Key Issues
Sustainability
Learn more about the new tools and technologies that will help make fruit and vegetable production cleaner, greener and more cost effective.
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News
News releases
The latest news from the Ontario Fruit & Vegetable Growers' Association.
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Food production
Here in Ontario, we’re able to produce many of our own fruits and vegetables. Learn more about what that means and why that matters to all of us.
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Fruit and vegetable growers elect new leadership
Ontario’s fruit and vegetable growers have elected a new leadership team, with Mike Chromczak stepping into the role of chair of the Ontario Fruit & Vegetable Growers’ Association (OFVGA) and Matthias Oppenlaender elected as vice chair. Chromczak steps into the chair’s role after serving for three years as vice chair under now-past president Shawn Brenn.
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Fruit & vegetable growers honour Bill George with Industry Award of Merit
Long-time agricultural leader and Niagara grape grower Bill George Jr. has been named the 2026 recipient of the Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Growers’ Association (OFVGA) Industry Award of Merit, recognizing his decades of leadership and service to Ontario’s fruit, vegetable, and wine sectors. He was presented with the award at the organization’s annual banquet in Niagara Falls on February 17.
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Ontario farmers support scholarships for children of Jamaican seasonal workers
A new program has been launched by the government of Jamaica to provide scholarships to the children of Jamaicans working on Ontario fruit and vegetable farms through the Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program (SAWP).
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The Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Growers’ Association has been advocating for Ontario’s fruit and vegetable growers for over 160 years.
The sector includes more than 3,500 family farms, which support over 30,000 farm-based, non-family jobs in Ontario. Over 125 different fruit and vegetable crops are grown in Ontario.
