Where farms are not connected to municipal systems, it makes sense that farmers should not be paying into infrastructure they don’t have access to or rely on.

The BC Fruit Growers’ Association is alarmed that processing-grade fruit will have limited alternatives.

The Jamaican government is celebrating at home and in Canada. This enthusiastic group was pictured at a Newmarket, ON social event two years ago.

For the first time, $20 million will be set aside to fund research and development into mechanization and automation technologies for the specialty crop industry to help reduce labour costs.

The Ontario Federation of Agriculture is committing $50,000 to a cost-share program to raise awareness of food systems at Ontario’s more than 180 farmers’ markets.