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Fruit and vegetable growers welcome grocery industry call for grocer code of conduct
News Release - For Immediate Release Fruit and vegetable growers welcome grocery industry call for grocer code of conduct Guelph ON, November 12, 2020 – Ontario's fruit and vegetable growers welcome the support of Michael Medline, President of Sobeys Inc., and are enc...
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Fruit and vegetable growers welcome additional cost-share funding for farm worker protection
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Ontario Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs - Impact of COVID-19
On August 24, 2020, OFVGA Vice Chair Charles Stevens made a presentation to Ontario's Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs, which has been working to understand the impacts of COVID-19 on small and medium-sized businesses in the province. Although provincial and federal govern...
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An open letter to the people of Niagara Region
An open letter to the people of Niagara Region My name is Ray Duc and our family farm has been growing grapes and tender fruit in Niagara-on- the-Lake since 1960. Forrer Farms was founded by my wife Linda's parents; today, we farm with our son Jeffrey, and his two children are the fifth gen...
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ERO # 019-1340 - Updating Ontario's Water Quantity Management Framework
The Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Growers’ Association (OFVGA) welcomes the opportunity to provide input into the Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks’ (MECP) consultation on Ontario’s water quantity management framework. Many of OFVGA’s member...
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An open letter to the people of Norfolk
An open letter to the people of Norfolk, My name is Dusty Zamecnik, and I'm the fourth generation of my family to live and work on our farm here in Norfolk County. We're Ontario's largest commercial wholesale producer of high bush blueberries; you'll see our berries in the...
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Open letter to people of Grey, Bruce & Blue Mountains
Open letter to people of Grey, Bruce & Blue Mountains We're Kyle and Greg Ardiel. We're cousins and our families are both apple growers in the Clarksburg area. Kyle's family grows apples predominantly for the fresh market, while Greg's family grows fresh and processing...
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Growers committed to keeping farm workers safe as part of efforts help get Windsor-Essex to Stage 3
News Release Growers committed to keeping farm workers safe as part of efforts help get Windsor-Essex to Stage 3 Fruit and vegetable sector asking for proactive government, health agency support For immediate release Guelph ON, July 29, 2020 – Local farmers are stepping up...
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An open letter to the people of Elgin, Middlesex and London: Keeping our workers safe
An open letter to the people of Elgin, Middlesex and London, My name is Kevin Howe. Some of you may remember seeing me in the media this spring when I talked about how critical it was for Canada to allow foreign seasonal farm workers into the country to help us grow food this year. Our family far...
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