Ontario Ministry of Agriculture Food and Rural Affairs
Horticulture readies for a risk management plan
Information meetings for Ontario growers start at the end of August
Agriculture braced for ‘cosmetic’ pesticide ban fallout
Farm groups say Ontario Minister of Agriculture Leona Dombrowsky has given an “ironclad guarantee” that agriculture will be exempt when the province, under pressure from environmental groups, moves to ban the use of pesticides from lawns and gardens this spring.
Farm building code update stalls
Farm builders and Ontario government officials want the federal organization that writes Canada’s building codes to update the farm building code. But a lack of interest in the issue from provincial governments elsewhere in Canada is slowing the process.