Denise Schmidt, formerly senior director of North American Canola Business and Industry Affairs at Cibus, brings a background of agronomy, marketing and business development to the role.
Alvin Keenan, Jody Mott, Susan Ranck and Scott Wright will serve a two-year term on CanAgPlus board of directors. It’s the not-for-profit corporation that owns and operates the CanadaGAP program.
Kody Blois, the Nova Scotia MP for Kings-Hants, is the new minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food and Rural Economic Development. He was sworn in on March 14, 2025.
As vice-president of policy and issues management, Canadian Produce Marketing Association, Jane Proctor has been a key player in domestic, bilateral and international initiatives.
George Gilvesy, former chair of the Ontario Greenhouse Vegetable Growers, was honoured with the Doug Connery Award at the Fruit and Vegetable Growers of Canada AGM. The award is for passion, commitment and dedication to advancing interests of the Canadian horticultural sector.
