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N.S. picnics to promote "buy local" campaign
July 28, 2008, Halifax — The Nova
Scotia government is pushing the concept of “buy local” to encourage
consumers to support the province’s farmers. It is launching a Select
Nova Scotia campaign that will include province-wide picnics during
August featuring locally grown foods.
CHC launches On-Farm Certification Program
July 25, 2008, Ottawa — The
Canadian Horticultural Council (CHC) has launched its On-Farm Food
Safety (OFFS) Certification Program. Complete information for
producers, storage intermediaries and packers interested in enrolling
in the Program is available on the CHC website.
Bonzi a long-established industry performer
July 24, 2008 — Since it was first
labelled for use on ornamentals in 1982, Bonzi plant growth regulator
(PGR) from Syngenta Professional Products has long been regarded as one
of the leading PGRs throughout the nursery and greenhouse industries.
Through the years, Bonzi has been shown to consistently keep plants
uniformly compact, hardy and well proportioned.
Sailing the seven seas with SUNSET support
July 18, 2008, Marina Del Ray, CA
— While most North American teenagers are dreaming about baseball and video games,
16-year-old Zac Sunderland recently set sail to attempt to
become the youngest sailor to circumnavigate the globe alone. Over the
next 12 to 14 months, Sunderland will travel more than 65,000
kilometres on his own, diverting to port only 12 times to replenish
supplies, which will include a popular line of greenhouse vegetables.
A warm Vineland welcome for Hoogendoorn
July 17, 2008, Vineland, Ont. — Vineland Research and Innovation Centre (Vineland Centre) has officially welcomed Hoogendoorn America Inc. (Hoogendoorn) as a new tenant of the Centre. Minor Use control for Duponchelia fovealis approved
July 15, 2008, Guelph, Ont. — The Pest Management Regulatory Agency
(PMRA) recently announced the approval of a minor use label expansion
for BIOPROTEC 3P Biological Insecticide for control of Duponchelia
fovealis on greenhouse ornamentals, greenhouse herbs and greenhouse
vegetables (tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers for fruit or transplant
production) in Canada.
More funding for floriculture research
July 10, 2008, Columbus, OH — As a
final thankyou to the floriculture industry, the remaining funds from
FloraStar ($36,318.50) will be donated to the American Floral Endowment (AFE) during this year’s OFA Short Course.
'Phil O'Dendron' enjoying guerrilla gardening
July 10, 2008, Los Angeles — More than a dozen people, some wearing orange protective gear, pulled rakes and shovels from a dingy shopping cart and started working on a parched patch of land along a busy off-ramp of the Hollywood Freeway. It was a Saturday night and drivers whooshed past on their way to the Sunset Strip club scene.
Calla lilies and gerbera topped this 'poll'
July 9, 2008, Toronto — The Ontario Legislature is used to
polling, though June 24th featured a non-political topic. On that day,
Pick Ontario partnered with Foodland Ontario to hand out cut flowers at
Queen’s Park. The crowd favourites – unofficially, but nonetheless by a landslide – appeared to be calla lilies
and gerbera daisies.Several veg growers new launch association
July 8, 2008, Bellingham, WA — The
North American Greenhouse/Hothouse Vegetable Growers (NAGHVG), an
association formed after three years of research and review to protect
and support superior standards of excellence in food safety and
quality, has developed its own certification standards. The NAGHVG was
founded by five leading North American greenhouse growers.
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