Morris Gervais hosted Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in a July 6, 2022 visit to his Barrie Hill Farms, Springwater, Ontario. As a director of the Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Growers’ Association, Gervais highlighted the importance of temporary…
Prince Edward Islander John Griffin becomes the new president and CEO of the World Potato Congress effective July 1, 2022. Ontarian Dr. Peter Vander Zaag will support him as vice-president.
The Ontario cabinet, under Premier Doug Ford, was sworn in on June 24, 2022. Lisa Thompson, MPP Huron-Bruce, returned as minister of agriculture, food and rural affairs, a role that she’s held for a year.
Dr. Darby McGrath will lead a team of more than 50 scientists and technicians in her new role. She joined Vineland in 2013 as a research scientist.
Dr. Nancy Tout, a 21-year veteran of Syngenta Canada, has accepted the role of chief scientific officer at the Global Institute for Food Security at the University of Saskatchewan.
