Dr. Sikkika Mithani, president of the federal agency that oversees plant and animal health, and food safety has resigned effective January 20, 2023.
- The Canadian Produce Marketing Association Convention and Tradeshow is coming to Toronto April 26 and 27, 2023. There’s an opportunity for 14 businesses to connect with a broad grocer audience under the Ontario Pavilion umbrella organized by Ontario…
- Jason Smith, Fraser Berry Farms, Abbotsford, British Columbia, joins the 2023 board of directors of a newly expanded slate for the North American Blueberry Council.
- Canada’s ag minister, Marie-Claude Bibeau has announced six finalists for the Food Waste Reduction Challenge for the Novel Technologies Streams. One of the finalists is Clean Works Inc.
- Josh Mosiondz, minor use coordinator for OMAFRA, reports that the label for Entrust insecticide has been expanded for control of Colorado Potato Beetle on greenhouse-grown eggplant.