Insights and Stories on Fruit/Vegetables

CFIA widens plum pox net in Niagara region

Apr. 13, 2014 at 3:21 am CDT

The quarantine area is now slightly larger in southern Ontario’s Niagara region where tender fruit trees are still considered at risk for the yield-robbing plum pox virus. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency announced Tuesday it has expanded its regulated area for plum pox virus by 800 metres. The expansion is […]

The market farmer

Apr. 11, 2014 at 12:52 pm CDT

By CG Contributing Editor Steven Biggs

Zimbabwe bans fresh fruit, vegetable imports

Apr. 2, 2014 at 12:08 pm CDT

Local victory

Mar. 28, 2014 at 12:48 pm CDT

By Helen Lammers-Helps

Juice supply deal to rescue S. Ont. tomato operations

Feb. 27, 2014 at 5:58 pm CST

By Staff

New standard to define icewine in Canada

Feb. 13, 2014 at 8:07 am CST

If it’s not made only with grapes naturally frozen on the vine, it can’t be called icewine. As obvious as it may seem, a new move to enshrine that notion in the federal Agricultural Products Act is expected to ease and boost exports of Canada’s most lucrative wines and weed […]