Information meetings will be held March 11-13 in Oliver, Cawston, Kelowna, and Vernon to discuss the potential for improving financial returns through a BC Apple Marketing Commission.
- The Fruit and Vegetable Growers of Canada has concluded its 102nd annual general meeting in Ottawa with the election of new president Marcus Janzen. He’s a greenhouse pepper grower near Abbotsford, British Columbia.
- Three deserving Prince Edward Islanders received awards for their contributions to agriculture at the Fruit and Vegetable Growers of Canada annual general meeting on March 6. They are Mary Kay Sonier, Alvin Keenan and Brenda Simmons.
- Plan for farm safety every day.
- The RCMP and local fire marshall are investigating a blaze on March 1 that destroyed the Covered Bridge Potato Chips factory near Hartland, New Brunswick.