Apple growers – and first cousins -- Katie Campbell & William Spurr from Spurr Brothers Farm, Melvern Square, Nova Scotia will be representing Atlantic Canada.
- Several horticultural businesses and associations have won recognition in the annual competition.
- Massimo Bergamini will be retiring from the Fruit and Vegetable Growers of Canada. A leadership search process is to be finalized for his replacement.
- Canada’s second largest grocer, with $31 billion in sales, has announced a company veteran will lead the next chapter in its growth.
- The International Federation of Agricultural Journalists has awarded runner-up honours to Karen Davidson, editor of The Grower, for “Artificial intelligence eyes auto-labour.” The August 2024 cover story received the nod in the Innovation Category.