Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada has announced $376,000 to support Canada’s fresh produce industry transition to more environmentally-friendly packaging. The announcement coincided with the opening of the 96th Canadian Produce Marketing Association…

The Weston Family Foundation has selected an international panel of expert judges for its $33 million Homegrown Innovation Challenge that will be led by Dominic Barton.

Economic growth in southwest Ontario, particularly in the greenhouse vegetable sector, will be boosted with a speeded-up schedule for transmission lines.

Further changes are coming to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program. For starters, Labour Market Impact Assessments will be valid for 18 months rather than nine months.

This truck holds 11,000 five-pound bags of PEI potatoes destined for the port of Halifax on April 4 and eventually Puerto Rico. It’s a donation to the food banks of the U.S. territory and a thanks for support during the recent export ban.