The Canadian Produce Marketing Association, one of 10 groups involved in three years of negotiations, is welcoming the commitment of all grocers. Holdouts Costco and Walmart have joined Loblaw, Sobeys and Metro.
- Reducing burdens for on-farm worker housing is a key focus of the Ontario Fruit & Vegetable Growers’ Association.
- Your customers – retailers—are chasing the changing trends of consumers. Here’s how to sharpen your strategy of finding the middle ground of servicing needs of both.
- Pierre Petelle, president and CEO, CropLife Canada warns against the unintended consequences of more regulatory burdens on registrants and growers. The Pest Management Regulatory Agency’s consultation ends August 24, 2024.
- CAPI’s Inaugural Agri-Food Risk Report Phase 1 finds that 550 surveyed stakeholders are optimistic for the future but are concerned with policy, extreme weather, and trade risks. All this, and 62 per cent say they’re optimistic for the future.