About Us

A growing history with Canada

Conrad Fafard, Inc's roots germinated in Canada. It was 1921 when Canadian Conrad Fafard moved to Springfield, Mass., and began selling imported hay to local livestock owners. He expanded his services in the early 1930s to include peat moss — first selling imported peat moss from Germany, then in 1939 opening the first Fafard bog in Quebec. The demand for Fafard peat moss grew quickly, and two years later, a second bog started in New Brunswick, closely followed by a peat-processing plant and mix facility also in New Brunswick. The company incorporated as Conrad Fafard, Inc. in 1945.

Over the next 60 years, Conrad Fafard, Inc. expanded its assets and sales, attracting the attention of Swiss-based Syngenta, a leading global agribusiness. Since joining Syngenta in July 2006, Fafard and its Canadian subsidiary have opened a plant in Texas, acquired leases on three peatlands in Manitoba, and announced the building of a second Canadian production facility in Manitoba to open November 2008.

Headquartered in Agawam, Mass., Fafard is a leading manufacturer of packaged growing media for professional ornamental growers and retail outlets. It currently owns and operates production facilities in Anderson, S.C.; Apopka, Fla.; Marshall, Texas; Floodwood, Minn.; and New Brunswick, Canada, as well as peat bogs in the New Brunswick and Manitoba provinces.