by Ashley Peyrard | Mar 25, 2022 | News
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...
by Ashley Peyrard | Mar 10, 2022 | Actualités
Le 10 mars 2022 (Ottawa, Ontario) -Le jour de la 100e Assemblée générale annuelle du Conseil canadien de l’horticulture, l’organisation est heureuse d’annoncer qu’elle a changé de nom pour devenir les Producteurs de fruits et légumes du Canada...
by Ashley Peyrard | Mar 10, 2022 | News
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...
by Ashley Peyrard | Feb 11, 2022 | News
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...
by Ashley Peyrard | Nov 23, 2021 | News
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...
by Ashley Peyrard | Nov 23, 2021 | Actualités
23 novembre 2021 – La gale verruqueuse de la pomme de terre, un organisme de quarantaine réglementé, a été détectée depuis 2000 dans des champs de l’Île-du-Prince-Édouard (Î.-P.-É.). De nouvelles détections dans deux champs de pommes de terre commerciales...
by Ashley Peyrard | Nov 4, 2021 | Actualités
Le 4 novembre 2021 – Au nom de secteur des fruits et légumes frais d’Amérique du Nord, plusieurs associations nationales et régionales ont publié une déclaration commune appelant à une action gouvernementale urgente pour remédier aux importantes...
by Ashley Peyrard | Nov 4, 2021 | News
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...
by Ashley Peyrard | Jul 20, 2021 | Actualités
Le 20 juillet 2021 – À la suite de la réunion fédérale-provinciale-territoriale (FPT) des ministres de l’Agriculture du Canada la semaine dernière, le Conseil canadien de l’horticulture (CCH) exprime son soutien à l’établissement d’un...
by Ashley Peyrard | Jul 20, 2021 | News
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,...