The $4.4 billion Ontario grape and wine industry honoured three leaders in Niagara Falls on March 23 at the 30th anniversary of the Cuvée Grand Tasting. Albrecht Seeger won the Cuvée Vineyard of Excellence Award.
Several long-serving growers and industry leaders were honoured at the Canadian Horticultural Council meetings in Ottawa on March 14.They included John MacDonald, a potato and berry grower from Prince Edward Island.
After three years at Vineland Research and Innovation Centre, Dr. Viliam Zvalo is heading back to Nova Scotia. He becomes CEO of Perennia Food and Agriculture Inc. on April 4.
The Berry Growers of Ontario get underway in earnest with a board meeting March 7 that elects strawberry grower Tom Heeman as chair.
CropLife Canada welcomes two new vice-presidents of chemistry and plant biotechnology.
The 16th edition of the Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Convention hosted several competitions February 20 and 21, 2018 in Niagara Falls, Ontario. When the event started, organizers could not have imagined sweet and hard cider competitions or an Ontario-hopped craft beer competition.
The Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Growers’ Association adds a new director to the board and reorganizes priorities with two new committees.
The Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Growers’ Association honoured two long-serving individuals in the horticultural industry. It was a surprise double ceremony at the February 20, 2018 Annual General Meeting in Niagara Falls.
Looking to the future, the Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Growers’ Association has created a new position of senior policy advisor and government relations.
Veteran reporter Dave Harrison has just retired after 22 years as editor of Greenhouse Canada. One of his last features was with another veteran: Ontario cucumber grower Jan VanderHout.