by Ashley Peyrard | Jun 5, 2025 | News
Ottawa, ON – The Fruit and Vegetable Growers of Canada (FVGC) Board of Directors was in Ottawa this week for a series of meetings focused on advancing key priorities for the fruit and vegetable sector. With increasing recognition by the federal government of the...
by Ashley Peyrard | May 27, 2025 | News
Statement from Massimo Bergamini, Executive Director, Fruit and Vegetable Growers of Canada (FVGC) OTTAWA, ON – “Today’s Speech from the Throne sends an encouraging signal to Canada’s fruit and vegetable growers and Canada’s agricultural sector as a whole. The...
by Ashley Peyrard | May 13, 2025 | News
Ottawa, ON – May 13, 2025 – The Fruit and Vegetable Growers of Canada (FVGC) today congratulated Prime Minister Mark Carney on the swearing in of his new cabinet and urged quick action on food security. “The government takes office in unsettled times, with urgent...
by Ashley Peyrard | Apr 29, 2025 | News
OTTAWA – The Fruit and Vegetable Growers of Canada (FVGC) today congratulated Prime Minister Mark Carney and the Liberal Party of Canada on their election victory. FVGC welcomed the Government’s election commitments to repairing agricultural safety nets and ensuring...
by Ashley Peyrard | Apr 24, 2025 | News, Uncategorized
OTTAWA – At a time when food security is top of mind for Canadians, the Fruit and Vegetable Growers of Canada (FVGC) has reviewed the 2025 federal election platforms to assess how well each party addresses the urgent needs of Canada’s fruit and vegetable sector....
by Ashley Peyrard | Apr 1, 2025 | News
OTTAWA, ON, April 1, 2025 – Over three days last month, Canada’s greenhouse vegetable growers got a preview of what sweeping US tariffs would do to their industry, and they saw that the impact could be devastating. Canada’s fruit and vegetable...
