Retail Navigator columnist Peter Chapman advises that sending photos and videos to retail category managers is the next best thing to a farm visit.
- The Kingsville, Ontario-headquartered greenhouse grower is expanding its U.S. network. Two high-tech greenhouses in Minnesota and Iowa – 48 acres in all – will push the acreage to more than 600 in 15 states.
- About 1,500 acres of potatoes will be needed as feedstock for the new chip factory.
- This 132-page report is a deep dive into municipal and provincial land use which affects the building of housing in Ontario’s rural areas. Case studies in Niagara Region, Durham Region and Huron County touch on issues relevant to fruit, vegetable…
- For a second year, the Ontario Federation of Agriculture is contributing $50,000 to support marketing projects for farmers’ markets.