Potato growers Charles Emre and his son-in-law Nick Bell examine a cover crop in July 2023 on their farm, Windham Centre, Ontario. Soil health is top-of-mind for the Standing Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry which is expected to release a report in 2024.

FERME Québec is the non-profit agency responsible for bringing temporary foreign workers to farms. Of the 20,000 who came in 2012, 13,000 were from Guatemala. Martin Gibouleau, Les Productions Margiric, Laval, examines the field pepper harvest with some of his 100 Guatemalan workers.

Given the public interest in land use, particularly around metropolitan areas of Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal, farmers’ markets play an increasingly important role in connecting farmers with consumers. On the frontlines are Kevin Gallant and his wife Keara, Vanessa, Ontario. They supply three…

Ontario growers fill a niche for U.S. pickle processors that’s valued at $16 million annually. Dan Froese supervises one of three Hartung Brothers’ receiving stations in Ontario near Vienna.

The BC Cherry Association has worked hard to diversify its markets in the Asian rim, most recently to South Korea. But in 2023, its focus will turn to domestic markets with the inaugural Canadian Cherry Month, July 15-August 15.