FVGC’s 2025 AGM Sets Direction for Advocacy, Trade, and Election Readiness

by Ashley Peyrard | Mar 14, 2025 | Actualités

The Fruit and Vegetable Growers of Canada (FVGC) concluded its 2025 Conference and Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Quebec City yesterday, bringing together growers, industry leaders, and policymakers under the theme A Fresh Approach: Setting Goals, Achieving Success....

Fruit and Vegetable Growers of Canada and University of Windsor to advance economic growth, clean energy transitions, and food security

by Ashley Peyrard | Mar 3, 2025 | Actualités

For Immediate Release Ottawa, ON – The Fruit and Vegetable Growers of Canada (FVGC) and the University of Windsor (the University) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that will aim to address the unique challenges facing the greenhouse vegetable...

FVGC Executive Director Highlights Tariff Concerns at Canada-U.S. Economic Summit

by Ashley Peyrard | Fév 7, 2025 | Actualités

OTTAWA – Massimo Bergamini, Executive Director of the Fruit and Vegetable Growers of Canada (FVGC), participated in the Prime Minister’s Canada-U.S. Economic Summit today in Toronto. “Canada’s fruit and vegetable sector is deeply integrated with the U.S. market,...

North American Food Security at Stake as U.S. Tariffs Take Effect

by Ashley Peyrard | Fév 3, 2025 | Actualités

OTTAWA – The Fruit and Vegetable Growers of Canada (FVGC) is deeply concerned by the United States’ decision to implement a 25% tariff on Canadian fruit and vegetable exports.  This decision threatens to destabilize Canada’s agricultural economy, elevate...

FVGC Welcomes Pause on Proposed U.S. Tariffs, Cautiously Optimistic About Engagement Opportunities

by Ashley Peyrard | Jan 20, 2025 | Actualités

Ottawa, ON — The Fruit and Vegetable Growers of Canada (FVGC) welcomes recent reports that the incoming U.S. administration plans to delay the proposed imposition of across-the-board tariffs on Canadian and Mexican exports. This measured decision provides a valuable...

Trump Tariff Threat Puts Food Security, Health of Canada’s Fruit and Vegetable Sector at Stake

by Ashley Peyrard | Jan 10, 2025 | Actualités

OTTAWA – The Fruit and Vegetable Growers of Canada (FVGC) participated today in a critical roundtable on Canada-US trade relations with the Honourable Lawrence MacAulay, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food. “Donald Trump’s tariff threat – if it comes to pass...