Richard Lee, Executive Director of The Ontario Greenhouse Vegetable Growers shares how policies are impeding continued investment in Canada as some growers are choosing to expand in the U.S.
- The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has extended the test market for Canada No. I grade standard nectarines until a review is completed.
- The farmgate value of greenhouse vegetable production is 36 per cent of the approximately $6 billion of Canadian horticultural produce. Currently, lettuce is a small slice of the greenhouse vegetable sector, but it’s well positioned for rapid growth…
- The Fruit & Vegetable Growers of Canada is releasing two videos of how the carbon tax is challenging greenhouse growers. One video was shot in British Columbia and the other in Québec.
- The Ontario Processing Vegetable Growers reported a record farmgate value of $162 million in 2023, producing nine crops for canning, freezing and pickling.