{"id":27588,"date":"2019-02-21T10:43:05","date_gmt":"2019-02-21T15:43:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hortcouncil.ca\/?p=27588"},"modified":"2019-02-21T10:43:05","modified_gmt":"2019-02-21T15:43:05","slug":"ontarios-fruit-and-vegetable-growers-have-a-new-chair-and-vice-chair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fvgc.ca\/fr\/2019\/02\/21\/ontarios-fruit-and-vegetable-growers-have-a-new-chair-and-vice-chair\/","title":{"rendered":"Ontario\u2019s fruit and vegetable growers have a new Chair and Vice Chair"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Grape grower Bill George Jr. was elected as the new Chair of the Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Growers\u2019 Association (OFVGA) at the organization\u2019s 160<sup>th<\/sup> annual general meeting on February 19, 2019 after serving two years in the Vice Chair position. He takes over the role from greenhouse grower Jan VanderHout, who became Chair in 2017. Apple grower Charles Stevens is the new OFVGA Vice Chair.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m looking forward to working with the board and staff at OFVGA &#8211; we have expertise in every area around that table and on our team, and it is part of my role to help bring that expertise forward to influence policy on behalf of growers,\u201d says George.<\/p>\n<p>George and his wife Lesliann grow 160 acres of wine grapes in the Niagara region, as well as harvesting and processing ice wine juice on a farm that has been in the family since 1796. He is a graduate of the University of Guelph, where he studied horticulture and in 2001, he had the honour of being chosen as Grape King, a title that is bestowed annually based on vineyard management and knowledge of the industry.<\/p>\n<p>In 1995, he joined the board of the Grape Growers of Ontario as a director, eventually becoming Vice Chair and then serving as Chair for nine years. George became a director on the OFVGA board in 2015, and was elected Vice Chair in 2017. He also currently represents Ontario on the Canadian Horticultural Council.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOFVGA works for growers on a wide range of issues, but certainly crop protection and labour will be key files for us this year,\u201d George adds.<\/p>\n<p>Bill George is currently also a member of the Canadian Horticultural Council\u2019s Board of Directors.<\/p>\n<p>The Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Growers\u2019 Association is the voice of Ontario\u2019s fruit and vegetable producers on issues affecting the horticulture sector. Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ofvga.org\">www.ofvga.org<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grape grower Bill George Jr. was elected as the new Chair of the Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Growers\u2019 Association (OFVGA) at the organization\u2019s 160th annual general meeting on February 19, 2019 after serving two years in the Vice Chair position. He takes over the role from greenhouse grower Jan VanderHout, who became Chair in 2017. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":27589,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ontario\u2019s fruit and vegetable growers have a new Chair and Vice Chair - FVGC<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/fvgc.ca\/fr\/2019\/02\/21\/ontarios-fruit-and-vegetable-growers-have-a-new-chair-and-vice-chair\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_CA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ontario\u2019s fruit and vegetable growers have a new Chair and Vice Chair - FVGC\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Grape grower Bill George Jr. was elected as the new Chair of the Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Growers\u2019 Association (OFVGA) at the organization\u2019s 160th annual general meeting on February 19, 2019 after serving two years in the Vice Chair position. He takes over the role from greenhouse grower Jan VanderHout, who became Chair in 2017. [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/fvgc.ca\/fr\/2019\/02\/21\/ontarios-fruit-and-vegetable-growers-have-a-new-chair-and-vice-chair\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"FVGC\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-02-21T15:43:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ashley Peyrard\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"\u00c9crit par\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ashley Peyrard\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimation du temps de lecture\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fvgc.ca\\\/en\\\/2019\\\/02\\\/21\\\/ontarios-fruit-and-vegetable-growers-have-a-new-chair-and-vice-chair\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fvgc.ca\\\/en\\\/2019\\\/02\\\/21\\\/ontarios-fruit-and-vegetable-growers-have-a-new-chair-and-vice-chair\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Ashley Peyrard\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fvgc.ca\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/5d5ec6451ef7dc9293fb481d46af0c11\"},\"headline\":\"Ontario\u2019s fruit and vegetable growers have a new Chair and Vice Chair\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-02-21T15:43:05+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fvgc.ca\\\/en\\\/2019\\\/02\\\/21\\\/ontarios-fruit-and-vegetable-growers-have-a-new-chair-and-vice-chair\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":318,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fvgc.ca\\\/en\\\/2019\\\/02\\\/21\\\/ontarios-fruit-and-vegetable-growers-have-a-new-chair-and-vice-chair\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"fr-CA\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fvgc.ca\\\/en\\\/2019\\\/02\\\/21\\\/ontarios-fruit-and-vegetable-growers-have-a-new-chair-and-vice-chair\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fvgc.ca\\\/en\\\/2019\\\/02\\\/21\\\/ontarios-fruit-and-vegetable-growers-have-a-new-chair-and-vice-chair\\\/\",\"name\":\"Ontario\u2019s fruit and vegetable growers have a new Chair and Vice Chair - FVGC\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fvgc.ca\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fvgc.ca\\\/en\\\/2019\\\/02\\\/21\\\/ontarios-fruit-and-vegetable-growers-have-a-new-chair-and-vice-chair\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fvgc.ca\\\/en\\\/2019\\\/02\\\/21\\\/ontarios-fruit-and-vegetable-growers-have-a-new-chair-and-vice-chair\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-02-21T15:43:05+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fvgc.ca\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/5d5ec6451ef7dc9293fb481d46af0c11\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fvgc.ca\\\/en\\\/2019\\\/02\\\/21\\\/ontarios-fruit-and-vegetable-growers-have-a-new-chair-and-vice-chair\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"fr-CA\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/fvgc.ca\\\/en\\\/2019\\\/02\\\/21\\\/ontarios-fruit-and-vegetable-growers-have-a-new-chair-and-vice-chair\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"fr-CA\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fvgc.ca\\\/en\\\/2019\\\/02\\\/21\\\/ontarios-fruit-and-vegetable-growers-have-a-new-chair-and-vice-chair\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"\",\"contentUrl\":\"\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fvgc.ca\\\/en\\\/2019\\\/02\\\/21\\\/ontarios-fruit-and-vegetable-growers-have-a-new-chair-and-vice-chair\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fvgc.ca\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Ontario\u2019s fruit and vegetable growers have a new Chair and Vice Chair\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fvgc.ca\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fvgc.ca\\\/\",\"name\":\"FVGC\",\"description\":\"Representing Growers Across the Country\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fvgc.ca\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"fr-CA\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fvgc.ca\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/5d5ec6451ef7dc9293fb481d46af0c11\",\"name\":\"Ashley Peyrard\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fvgc.ca\\\/fr\\\/author\\\/fruit-and-vegetable-growers-of-canada\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Ontario\u2019s fruit and vegetable growers have a new Chair and Vice Chair - FVGC","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/fvgc.ca\/fr\/2019\/02\/21\/ontarios-fruit-and-vegetable-growers-have-a-new-chair-and-vice-chair\/","og_locale":"fr_CA","og_type":"article","og_title":"Ontario\u2019s fruit and vegetable growers have a new Chair and Vice Chair - FVGC","og_description":"Grape grower Bill George Jr. was elected as the new Chair of the Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Growers\u2019 Association (OFVGA) at the organization\u2019s 160th annual general meeting on February 19, 2019 after serving two years in the Vice Chair position. He takes over the role from greenhouse grower Jan VanderHout, who became Chair in 2017. [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/fvgc.ca\/fr\/2019\/02\/21\/ontarios-fruit-and-vegetable-growers-have-a-new-chair-and-vice-chair\/","og_site_name":"FVGC","article_published_time":"2019-02-21T15:43:05+00:00","author":"Ashley Peyrard","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"\u00c9crit par":"Ashley Peyrard","Estimation du temps de lecture":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/fvgc.ca\/en\/2019\/02\/21\/ontarios-fruit-and-vegetable-growers-have-a-new-chair-and-vice-chair\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/fvgc.ca\/en\/2019\/02\/21\/ontarios-fruit-and-vegetable-growers-have-a-new-chair-and-vice-chair\/"},"author":{"name":"Ashley Peyrard","@id":"https:\/\/fvgc.ca\/#\/schema\/person\/5d5ec6451ef7dc9293fb481d46af0c11"},"headline":"Ontario\u2019s fruit and vegetable growers have a new Chair and Vice Chair","datePublished":"2019-02-21T15:43:05+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/fvgc.ca\/en\/2019\/02\/21\/ontarios-fruit-and-vegetable-growers-have-a-new-chair-and-vice-chair\/"},"wordCount":318,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/fvgc.ca\/en\/2019\/02\/21\/ontarios-fruit-and-vegetable-growers-have-a-new-chair-and-vice-chair\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"","articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"fr-CA"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/fvgc.ca\/en\/2019\/02\/21\/ontarios-fruit-and-vegetable-growers-have-a-new-chair-and-vice-chair\/","url":"https:\/\/fvgc.ca\/en\/2019\/02\/21\/ontarios-fruit-and-vegetable-growers-have-a-new-chair-and-vice-chair\/","name":"Ontario\u2019s fruit and vegetable growers have a new Chair and Vice Chair - FVGC","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/fvgc.ca\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/fvgc.ca\/en\/2019\/02\/21\/ontarios-fruit-and-vegetable-growers-have-a-new-chair-and-vice-chair\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/fvgc.ca\/en\/2019\/02\/21\/ontarios-fruit-and-vegetable-growers-have-a-new-chair-and-vice-chair\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"","datePublished":"2019-02-21T15:43:05+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/fvgc.ca\/#\/schema\/person\/5d5ec6451ef7dc9293fb481d46af0c11"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/fvgc.ca\/en\/2019\/02\/21\/ontarios-fruit-and-vegetable-growers-have-a-new-chair-and-vice-chair\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"fr-CA","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/fvgc.ca\/en\/2019\/02\/21\/ontarios-fruit-and-vegetable-growers-have-a-new-chair-and-vice-chair\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"fr-CA","@id":"https:\/\/fvgc.ca\/en\/2019\/02\/21\/ontarios-fruit-and-vegetable-growers-have-a-new-chair-and-vice-chair\/#primaryimage","url":"","contentUrl":""},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/fvgc.ca\/en\/2019\/02\/21\/ontarios-fruit-and-vegetable-growers-have-a-new-chair-and-vice-chair\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/fvgc.ca\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Ontario\u2019s fruit and vegetable growers have a new Chair and Vice Chair"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/fvgc.ca\/#website","url":"https:\/\/fvgc.ca\/","name":"FVGC","description":"Representing Growers Across the Country","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/fvgc.ca\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"fr-CA"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/fvgc.ca\/#\/schema\/person\/5d5ec6451ef7dc9293fb481d46af0c11","name":"Ashley Peyrard","url":"https:\/\/fvgc.ca\/fr\/author\/fruit-and-vegetable-growers-of-canada\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fvgc.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27588","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fvgc.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fvgc.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fvgc.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fvgc.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27588"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fvgc.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27588\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fvgc.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fvgc.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fvgc.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fvgc.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}