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March 13,
2010 – Dean Shoemaker is the new executive director of Flowers Canada
(Ontario). He takes over from Dr. Irwin Smith, who is retiring in
mid-April
after having led the association since February 1999.
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March 12, 2010, Richmond,
B.C. – Phoenix Perennials recently welcomed hundreds of gardening
enthusiasts
to its sixth annual Hellebore Hurrah(!) Opening Weekend.
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March
11, 2010, Toronto –
Visitors to Canada Blooms should be sure to check out the
5,300-square-foot
Green for Life garden, the largest project ever built by members of the
Landscape Ontario Horticultural Trades Association.
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March
12, 2010, Vancouver – As Olympic athletes from around the world vie for
gold,
silver and bronze, Vancouver’s oldest company was recognized with
another
precious metal – platinum.
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March 11, 2010, Vancouver – Village
Farms International, Inc.
(the “Company”) (TSX: VFF) announced today results for the year ended
and
quarter ended Dec. 31, 2009.
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March 10, 2010, Kelowna, B.C. –
Greenhouses
could be popping up in residential areas around Kelowna after city
council gave
preliminary approval to a staff report allowing agricultural use of
vacant
lots.
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March 11, 2010 – Vegetable
growers across Canada now have a valuable tool to help correctly
identify 39 of
the most common insects affecting the productivity of vegetable field
crops.
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March 10, 2010 – For the third year in a row, Monsanto Company
(NYSE: MON) was named today to Corporate Responsibility (CR) Magazine’s
list of
“100 Best Corporate Citizens” for 2010. Monsanto ranks No. 31 overall
and leads
the agricultural products sector on the magazine’s 11th annual ranking
of
corporate responsibility performance of major U.S. companies.
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