by Ashley Peyrard | Jun 1, 2016 | News
On May 30, 2016, CHC Executive Vice-President Anne Fowlie presented to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food on the issue of Bee Health Monitoring in Canada. The Committee is currently studying the issue of bee health, and Ms. Fowlie’s...
by Ashley Peyrard | May 16, 2016 | News
As part of its regular proceedings the CHC Crop Protection Advisory Committee (CPAC) represents Canadian horticultural growers on submissions to the PMRA relative to re-evaluation decisions. A response to the proposed decision on Methomyl was submitted on April 13th,...
by Ashley Peyrard | May 16, 2016 | News
The Canadian Produce Marketing Association (CPMA) and the Canadian Horticultural Council (CHC) applaud the commitment from the Liberal Party of Canada and Liberal Agriculture Critic Mark Eyking yesterday to establishing a comparable Canadian mechanism to the...
by Ashley Peyrard | May 12, 2016 | News
As of May 2, 2016, the Statistics Canada Census of Agriculture is able to be completed on-line. The Census takes place once every five years and provides community-level data used by decision-makers to ensure they are acting in the interests of farmers, farm...
by Ashley Peyrard | May 11, 2016 | News
By: Ralph C. Martin, Ph.D., P.Ag. The Canadian Federation of Agriculture posits that “social license, within an agricultural producers’ context, can be defined as theongoing level of acceptance, approval and trust of consumers regarding how food is produced.” Long...
by Ashley Peyrard | May 11, 2016 | News
By: Rosalie Tennison Every Canadian engages in conversation over food, but how many of the conversations are actually about food? As fewer people work in the agricultural industry or live in or near farming communities, many consumers have no connection to where their...
