[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 44 (Wednesday, March 8, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H1199]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  HIRZEL CANNING COMPANY AT 100 YEARS

  (Ms. KAPTUR asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Speaker, I rise to say hurray and recognize a 
northwestern Ohio institution, Hirzel Canning Company and Farms, on its 
100th anniversary.
  Headquartered in Northwood, Ohio, the Hirzel family rose from humble 
beginnings to become a major player in the national canned produce 
market, particularly canned tomato products. They are the best you will 
ever eat.
  Carl Hirzel was a Swiss immigrant who lost his job as a brewer during 
Prohibition and moved to northwest Ohio to find opportunity. In 1923, 
he began farming a 60-acre plot in what is now Northwood.
  He initially had trouble selling fresh products in the established 
produce market, until a local butcher who liked his sauerkraut told him 
there was an untapped canned vegetable market.
  As their CEO, Joe Hirzel, always says, ``Whatever you guys do, do not 
forget quality.'' That is the Hirzel way.
  So today with plants in Northwood, Pemberville, and Ottawa, and a 
farming operation near Luckey, Hirzel now distributes in 36 States 
nationwide. Their company is top quality, grown right in northern Ohio, 
and especially top quality are the people who operate and work there.
  I just want to congratulate Hirzel again. Our entire region is so 
very, very proud of them and all of their accomplishments.

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