The Canadian Produce Marketing Association has named MP Kody Blois as 2023 Produce Champion. He’s MP for Kings-Hants, Nova Scotia and chair of the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food.
Dennis Roth is joining the crop protection company as area business manager based in Tavistock, Ontario. Drew Thompson will become the company’s full-time technical sales agronomist, covering Ontario, Québec and Atlantic Canada.
Two of the seven 2023 inductees hail from horticulture. They are John Bragg, a dominant force in the evolution of the wild blueberry industry in the Maritimes and Robert Irving, who established Cavendish Farms in 1980, a frozen food plant in PEI that created a local opportunity for processing and value-added agriculture.
Value Chain Management International has contributed to stronger value chains under leadership of co-founder and CEO, Dr. Martin Gooch. The team has produced papers on topics such as food waste, food security, food packaging and low carbon in food production.
