Seasoned advertising veteran Stephanie Swatkow is the new director of marketing for greenhouse grower Nature Fresh Farms.

Parent company AgroFresh Solutions has expanded post-harvest application of its SmartFresh technology to include tomatoes in Canada.

The Pest Management Regulatory Agency has approved a label expansion registration for Aim herbicide to control weeds and suckers on tree nuts in Canada.

In the May issue of The Grower, columnist Owen Roberts put forward a perspective that’s not often heard in the mainstream media. And that’s the view that foreign workers are professionals. CBC Radio contacted him for a series of cross-Canada interviews on April 28.

The former general manager of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture is joining Bioenterprise Corporation. He will be offering counsel to producers and producer associations.

Jane Proctor, CPMA, talks with Karen Davidson, editor of The Grower and shares why strong relationships matter in a crisis.

The American ag secretary Sonny Perdue has announced $2.7 billion to the fruit and vegetable industry to help mitigate losses from the COVID-19 emergency. Of that total, $100 million per month for the next six months are earmarked for a “Buy Fresh” program for food banks and school curbside pickup.

The Ontario Pesticide Education Program cancelled all classroom safety courses due to COVID-19 concerns in mid-March. The Ontario environment ministry has extended the expiration date to end of the year for more than 1,400 Ontario growers and vendors.

Pyganic crop protection insecticide controls several insect pests of low-growing berries such as lowbush blueberries.

The outcome of this industry crisis is not yet known, writes columnist Gordon Stock. “What I do know is that there continues to be a full court press to enable the travel of workers into Canada to secure a supply of fresh produce for the grocery shelves this coming season.”