When you understand why consumers buy, then it’s easier to deliver to the sweet spot.

With several products removed from the arsenal by the Pest Management Regulatory Agency, otherinsecticidal groups will be forced to take on more of the load in the near future, notably the diamides and spinosyns.

The perils related to the tender cherry crop were realized in British Columbia as the early-maturing varieties split with unseasonable rain in early July 2019. Some growers lost 30 to 50 per cent of their crop. 

Put on your creative thinking cap to name a new early-maturing peach. Deadline is August 31, 2019. 

Growers are looking forward to a healthy crop of garlic in 2019. 

The latest store opens at Yonge Sheppard Centre in Toronto with two more scheduled for later in 2019.

Ontario potato breeder and grower, Dr. Peter Vander Zaag, has received an honorary lifetime membership from the Potato Association of America. He has shared his expertise around the world making the tuber a source of stable income in parts of China.

The Canadian Horticultural Council has issued its latest video about international workers. It’s a heartwarming tale of a Mexican worker who chose to bring his wife and children to Quebec for a better life on a fruit and vegetable farm.

Ontario premier Doug Ford shuffled his cabinet in major ways earlier this summer, but kept Ernie Hardeman in the role of agriculture, food and rural affairs minister. The OFVGA thanks outgoing ministers and welcomes new ones to their roles.

Since Anita Stewart rallied the country behind beef producers in 2003, the World’s Longest Barbecue has evolved into Food Day Canada. It’s perfect timing for the rainbow of fruits and vegetables.