Ontario Greenhouse Vegetable Growers assure consumers that greenhouse-grown English cucumbers are safe to consume, in view of a recall of Florida field-grown cucumbers that may be contaminated with Salmonella.
Ontario’s Local Food Week June 3-9 happily coincides with an early start to field strawberry season which is about a week earlier than average.
Soil can absorb and store carbon, provide protection from flooding and drought, purify water and provide habitat for hundreds of organisms. It’s a precious resource.
The genetics company Pairwise has used a CRISPR application to achieve seedlessness in blackberries. This is a first for any caneberry.
Autonomous, robotic technology will be working in the field at two Ontario locations. The Muck Crops Research Station on July 4 and the Simcoe Research Station on July 11.
