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Judge Theresa Bergeron
13236 Crump Rd
Chesterville ON K0C 1H0
Born : Cornwall ON, 1951
BA: life sciences 1972 Queen’s University, Kingston ON
MSc: nutrition 1982 Guelph University, Guelph ON
1983: purchased first 4 Angora goats from Fred and Anna Moerhle, Hanover ON
They had originally been purchased from the Pollock herd in NY in the 1970’s
1986: participated in an Angora goat and mohair grading course in Sonora TX
1987-1991 exported goats to the UK
1986-87: organized angora breeders across Canada to ship mohair on the world market and trained the wool grader at the Canadian Co-op Wool Growers to grade mohair
1988-89: lobbied the provincial government to have goats recognized as LIVESTOCK, not
Pets and put on the Red Meat Plan ….which came into effect in 1989 for 5 years. I
Became one of the 4 advisors
1989: elected director of the Can Goat Society for 3 two year terms
1990: member of Royal Winter Fair Goat Show Committee, Toronto ON
1990: started working on mohair socks which developed into “Thermohair Inc” still in
operation today shipping socks across Canada into the US, Japan and Sweden
1990, 93, 94: premier breeder and exhibitor awards at the Royal Winter Fair. The show was discontinued in the late 90’s
Have given seminars on Angora Goats and mohair in ON, NS (nova scotia), Alberta and Massachussetts
1997: judged Fiberfest Michigan
1998: was chosen as one of Canada’s top 10 entrepreneurial women by the Women’s Television Network (WTN) aired under Success Inc
1999 and 2003: was featured on CBC Venture. The episode was one of the top 3 favourites of the year.
2015: judged Angora goats and mohair fleeces at Rhinebeck Fibrefest in NY State
2019: chosen as the only fibre goat breeder (4 others representing meat and dairy) to revise the 2003 Canadian Goat Code of Practice, the go to manual for goat breeders and processors across Canada. We have been given a 2 year time frame.