by Ashley Peyrard | Jun 23, 2017 | News
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, in partnership with the USDA IR-4 Project and the USDA-Foreign Agricultural Service, will host The Third Global Minor Use Summit, from October 1-4, 2017 at the Fairmont Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, Quebec. The Summit will...
by Ashley Peyrard | Jun 19, 2017 | News
Health Canada is seeking input on two elements of the Healthy Eating Strategy. Growers are encouraged to provide input, as their insights will be used to help shape future proposals and advance the policy and regulatory process. Both public consultations run from June...
by Ashley Peyrard | Jun 8, 2017 | News
Rebecca Lee, Executive Director of the Canadian Horticultural Council (CHC), and Ken Forth, Chair of CHC’s Trade and Marketing Committee, recently appeared before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food to address the impact of non-tariff...
by Ashley Peyrard | Jun 5, 2017 | News
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) recently launched the Innovation Superclusters Initiative, which will allocate a small number of high-value, strategic investments in the form of non-repayable contributions to industry-led consortia....
by Ashley Peyrard | May 29, 2017 | News
Effective June 1st, 2017, fresh cherries produced in Ontario will be prohibited from moving into British Columbia, and must be certified free from European cherry fruit fly before being moved to other provinces in Canada. The United States Department of Agriculture...
by Ashley Peyrard | May 29, 2017 | News
On May 9, 2017, Alvin Keenan, President of the Canadian Horticultural Council (CHC), Rebecca Lee, Executive Director, and Mark Wales, Chair of CHC’s Business Risk Management Committee, joined other members of Canada’s AgGrowth Coalition in a meeting with Lawrence...
