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Our Name

The Roman empire honored Ceres, goddess of grain and agriculture, for the gifts of wheat, milling, and baking. Today, agriculture and grain processing are still the foundation of our food supply. Here in Western Canada, often referred to as the “breadbasket of the world”, agribusiness entrepreneurs build and operate some of the safest and most efficient grain processing assets on the planet. Success requires constant improvement, a continual questioning of how to do things better and how to add more value. And for all of this, you can turn to anCeres (just say “answers”).

anCeres, for all life's grain questions.

Our History

Our principal was raised on a pedigreed seed farm in western Manitoba where the family business included the operation of a special crops processing facility and a retail chemical/fertilizer outlet in addition to seed production. There's really no substitute for growing up in an industry, and his early education in agribusiness operations, customer service and strategy has shaped his professional career.

After 25 years in the grain foods processing industry, including leadership of Viterra's $1B North American food ingredients manufacturing portfolio, he returned to his roots and is again focused on the type of business he grew up in – Western Canadian small and medium sized grain processing operations. Today, we draw on our diverse backgrounds, including on-going farm ownership, to help agribusiness companies achieve their potential through strategic growth and operational excellence. We love taking what we've learned in some great organizations, and applying it to help you meet your challenges.

Our Heritage

The Pizzey family has a much longer association with grain processing than seed cleaning  and special crops processing for the last 40 years. In England, Ishmael Pizzey, miller, registered a will in 1739 that bequeathed his Garboldisham, Norfolk windmill to his wife Penelope. This document is the first record of a windmill in that part of the country, and the mill probably looked something like the post mill that's been restored at Bourn, Cambridge, about 100 km west of Garboldisham. The original Bourn mill is from about the same era as the Pizzey Garboldisham mill would have been. 

Bottom line, grain processing is our heritage and continues to be our passion.

Our Values

Operate with TRANSPARENCY

• we value high frequency, open communication to deal with issues before they become issues
• we strive to educate our clients with respect to the process and content of the work we deliver
• we provide unrestricted access to any project data the owner is interested in seeing

Be RESPONSIVE

• we take pride in delivering quality services quickly, because we understand that time is money
• we ensure the most recent industry and regulatory developments are incorporated in our work
• we invite contractors and suppliers to contribute their knowledge to our design process

Deliver VALUE

• we understand that scope, schedule and budget need to be uniquely balanced in each project
• we tailor our service to the needs of the team, and apply lean principles to continuously improve
• we focus on the industry and geography of our expertise