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 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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Celebrate fall harvest
As the weather cools down and leaves turn shades of red and orange, it’s clear that fall has arrived. For many Ontario fruit and vegetable growers, this means it’s harvest time—the busiest and most exciting part of the year. Here’s a closer look at some of the widely grown fruits and vegetables that reach their peak during this season.
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New protections spell positive change for Ontario’s seasonal and temporary farm workers
The last wave of seasonal agricultural workers will shortly be arriving in Ontario for the start of fall harvest, particularly apples. As employers and communities prepare to welcome these workers, Ontario farmers point to how much positive change has taken place in recent years around the Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program (SAWP) and the Temporary Foreign Worker (TFW) program’s agricultural stream.
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Sustainable food: growing varieties suitable for our climate
As our climate changes, we have to make sure that we can continue to produce enough of our own food right here at home. This means we need crops that are better able to handle cold and heat, drought and wet weather conditions, as well as be resistant to pests and diseases that are also adapting to their evolving environment.
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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.
