The Pandemic is changing how we share information
Photo: The Grower There’s no doubt that we’re increasingly receiving more of our information from...
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Category: The Grower
Food packaging must help reduce waste, but not at all costs
The packaging industry largely prefers to manufacture its products from cheap, virgin...
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These are not foreign workers. They are professionals .
Canada is critically dependant on the skills and knowledge of the folks who prepare, plant, pick...
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Mexican fruit producers step up to help supply hungry markets
Mexico is an important winter supplier of fruits and vegetables to Canada. And we’re not the only...
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There’s a lot to like about International Year of Plant Health
The U.N.’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) says that healthy plants give us oxygen, reduce...
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SPECIALTY CROPS SPARK SURGE IN EXPORTS AND EQUIPMENT SALES ABROAD
The healthiest country in the world is now Spain, according to a 2019 Bloomberg Healthy Country...
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Calling on retailers to help consumers with plant-based confusion
Consumers are confused and frustrated by the latest messaging around the new plant-based food...
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Here’s an event – and take home messages – that consumers understand
August 1 is Food Day Canada, and it’s a great time to celebrate our home-grown bounty, as we’re...
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Nuts about barcoding
The food industry needs to be able to identify potentially harmful pests quickly and...
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New industry giant likes direct link to consumers through horticulture
Corteva Agriscience – the result of Dow and DuPont’s merger last year – began public trading on...
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Still room for growth in horticultural land values
Farm Credit Canada’s recently released annual report on national farmland values shows that...
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Celebrate local food day in season, says founder
Food Day Canada takes place every year on the Saturday of the August long weekend. It’s a...
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Emotions surface when international workers and employers tell their stories
Canadian horticulture producers rely hugely on seasonal agricultural workers from the Caribbean,...
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OWEN ROBERTS
Owen Roberts – journalist, columnist, educator – provides an urban perspective on agri-food issues.