Just like the industry itself, Davis Yung brings a dynamic leadership style to the Canadian Produce Marketing Association. Its diverse membership is comprised of every segment of the produce industry supply chain which is responsible for 90 per cent of the fresh fruit and vegetable sales in Canada.
The Virtual New Product Showcase honours four product categories: the organic product award, packaging innovation award, best snackable product and best new product award. The Little Potato Company’s Easy Sides won best new product.
In the May issue of The Grower, columnist Owen Roberts put forward a perspective that’s not often heard in the mainstream media. And that’s the view that foreign workers are professionals. CBC Radio contacted him for a series of cross-Canada interviews on April 28.
The former general manager of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture is joining Bioenterprise Corporation. He will be offering counsel to producers and producer associations.