Copyright © 2019
Cooney Farms
10 Wellmans Rd
Stirling, ON
Our Farm’s
Family History
Open
May 1st - Dec 31st
7 days a week
Hours
10 am - 5 pm
Phone
During Store Hours
(613) 395 - 2395
After Hours
(613) 395-3947
The Apple Store is truly run by our family for families. Our family owns and operates Cooney Farms, a
division of which is The Apple Store. On any given Saturday it’s common to see three generations
working side by side in the store, with the fourth one stopping in occasionally for a visit!
The Apple Store had its beginnings, like any good crop, as a small seed back in 1983. Back then, the steel
clad structure served as a warehouse for Marvin Cooney and his brother Norman to wash, sort, wax, pack
and ship their Cooney Farms apples to grocery stores across Ontario. A small storefront was maintained
to sell fruit locally on weekends.
By 1988, Marvin’s son Rodney was ready to take over the business from his uncle Norman. Marvin, his
wife Lynda and Rodney and his wife Lisa became joint partners owning Cooney Farms. The agriculture
market in Ontario was changing. The shipping of apples across Ontario ended but the small retail outlet
remained.
In 2002, we called a local carpenter friend and a major renovation began. The square footage of the
storefront was doubled and an inviting wraparound porch was added. The result was a destination store
everyone loves to visit.
After nearly 60 years of primarily focusing on our 100 head dairy farm and around 800 acres of crops, we
sold the dairy quota in December of 2005 and devoted more energy into The Apple Store. Cooney Farms
is still under operation, involved in many different ventures such as cash cropping, custom work and
proudly raising our ‘Homegrown Beef’ to market inside The Apple Store.