Most recently, Tesche was general manager of the Okanagan-Kootenay Sterile Insect Release Board. She takes over on March 4, 2024 from Glen Lucas after his 25-year tenure.

Beth Pattillo, a director on the CanAgPlus Board, was reappointed as committee chair.

Farm Management Canada has announced that Steve Funk is the 2023 recipient of the Wilson Loree Award. Recently retired, he’s been a leading authority on AgriStability and other business risk management programs in Canada.

Brian Rideout, a Blenheim grower, has been elected to lead the organization’s 200 commercial growers. Vice-chair Chris Hedges, Vanessa, joins him.

Paul Bosc Senior, an early adopter of many production techniques in the Ontario grape industry, has passed at the age of 88. The Grape Growers of Ontario Award of Merit was presented to him in 2017.