The Canadian Produce Marketing Association is offering exhibit space for sale on a first-come, first-served basis. More than 90 per cent of space is sold out for the 2023 convention and trade show planned for April 25-27, 2023 in Toronto.
- Employment and Social Development Canada is extending the suspension of minimum advertising requirements for all positions in primary agriculture until June 30, 2023.
- Sulvaris is the recipient of almost $1.7 million in federal funding to further develop high-efficiency fertilizers. The Calgary-based company converts various forms of organic waste into fertilizers that are rich in slow-release nutrients.
- Prince Edward Islander John Griffin becomes the new president and CEO of the World Potato Congress effective July 1, 2022. Ontarian Dr. Peter Vander Zaag will support him as vice-president.
- Christopher P. Dufault, acting manager, Crop Protection, at the Fruit and Vegetable Growers of Canada, offers perspective on the transformation project at the Pest Management Regulatory Agency.