Based in Kingsville, Ontario, greenhouse grower Mucci Farms scored the Best...
Ontario’s ag ministry has announced funding to the Ontario Farm Fresh Marketing...
Kam’s Growers Supply is teaming up with the Bioline brand of biological control. It’s...
Mexico-based Agrizar has committed to grow exclusively for Mastronardi BerryWorld America, a joint venture between Mastronardi Produce Ltd., North America’s leading grower and distributor of greenhouse produce, and the UK-based BerryWorld.
The Ontario government has announced special protection for the Ontario Food Terminal, the country’s largest wholesale food terminal. The 40 acres in Etobicoke will be named a provincially significant employment zone, protecting it from potential condo development.
Grown in Washington and Nevada, Sunions will be marketed for the first time in western Canada in December 2019. The seed is not available in Canada.
Team Canada has announced its partnership with the Empire Company, making its family of brands the first-ever official grocer of the Canadian Olympic Committee. Four sports athletes pose with a bin of apples…and pledge their love of fruits and vegetables.
The Canadian Horticultural Council will be screening the documentary, Heartbeat: A celebration of international farm workers in Ottawa on October 16. The timing is aligned with World Food Day.
Greenhouse brand SUNSET expects to use 100 per cent reusable, recyclable or compostable packaging for all fruits and vegetables by 2025. Some of those solutions will be unveiled at the Produce Marketing Association’s Fresh Summit in California October 17-19, 2019.
The Houweling’s Group will be using Apeel’s plant-based technology to replace single-use plastic wrap on English cucumbers. The new ‘second skin’ packaging is expected to reduce both food and plastic waste.
Horticulture plays an important role in Ontario’s agricultural economy as the second largest commodity sector. Farmgate value of $2.4 billion for the province’s fruit and vegetable growers means that the sector is second only to grains and oilseeds.
A female employee of Quebec’s ministry of agriculture, fisheries and food died in an accident October 4 while filming at a cranberry farm.
A swath of political and industry dignitaries were on hand October 3 to open the new Cavendish Farms’ frozen potato processing facility. The $430 million private investment is the largest in the history of Lethbridge, Alberta.
Kam’s Growers Supply is teaming up with the Bioline brand of biological control. It’s a growing trend of learning how to integrate biologicals and traditional methods of pest control.
Must-Grow Biologics Corp is an agricultural biotech company developing and commercializing a portfolio of natural, science-based bio-pesticides and bio-fertility products. The company has finalized its advanced liquid formulation of a mustard-derived ‘granule format’ bio-pesticide product.
Control of powdery mildew is available for globe artichokes and greenhouse eggplant with the label expansion of Nova fungicide.
Kanemite miticide label has been expanded for control of spider mites on hops in Canada.
The success of Millennium asparagus cannot be overstated with its significant yield improvements, stand longevity and disease resistance, thanks to this University of Guelph breeder.
For John Fedorkow, it’s a lifetime achievement to be honoured as Grape King 2019. He was photographed at his 75-acre vineyard near St. David’s, Ontario.
The London-Ontario based association, Ontario Processing Vegetable Growers, has named Keith Robbins to the role of general manager. He starts September 17, 2019.
The Quebec Produce Marketing Association names George Pitsikoulis as its 2019 Pillar of the Industry award winner. The honour was bestowed during its annual meeting in Quebec City, August 8-10.
A new Eco-Lok closure offers the same safety, quality and rigidity as former plastic closures with lower carbon footprint.
United Fresh 2019 offers a glimpse into the future with a TEC Zone featuring 24 top ag tech start-up companies. One of those is Montreal-based Motorleaf, which uses artificial intelligence to automate harvest yield estimates and disease scouting in tomato and pepper greenhouses.
Hazel Technologies Inc., based in Salinas, California, has developed a small, biodegradable and food-safe insert to extend the shelf life of a carton of fresh fruit. Now the post-harvest sachet is being launched for one of the most challenging fruits to keep fresh – cherries.
Scabby potatoes are unmarketable. However, molecular technology has determined that the most predominant species in Ontario might be one that could be controlled with cultural practices.
