Ottawa, April 8, 2022 - Yesterday afternoon, the federal government released its 2022 Budget. Given how extensive the budget document is, it is disappointing to see how little mention there is of support for Canada's agricultural sector. As we know, food production is...

The Fruit & Vegetable Growers of Canada (FVGC) is pleased that on March 24 the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced that they have determined Prince Edward Island (PEI) potatoes for consumption...

March 10, 2022 (Ottawa, Ontario) -On the day of the Canadian Horticultural Council's100th annual general meeting, the organization is pleased to announce it has changed its name to the Fruit and Vegetable Growers of Canada (FVGC). The new name and logo were unveiled...

Ottawa, ON - With the prolonged disruptions at Canada-U.S. border crossings, Canada's agriculture and food industry is calling for an immediate conclusion of the blockades and for all levels of government to work collaboratively towards action to reinstate integral...

November 23, 2021 - Potato Wart (PW), a regulated quarantine pest, has been detected since 2000 in fields in Prince Edward Island (PEI). New detections in two commercial potato fields that were already under regulation due to association with earlier investigations...

November 4, 2021 - On behalf of North America's fresh produce industry, national and regional associations have released a joint statement calling for urgent government action to address significant ongoing supply chain disruptionsimpacting our food systems,...

July 20, 2021 -  Following last week's Federal-Provincial-Territorial (FPT) meeting of Canada's Ministers of Agriculture, the Canadian Horticultural Council (CHC) expresses its support for the establishment of a Grocer Code of Conduct in Canada, which aims to bring...

CHC applauds the step Ontario has made towards increasing the compensation rate for AgriStability, following the proposal from the federal government to remove the Reference Margin Limit (RML) and increase the compensation rate from 70% to 80%. While the agreement...

Ottawa: June 9, 2021: Momentum is building to establish Canada's first agri-food sustainability index. A private-public coalition of thirty-four diverse partners has released the Business Case for Establishing the National Index on Agri-Food Performance to affirm...