The official opening of the Gordie Howe International Bridge connecting Windsor, Ontario with Detroit Michigan is but months away in fall 2025. Yet the $6.4 billion span of the Detroit River is marred by a U.S. trade war with Canada that defies logic. Ontario’s greenhouse vegetable growers paid $6…
When Alison Davie became chair of Potato Growers of Alberta in November 2023, she never dreamed that the growing sector would be threatened with 25 per cent tariffs from the U.S. Will tariffs disrupt supply chains March 4? Check for hard news.
Justine Hendricks, CEO, Farm Credit Canada, met up with Dr. Mary Ruth McDonald at the University of Guelph, to share stories about funding innovation in horticulture.
The Johnston family who operate Muskoka Lakes Farm & Winery near Bala, Ontario has invested in a new packing line to improve quality of fresh cranberries, a niche product representing 10 per cent of their entire harvest.
It’s a complicated journey from picking apples in the orchard to final packaging for the retail customer. One of the components is applying a price look-up (PLU) sticker to bulk fruits. That seemingly simple step may change as the global industry strives towards industrially compostable PLU…
