The Government of Canada has announced that immediate changes to the Temporary Foreign Worker program will not affect primary agriculture, recognizing the needs of the food security sector.
The British Columbia Greenhouse Growers’ Association welcomes Anju Gill as executive director in September. To fill the vacancy she left at BC Blueberry Council, Paul Pryce moves into the role of executive director.
Input suppliers and dozens of British Columbia growers are owed more than $12 million after the demise of BC Tree Fruits Cooperative. A list of unsecured creditors has been published by the monitor Avarez & Marsal Canada Inc.
Jocelyn Gibouleau, Les Productions Margiric, is testing iceless broccoli, thanks to an innovation of Verdant Technologies. The HarvestHold Fresh sheet contains 1-MCP, packed at the bottom of each box to slow down the respiration rate. Matt Aronson,…
Matt Aronson, Verdant Technologies and Tom Pierce, Sobeys, discuss how to use 1-MCP, an ethylene inhibitor, to keep broccoli fresh from field to fork.
