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Opinion Editorial Maintaining local food supply important in times of crisis By Mike Chromczak
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Opinion Editorial International workers need to get here quickly for spring planting By Jan VanderHout
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Opinion Editorial Growing local crops with skilled labour critical during times of crisis By Dusty Zamecnik
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Opinion Editorial 2020 apple crop in jeopardy without essential workers on farm By Brian Gilroy
March 27, 2020 Opinion Editorial 2020 apple crop in jeopardy without essential workers on farm By Brian Gilroy By Ontario standards, I have a relatively small apple orchard. I grow about a dozen different varieties on 25 acres of land that looks over beautiful Georgian Bay. Even on my small acrea...
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March 27, 2020 Opinion Editorial Local food production critical during times of crisis By Shawn Brenn
March 27, 2020 Opinion Editorial Local food production critical during times of crisis By Shawn Brenn In a normal year, our family farm would be busy getting ready for spring planting season. That means preparing seeds and fields and getting ready to get crops in the ground. Potatoe...
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Opinion editorial Practical solutions for seasonal workers critical to getting fruit and vegetable crops planted in time By Kevin Howe
March 27, 2020 Opinion editorial Practical solutions for seasonal workers critical to getting fruit and vegetable crops planted in time By Kevin Howe It's always been important for us as farmers to get our crops in the ground on time in the spring. But it's never been more important t...
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Issues Background Importance of Seasonal and Temporary Foreign Agricultural Workers to Ontario
Issues Background Importance of Seasonal and Temporary Foreign Agricultural Workers to Ontario Updated: March 27, 2020 Issue related to COVID-19: Ontario farmers are struggling to get skilled international essential labour to help plant, grow and harvest crops for the 2020 season. This is an issu...
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Updated Statement from the OFVGA on the status of travel restrictions for foreign workers
Statement from the OFVGA on the status of travel restrictions for foreign workers Date: March 20, 2020 Time: 8:00pm As this unprecedented week comes to a close, the OFVGA would like to provide an update to stakeholders regarding the status of travel restrictions for essential foreign worke...
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Relief for fruit and vegetable growers as more details of travel exemptions released
Relief for fruit and vegetable growers as more details of travel exemptions released Date: March 20, 2020 Time: 9:30pm Further to the news release from the Canadian Federation of Agriculture below, the OFVGA is extremely relieved to see more details released by the federal governmen...
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