On September 24, 2022, Hurricane Fiona interrupted business as usual in Atlantic Canada knocking out power lines and damaging packing sheds. Retail Navigator columnist Peter Chapman shares how to prepare customers before, during and post weather…
- Charles Stevens, chair of the Ontario Fruit & Vegetable Growers’ Association, says that farmers aren’t receiving enough to cover rising input costs.
- The urgent need to increase fruit and vegetable consumption in the U.S. is framed as a health issue, according to The Urban Cowboy columnist Owen Roberts. He reports on advocacy efforts of the International Fresh Produce Association.
- Italy’s Court of Bari has forbidden a grape producer from harvesting or selling any table grapes from unauthorized plantings of Sugrathirtyfive variety (Autumncrisp brand) of grapevines. Evidence was collected by a drone.
- Agriculture in the Classroom Canada is joining the national career campaign in November, encouraging youth to consider the diversity of jobs in agriculture. At the same time, the agriculture and food industry is encouraged to share its vital role…