Company creates value-added premium product

“The Government of Canada is committed to helping Canadian businesses grow, innovate and participate in a global economy so that they can create good quality jobs and generate wealth for Canadians. Through ACOA, we are making strategic investments in companies such as Blue Roof Distillers so they can generate new growth and help build a globally competitive region where all Atlantic Canadians can thrive and prosper. ”

-    The Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development and Minister responsible for ACOA

“Atlantic Canada’s economic success depends in part on our businesses’ ability to continuously adapt so they can remain competitive here in Canada and on the world stage. I am pleased that ACOA’s support for this project will enable Blue Roof Distillers to branch out from the family farm and develop a new, value-added product. This investment is a perfect example of how together, we can move forward with fresh ideas to make innovation a national priority and put Canada on a firm path to long-term economic growth.”

• The Honourable Dominic LeBlanc Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard and Member of Parliament for Beauséjour

“Supporting innovation, competitiveness and market development to help Canadian producers and processors innovate and develop market opportunities is what Growing Forward 2 programs are all about. The Growing Forward 2 policy framework represents $37 million in cost-shared funding for the agriculture sector in New Brunswick. Supporting innovative companies like Blue Roof Distillers will help the sector build on its competitive strengths and help grow the economy and Canada’s middle class.” 

• The Honourable Lawrence MacAulay, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

“The development of Atlantic Canada’s first farm-to-bottle distillery in Canada is cause for great celebration, particularly given the innovation that is now rooting a sixth-generation of the Strang family into New Brunswick’s agricultural sector. Our government is working to support the development of innovation and new businesses like Blue Roof distillers.” 

• The Honourable Rick Doucet, Minister of Agriculture, Aquaculture and Fisheries

“Businesses like Blue Roof are working hard to diversify and add value to their products and contribute to their communities. We are proud to work with them as they make their mark by turning their ideas into reality.” 

• Bernard LeBlanc, Memramcook-Tantramar MLA

“On behalf of Blue Roof Distillers and the Strang family, I want to thank ACOA, ONB, NBIF, CCNB Edmundston and the Department of Agriculture for providing us with the funding and resources to help grow our business. After five long years of research and partnerships we are embarking on a new journey and diversifying our product offerings from the farm. This new farm-to-bottle value-added expansion has allowed our company to grow while creating meaningful employment opportunities for the members of our rural community. We are now able to serve our loyal customers with small batch ultra-premium spirits, made possible by our hard working staff and funding partners.” 

• Mr. Devon Strang, President, Blue Roof Distillery

• • Blue Roof Distillers Ltd. is a newly established company, incorporated on May 4, 2016, that produces premium potato vodka on a small scale, using local potatoes from its related company, Strang's Produce Inc.

  • Strang's Produce Inc., a sixth-generation family farm located in Malden, New Brunswick, farms over 700 acres of land and produces and sells more than 350 acres of potatoes in the Atlantic Provinces through retail chain stores.

Dominique Bouchard
Communications Officer
Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
506-292-7524 

Julie Root
Communications Officer, Atlantic region
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
506-460-4546

Mary-Anne Hurley-Corbyn
Communications Specialist
Opportunities NB
504-453-5471 

Mr. Devon Strang
President
Blue Roof Distillery
506-538-7767