Les Viandes du Breton

By Anna Guy I t’s a full circle moment for Vincent Breton. As President of Les Viandes du Breton, a division of the company his grandfather Napoléon founded, he is leading a movement to bring traditional farming techniques back to the pork indus- try. When the company was founded in 1944, Napoléon was serv- ing the local communities in rural Quebec with farm products and equipment. He knew the farmers he worked with and their operations personally, and worked hard to help them succeed. In the 1960s, Vincent’s father, Lucien, was passed the baton and continued to develop the company by diversifying its activities JANUARY 2019 | BUSINESS ELITE CANADA 3