CanadaGAP is now accepting nominations for candidates to serve on the Board of Directors for CanAgPlus for a two-year term. Deadline is August 31, 2020.
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In a time when food supply is challenged, consumers want to know more about where their food comes from. Share the challenges and the victories, shares columnist Peter Chapman.
Ultimately, we’re already on the right path with a science-based system that evaluates and minimizes risks of new technology while leveraging its benefits, writes columnist Chris Duyvelshoff.
Columnist Owen Roberts asks several questions about how trade shows will adapt. There are many with a lot of suppliers and companies, but with fewer end users. Will they make a comeback after the pandemic? Will companies be as willing to buy a booth? Will people feel safe going there?
For growers, the fear of an outbreak is real – not just of the obvious health implications, but also the broader economic impact an outbreak and associated quarantine-induced shutdown will bring.
The Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit has reported the COVID-19 linked death of a seasonal worker on June 20. He was employed with the vegetable farm, Scotlynn Group, Vittoria, Ontario.
Michelle Cortens, Nova Scotia tree fruit specialist, and team have launched a new app for orchard management. She’s with Perennia Food & Agriculture based in Kentville.
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Essex County leaders have partnered with Ontario Greenhouse Vegetable Growers to improve the health of safety of the agri-food sector by increasing COVID-1 testing.
For the most part, #plant2020 has gone well for potatoes. But as Kevin MacIsaac, general manager, United Potato Growers of Canada, explains, challenges remain to clean up the old crop at a later than normal date as the new crop is on schedule.
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PMRA has granted label expansion of Pylon miticide-insecticide for chili and onion thrips in greenhouse ornamentals. The product also suppresses pests in greenhouse fruiting crops/cucumbers.
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The Pest Management Centre is in final stages of identifying 10 priority ‘A’ projects says executive director Dr. Marcos Alvarez. That’s a tough exercise to winnow from the current list of 47 projects, given the diversity of Canada’s horticultural industry.
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This biological mycoinsecticide label has been expanded via the Minor Use Program for management of whiteflies, aphids and thrips on additional greenhouse-grown crops in Canada. These include eggplant, lettuce, mint, onion and Brassica transplants, Asian water spinach and strawberries.
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Multinational Syngenta organizes crop protection and seed units in Switzerland, Israel, United States and China.
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Canadians won two of the six booth awards at the United Fresh LIVE! show. Best Overall Booth was won by greenhouse grower Sunset/Mastronardi Produce Ltd., Kingsville, Ontario. Best FreshMKT Booth was won by Pure Flavor – Pure Hothouse Foods, Inc. Leamington, Ontario.
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Davis Yung, the new chair of the Canadian Produce Marketing Association (CPMA), has hit the ground running, spearheading a new initiative to deliver produce to frontline workers. 500 shopping bags, brimming with produce, recognize their thankless work throughout the pandemic thus far.
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Just like the industry itself, Davis Yung brings a dynamic leadership style to the Canadian Produce Marketing Association. Its diverse membership is comprised of every segment of the produce industry supply chain which is responsible for 90 per cent of the fresh fruit and vegetable sales in Canada.
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The Virtual New Product Showcase honours four product categories: the organic product award, packaging innovation award, best snackable product and best new product award. The Little Potato Company’s Easy Sides won best new product.
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Michelle Cortens, Nova Scotia tree fruit specialist, and team have launched a new app for orchard management. She’s with Perennia Food & Agriculture based in Kentville.
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Parent company AgroFresh Solutions has expanded post-harvest application of its SmartFresh technology to include tomatoes in Canada.
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A new Eco-Lok closure offers the same safety, quality and rigidity as former plastic closures with lower carbon footprint.
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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.
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