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The Leamington, Ontario, greenhouse industry has experienced “very minimal growth” since the COVID-19 pandemic, and Richard Lee blames some of the falloff to lack of support from all levels of government in Canada.
What does Windset Farms do for its Punjabi-speaking workers? Why does it matter and how can it help your business? Our EFI-partnered series episode of the “Tip of the Iceberg” podcast answers these questions and more.
The company said the honor is a celebration not only of Coleman’s leadership, but also of the culture and values that define Equifruit.
The initiative received the Marketing Excellence Award for its messaging ‘takeover’ at Windsor International Airport touting the benefits of Ontario-grown greenhouse produce.
George Gilvesy received the Cory Clack-Streef Produce Person of the Year Award, recognizing efforts to improve the produce industry in the province.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has opened a 60-day consultation as part of its work on a new national potato wart response plan.
The Canadian Produce Marketing Association, which joined other groups in cancelling its annual trade show because of the pandemic, is offering sessions online instead.
Starting this summer, FMS Fresh Produce, Sherrington, Quebec, will provide its customers with more organic vegetables, thanks to a partnership with organic farm Agri-Fusion, Polycarpe, Quebec.
After 164 migrant workers at an Ontario asparagus farm tested positive for COVID-19 about halfway through harvest season, farm leaders worked with the local health department to contain the spread.
The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement became effective July 1, but it brings no sweeping changes to North American produce companies who have operated with the NAFTA for more than two decades.
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Crawford Packaging, London, Ontario, is building a new warehouse and showroom in Essex, Ontario.
The mental health of Quebec’s produce growers is top of mind among all the stress of the summer peak season.
Prima Wawona peaches involved in a recall in the U.S. and Canada because of salmonella were shipped to more than a dozen other countries.
Mike Ecker, president of the Vineland Growers Co-operative, Jordan Station, Ontario, is the Canadian Produce Marketing Association’s 2020 Lifetime Achievement Award honoree.
Ontario health officials are investigating an outbreak of salmonella associated with microgreens from Sunsprout Natural Foods.
GoodLeaf’s 45,000 square-foot Guelph, Ontario, facility is now fully functional.
With added food safety compliance costs of perhaps $1 to $2 per carton, the complications are just beginning for California Salinas Valley romaine shippers and Canadian importers.
Canadian produce industry leader Garry Wagner, 84, died Oct. 3 in Calgary, Alberta.
New Canadian food safety import requirements for U.S. romaine lettuce could cost the Canadian industry between $11 million and $13 million per week.
Guelph, Ontario-based GoodLeaf Farms is adding baby greens to its product line.
Quebec-based Vegpro International is recalling Fresh Attitude brand Baby Spinach from the marketplace due to possible salmonella contamination, according to a notice posted Nov. 26 at the CFIA website.
Watch the on-scene video and read about the Quebec Produce Marketing Association’s successful convention.
George Pitsikoulis was born into the produce business — almost literally.
The POM Group of Mississauga Ontario has announced the release of a new line of fresh pomegranate arils, under the Royal brand.
It’s back-to-school time, and Mastronardi Produce’s Sunset brand has new healthy snacks suitable for lunchboxes.
When Jane Collin, 28, category manager at Sobeys in Montreal, heard her name called as the 2019 Next-Gen intern winner at the Quebec Produce Marketing Association Convention, she stood tall.
The Giorgi Cos. Inc. has invested an undisclosed amount in FreshCap Mushrooms Ltd., which sells functional mushroom extract powders.
Speaking to the importance of trade to growers, U.S. Apple Association president and CEO Jim Bair urged passage U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement at a press conference Sept. 13.