Given that seven out of 10 Canadians don’t believe sustainability claims made on products, how does a producer gauge if putting a claim on packaging will be beneficial? That’s a question tackled by Retail Columnist Peter Chapman.
- Columnist Owen Roberts visits a raspberry farm in Jalisco, Mexico for a first-hand perspective of how the Gonzalez family is transitioning to organic to meet global trade demand. Having finished her studies, Vivian Ibarra has returned to the farm…
- OFVGA asks for response to environmental baseline grower survey by May 5, 2023. There are two surveys: one for outdoor production and one for greenhouse production.
- A 35-acre farm dedicated to apples, tender fruit and vegetables has served as a lifetime endeavor for Doug Balsillie and his wife Leslie Huffman. Their interest in niche markets, particularly cider apples, is their new venture on the picturesque…
- Doug Ballsillie and his wife Leslie Huffman have committed two acres of The Fruit Wagon’s 35 acres to growing cider apples near Harrow, Ontario.