Farm Credit Canada is offering flexible terms on a case-by-case basis to growers affected by the January cold weather event. Wine grapes were the most severely injured with no 2024 vintage expected.

Sekoya is a B2B-branded platform designed to deliver tasty, crunchy, long-lasting blueberries, 52 weeks per year, with 15 members globally. Mastronardi Produce, Kingsville, Ontario is now one of those 15 members.

Information meetings will be held March 11-13 in Oliver, Cawston, Kelowna, and Vernon to discuss the potential for improving financial returns through a BC Apple Marketing Commission.

The Fruit and Vegetable Growers of Canada has concluded its 102nd annual general meeting in Ottawa with the election of new president Marcus Janzen. He’s a greenhouse pepper grower near Abbotsford, British Columbia.

Three deserving Prince Edward Islanders received awards for their contributions to agriculture at the Fruit and Vegetable Growers of Canada annual general meeting on March 6. They are Mary Kay Sonier, Alvin Keenan and Brenda Simmons.