The family-owned company, led by president Chris Cervini, filed for bankruptcy on January 17, 2023. The ripple effects will be felt particularly in freight logistics, packaging and brokerage firms in Canada, but the pain will also be felt in the…
- An International Expert Panel has found that there is limited presence of the fungus that causes potato wart on Prince Edward Island. The PEI potato industry is urging the federal government to accept the findings and lift restrictions on the…
- Meyers Fruit Farms, a tree fruit and floral greenhouse business near Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, has invested in five new units that will accommodate up to 40 temporary foreign workers.
- The Canadian Federation of Agriculture is launching a program to engage and encourage more women in the agricultural sector.
- Tree fruit growers Elly Hoff and her brother Fred Meyers serve coffee to their Mexican workers Eduardo Bautista and Victor Lugo. In January 2023, the workers moved into one of the five new units that Meyers Fruit Farms built to accommodate 40…