Input suppliers and dozens of British Columbia growers are owed more than $12 million after the demise of BC Tree Fruits Cooperative. A list of unsecured creditors has been published by the monitor Avarez & Marsal Canada Inc.
- Jocelyn Gibouleau, Les Productions Margiric, is testing iceless broccoli, thanks to an innovation of Verdant Technologies. The HarvestHold Fresh sheet contains 1-MCP, packed at the bottom of each box to slow down the respiration rate. Matt Aronson,…
- Matt Aronson, Verdant Technologies and Tom Pierce, Sobeys, discuss how to use 1-MCP, an ethylene inhibitor, to keep broccoli fresh from field to fork.
- A Government of Canada-commissioned study affirms that plastic packaging ensures a sustainable fresh produce sector.
- The U.S. apple estimate represents a 10 per cent decrease compared to the final 2023 production figure.