Ontario’s Local Food Week June 3-9 happily coincides with an early start to field strawberry season which is about a week earlier than average.

Soil can absorb and store carbon, provide protection from flooding and drought, purify water and provide habitat for hundreds of organisms. It’s a precious resource.

The genetics company Pairwise has used a CRISPR application to achieve seedlessness in blackberries. This is a first for any caneberry.

Autonomous, robotic technology will be working in the field at two Ontario locations. The Muck Crops Research Station on July 4 and the Simcoe Research Station on July 11.

The regulatory burden and ongoing inflation are some of the critical issues threatening food security in Canada. This was one of the messages to parliamentarians during the spring advocacy event on June 4.