Best known for its field-grown lettuce and vegetables, Vegpro International will build a greenhouse in the Sherrington area to supply Québec, Ontario, the Maritimes and the northeastern United States with fresh vegetables during winter.

Dusty Zamecnik, general manager, EZ Grow Farms, hosted 140 industry stakeholders at the family’s open house, June 26, highlighting the integration of several technologies for precision watering and misting of strawberry plants.

Walter Davidson, Beeton, Ontario was lauded at the 12th World Potato Congress in Adelaide, Australia for his industry contributions.

A new working group spearheaded by the Canadian and American organizations will create guidelines to unify North American supply chain protocols by December 2025.

The Superior Plant Upgrading and Distribution (SPUD) unit is receiving $330,000 from federal and Ontario governments to upgrade equipment. The unit offers testing for plant diseases and provides healthy plants to several sectors including potatoes,…