A New Zealand company’s bite-sized apples caught the jury’s eye at Asia Fruit Logistica, held September 4-6 in Hong Kong. Rockit Global has won the marketing campaign of the year.

Norwegian’s BAMA Packaging has won Scandinavian’s ScanStar award for paper packaging for blueberries.The shape makes optimal use of packing space in trucks.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has approved the first active ingredient, Vectorite, of Bee Vectoring Technologies, based in Mississauga, Ontario. Commercially-reared bumblebees deliver the biopesticide as they visit flowering fruits - a low-cost, waterless method of crop protection.

Trade tensions and rising tariffs took a big bite out of American apple exports in 2018, reducing the value from $1.1 billion in 2017 to $854 million in 2018.Growers are looking to Mexico and Canada to find a home for their 2019 crop.

Quinton Woods, sales and plant operations, Gwillimdale Farms, oversees the second phase of a storage facility near Bradford, Ontario that will be filled with onions and carrots in the fall of 2019.

The management team at Gwillimdale Farms took several trips to Europe to track down state-of-the-

On October 21, Canadians will be heading to the polls to elect the government that will lead the country for the next four years. In the lead-up to the election, the OFVGA has been working closely with its national partner, the Canadian Horticultural Council, to ensure some key priorities are top of mind with the federal political parties on the election trail.

 

The Quebec Produce Marketing Association names George Pitsikoulis as its 2019 Pillar of the Industry award winner. The honour was bestowed during its annual meeting in Quebec City, August 8-10.

The Advanced Agricultural Leadership Program kicks off its Class 18 on September 15. The OFVGA’s Chris Duyvelshoff, crop protection advisor, is one of the 21 emerging leaders accepted to the 19-month course.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is overriding California’s Proposition 65 law that requires warning labels on glyphosate that it is carcinogenic, citing the action as “irresponsible.” Glyphosate is the most commonly used weedkiller in the world.