by Ashley Peyrard | Nov 5, 2025 | Actualités
The Fruit and Vegetable Growers of Canada (FVGC) welcomes targeted steps in Budget 2025, including a productivity super-deduction to encourage investment and new funding to digitize CFIA export certificates. However, FVGC is disappointed that today’s federal budget...
by Ashley Peyrard | Nov 3, 2025 | Actualités
The Fruit and Vegetable Growers of Canada (FVGC) President, Marcus Janzen, wishes to announce that Massimo Bergamini will begin a transition from his role as Executive Director as he moves toward retirement. The Board is grateful for his leadership and for the...
by Ashley Peyrard | Sep 3, 2025 | Actualités
“Federal Opposition leader Pierre Poilievre today called for the scrapping of the federal Temporary Foreign Worker (TFW) Program. While we will not comment on the effectiveness of the TFW as it applies to other industries or sectors of our economy, the importance of...
by Ashley Peyrard | Août 7, 2025 | Actualités
OTTAWA, ON – Massimo Bergamini, Executive Director of the Fruit and Vegetable Growers of Canada (FVGC), today announced the appointment of Dr. Erik Nielsen to the newly-created role of Director of Policy, Research and Public Affairs. Erik brings over two decades of...
by Ashley Peyrard | Juil 22, 2025 | Actualités
The Fruit and Vegetable Growers of Canada (FVGC), the Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Growers’ Association (OFVGA), and the Association des producteurs maraîchers du Québec (APMQ) have been working with iTradeNetwork to schedule a series of webinars for growers. This...
by Ashley Peyrard | Juil 21, 2025 | Actualités
Dear Prime Minister Carney, As leaders in Canada’s agriculture and agri-food sector, we welcome your government’s focus on strengthening the economy—including efforts to tackle productivity challenges, ease regulatory pressures, eliminate internal trade barriers,...
