats and its Mazes are open as a summer tourist destination.  In December, Saunders Farm is open for cut-your-own Christmas trees and corporate parties. Recently, Saunders Farm won NAFDMA’s 2002 International Farm Marketer of the Year award and the 2003 Tourism Innovation award and the New Product of the Year awards for the Ottawa Tourism and Convention Authority. Saunders Farm has been featured nationally on the CTV, CBC and in national magazines and newspapers and even in the Wall Street Journal.   Mark currently sits on various tourism and direct farm marketing boards including the Ontario Farm Fresh Marketing Association, the Ottawa Tourism and Convention Authority and Ontario East Tourism Corporation.  Mark is also a founder of the Ottawa Rural Tourism Council. In 2003 Mark Saunders was a finalist for Ottawa Tourism and Convention Authority’s Tourism Leader of the Year. Mark and his wife, Angela, are also very busy at home with son, Aidan, and daughters Molly and Julia.

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