Insights and Stories on Vegetables

Conagra to shed Canadian processed vegetable, fruit business

Feb. 20, 2018 at 2:04 pm CST

The company behind Arctic Gardens, Graves and Bonduelle canned and frozen vegetables in Canada is set to add the Del Monte brand to its roster. Conagra Brands, which makes and sells Del Monte processed fruits and vegetables in the Canadian market, announced Tuesday it will sell that business to France’s […]

Winners of Canada’s Outstanding Young Farmers for 2017 celebrated

Dec. 6, 2017 at 9:54 am CST

By Staff

Revisions in the works for Canada’s Food Guide

Oct. 24, 2016 at 7:59 pm CDT

By Staff

U.S. investment firm takes major stake in Canadian organic firm

Oct. 11, 2016 at 2:47 pm CDT

By OrganicBiz

Selling direct to consumers

Sep. 9, 2016 at 10:51 am CDT

By Shannon VanRaes

Top Canadian mushroom grower expands into Western Canada

Sep. 9, 2016 at 10:01 am CDT

By OrganicBiz staff Canada’s biggest producer of mushrooms has expanded its reach into Western Canada with the purchase of one of the region’s biggest producers. Highline Produce announced Thursday it has bought Langley, B.C.-based organic mushroom producer All Seasons Mushrooms. According to Irish tropical fruit marketing giant Fyffes, which has […]

By OrganicBiz

Farmers return to vegetable patch as currency slumps

Feb. 26, 2016 at 5:30 pm CST

Reuters — Canadian farmers are cashing in on the highest vegetable prices in years, helped by the country’s weak currency and soaring costs of U.S. imports that have made them unexpected winners in a bearish commodity world. Soft wheat and canola prices may diminish Canadian farm incomes by nine per […]

By Nia Williams Rod Nickel

USDA report says no risk from pesticide residues

Dec. 22, 2014 at 3:00 pm CST

Reuters — More than half of food tested by the U.S. government for pesticide residues last year showed detectable levels of pesticides, though most were within levels the government considers to be safe, according to a report issued Dec. 19 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The USDA looked at […]

By Carey Gillam

Ukraine appeals to WTO over Russian ban on fruit, vegetable imports

Oct. 23, 2014 at 7:04 pm CDT

Kiev | Reuters –– Ukraine has complained to the World Trade Organization (WTO) about a decision by Russia to ban imports of fruit and vegetables from the country, the agriculture ministry said Thursday. The ban, which came into force Wednesday, was the latest trade barrier erected by Russia in a […]

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