About 9,000 Jamaican temporary foreign workers are in Ontario this summer. The Jamaican Liaison Service is working hard to reach out during summer festive events.
- The North American Raspberry and Blackberry Association and the North American Strawberry Association are planning a joint meeting in Hawaii from February 3-6, 2025.
- The Canadian Produce Marketing Association, one of 10 groups involved in three years of negotiations, is welcoming the commitment of all grocers. Holdouts Costco and Walmart have joined Loblaw, Sobeys and Metro.
- Reducing burdens for on-farm worker housing is a key focus of the Ontario Fruit & Vegetable Growers’ Association.
- Your customers – retailers—are chasing the changing trends of consumers. Here’s how to sharpen your strategy of finding the middle ground of servicing needs of both.