Saving the 2024 harvest is the immediate goal says Colin Davison, CEO, Novem Pharmaceuticals. The Sexsmith Road property is the largest controlled atmosphere and cold chain storage facility of the BC Tree Fruits Cooperative.
- André Lamontage, Québec’s ag minister, has announced funding for innovative technologies for berries, greenhouse, apple and potato sectors.
- The Canadian government is investing more funds in food security.
- A joint venture has successfully built a vertically integrated blueberry-growing and marketing operation from scratch. This included building its own tissue culture laboratory to propagate plants and a complete nursery facility, finding suitable…
- Dennis Beesigamukama, a postdoctoral fellow at the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, Nairobi, Kenya, is the 2024 recipient of the Norman E. Borlaug Award for Field Research and Application.