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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Positive changes improve experience for seasonal and temporary farm workers in Ontario
As fall harvest season kicks into high gear across Ontario, thousands of seasonal agricultural workers are playing essential roles in helping fruit and vegetable growers bring in their crops. It’s one of the busiest times of the year for Ontario’s horticulture sector — and an opportunity to reflect on the many positive changes that have been made recently and continue to be made to Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker (TFW) programs for agriculture.
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Safety of fruits and vegetables ensured by strong regulations
Consumers are paying more attention to their food, including where it comes from and how it’s produced. One area of interest is the use of pesticides in growing crops. In Canada, fruit and vegetable growers face a constant battle against pests, diseases, weeds and other environmental challenges.
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Keeping Ontario farms safe for workers and crops
Pesticides can be essential in protecting crops and ensuring the harvest of healthy, delicious fruits and vegetables we’re fortunate to have in Ontario....
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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.
