Approximately 3,000 seasonal workers from Mexico and the Caribbean began arriving in January to help in Leamington, Ontario and Niagara peninsula greenhouses. That’s the vanguard of what’s expected to be a total of 18,000 seasonal workers in Ontario. 

The fourth anniversary of Canada’s Agriculture Day aims to strengthen the consumer-producer relationship. 

Buy local. Buy Canadian. A new federal campaign will urge consumers to put their buying power behind locally-grown foods. Fresh, frozen, pickled – it all counts. 

American food safety authorities declared that as of January 15, 2020, the E. coli outbreak connected to romaine lettuce from Salinas, California is now over. A total of 165 people were sickened. No deaths were reported. 

Ottawa is hosting the 2020 Canadian Horticultural Council annual general meeting at the Westin Hotel, March 10-12. Get registered now for this educational and networking policy event.