Prince Edward Island growers are preparing to snowblow up to 300 million pounds of potatoes onto frozen ground with a ban on exports to mainland U.S. still in place.
- The Ambassador Bridge is now open for business after a blockade that lasted almost a week. Spanning the Detroit River from Windsor, Ontario to Detroit, Michigan, it’s Canada’s single most important crossing for goods valued at $450 million per day.
- The Canadian Federation of Agriculture calculates how much Canadian households of average income will have earned enough to pay for their entire year’s grocery bill. In 2022, it’s one day earlier than the previous year.
- The mayor of Windsor Ontario is seeking an injunction on February 10 to clear the trucker blockade to the Ambassador Bridge, Canada’s most economically important trading route to the U.S. carrying $450 million of goods per day.
- The Weston Family Foundation is calling for teams of entrepreneurs and innovators, food producers and farmers, researchers and scientists to tackle the challenge of growing berries out of season, sustainably, competitively and at scale.