Canadian Horticultural Council
Council introduces new fee for on-farm food safety audits
Ontario grower to head national council
New approach to national hort research would give industry more say
Federal officials are considering applying the idea to other commodities
Council anticipates plenty of uptake on new on-farm food safety certification
Ontario fruit and vegetable growers who have their farms certified this fall as part of the Canadian Horticultural Council’s on-farm food safety program will likely be doing it in response to requests from their export customers, says Heather Gale, CHC food safety coordinator.
Local production unaffected by rising interest in spuds
Interest in using potatoes to stave off world hunger may be growing but those involved in Canadian production say the trend isn’t really having an impact on our domestic industry. “Our growers are not looking towards export,” says Don Brubacher, general manager of the Ontario Potato Board.
Farm workers get days off in Manitoba
“Manitoba has done the right thing,” stated Wayne Hanley, national president of UFCW Canada (United Food and Commercial Workers) in a news release following a late January announcement that Manitoba is changing its labour code to give farm workers several new rights such as a day off, work breaks, vacations and the right to a minimum wage. The changes take effect June 30.