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Departments

• A growing demand for more farmers.
• Always take time to re-focus.
• Energizing your workplace.
• Energy matters #4: Hire a contractor … or DIY?.
• Flushing out new composting ideas.
• GREENHOUSE GROWER NOTES April 2006 1.
• GREENHOUSE GROWER NOTES April 2006 2.
• GREENHOUSE GROWER NOTES August 2006 1.
• GREENHOUSE GROWER NOTES August 2006 2.
• GREENHOUSE GROWER NOTES August 2009.
• GREENHOUSE GROWER NOTES January 2008.
• GREENHOUSE GROWER NOTES May 2006.
• GREENHOUSE GROWER NOTES October 2006 1.
• GREENHOUSE GROWER NOTES October 2006 2.
• GREENHOUSE GROWER NOTES October 2006 3.
• GREENHOUSE GROWER NOTES September 2006 1.
• GREENHOUSE GROWER NOTES September 2006 2.
• GREENHOUSE GROWER NOTES September 2006 3.
• GREENHOUSE GROWER NOTES: April 2007.
• Greenhouse Grower Notes: August 2007.
• Greenhouse Grower notes: August 2010.
• Greenhouse grower notes: February 2010.
• Greenhouse Grower Notes: Global ties can create a dilemma.
• Greenhouse Grower Notes: Influencing predatory mites.
• Greenhouse Grower Notes: It’s a small world for flower growers.
• Greenhouse Grower Notes: January 2007 1.
• Greenhouse Grower Notes: January 2007 2.
• GREENHOUSE GROWER NOTES: July 2006.
• Greenhouse Grower Notes: July 2007.
• Greenhouse Grower Notes: June 2007.
• Greenhouse Grower Notes: Life stage timing for predators.
• Greenhouse grower notes: Low temperatures and pests.
• Greenhouse Grower Notes: Managing gummy stem blight.
• Greenhouse Grower Notes: March 2007 1.
• Greenhouse Grower Notes: March 2007 2.
• Greenhouse grower notes: March 2010.
• Greenhouse Grower Notes: May 2007 1.
• Greenhouse Grower Notes: May 2007 2.
• Greenhouse Grower Notes: Microbial control of cabbage loopers.
• Greenhouse Grower Notes: November 2006 1.
• Greenhouse Grower Notes: November 2006 2.
• Greenhouse Grower Notes: November 2006 3.
• Greenhouse Grower Notes: November 2007.
• Greenhouse Grower Notes: Organic production in Europe.
• Greenhouse Grower Notes: September 2007.
• Greenhouse grower notes: Starting a biocontrol program?.
• Greenhouse Grower Notes: Thrips – pest priority 1, 2 and 3.
• Greenhouse Grower Notes: Tomato growers get help with Minor Use tool.
• Greenhouse Grower Notes: Virus activity heating up.
• Greenhouse Grower Notes:February 2007.
• Greenhouse growers notes.
• Greenhouse growers notes: A promising new predator.
• Greenhouse Growers Notes: Cabbage looper control with Btk.
• Greenhouse growers notes: Minimizing bacterial canker risk.
• Grower's Toolbox: July 2010.
• Growing in the green.
• Growing in the green.
• Growing in the Green: A few pointers on holiday season.
• Growing in the Green: A merry season for poinsettias.
• GROWING IN THE GREEN: April 2006.
• Growing in the Green: April 2010.
• Growing In The Green: August 2006.
• Growing In The Green: August 2009.
• Growing in the Green: August 2010.
• Growing in the Green: Bosses: it’s great to delegate.
• Growing in the Green: California Dreaming.
• Growing In The Green: December 2006.
• Growing In The Green: February 2007.
• GROWING IN THE GREEN: February 2008.
• Growing in the Green: February 2010.
• Growing in the Green: Hard to contain ourselves.
• Growing in the Green: Heading into the home stretch.
• Growing In The Green: January 2007.
• GROWING IN THE GREEN: January 2008.
• Growing In The Green: July 2006.
• Growing In The Green: June 2006.
• Growing In The Green: June 2007.
• Growing in the Green: Learn more to earn more.
• Growing in the Green: Learning from the past.
• Growing in the Green: Learning more means earning more.
• Growing in the Green: March 2010.
• GROWING IN THE GREEN: May 2006.
• Growing In The Green: May 2007.
• Growing In The Green: November 2006.
• Growing In The Green: November 2007.
• Growing In The Green: September 2006.
• Growing In The Green: September 2007.
• Growing in the Green: Spring sales ’08: trend or blip?.
• Inside View.
• Inside View: An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
• Inside View: August 2009.
• Inside View: August 2010.
• Inside View: Augut 2007.
• Inside View: Being keen on green with LEDs… or LEEDs.
• Inside View: Can ‘Shredder’ help grow your business?.
• inside view: Cut flower advice: just be different.
• Inside View: December 2007.
• Inside View: February 2008.
• Inside View: February 2010.
• Inside View: Fossil fuel calories part of the big picture.
• Inside View: Growing green options in packaging your plants.
• Inside View: Industry is entering new era of technology.
• Inside View: January 2008.
• Inside View: July 2007.
• Inside View: July 2009.
• Inside View: July 2010.
• Inside View: June 2010.
• Inside View: Local angle will fuel industry’s new growth .
• Inside View: Managing your farm’s other water resources.
• Inside View: March 2010.
• Inside View: November 2009.
• Inside View: October 2007.
• Inside View: Organics: Feed the soil and not the plant.
• Inside View: Paving paradise to put up a parking lot.
• Inside View: September 2007.
• Inside View: Taking time to decide on ending indecisiveness.
• inside view: These investments yield major dividends.
• Inside View: Viewing industry challenges upside down or inside out?.
• Is industry attracting enough young scientists?.
• Not just a Buyers’ Guide but also a Sellers’ Guide.
• Some timely cleanup reminders.
• Special Series energy matters: No time to be ‘fuelish’; minimize your energy risks.
• Special Series energy matters: Working to become an effective energy leader.
• Special Series European trends #2: Assessing CHP feasibility.
• Special Series in the rootzone #1: Water uptake.
• Special Series in the rootzone #3: Control in the rootzone.
• Special Series mineral nutrition: Optimizing solar radiant energy.
• Special Series the workplace #2: Understanding substrate design.
• Special Series world report #1: Cogeneration in the Netherlands.
• Temperature effects on CMV.
• Under cover.
• Under cover.
• Under Cover.
• Under Cover: December 2008.

Editorial

• Don’t shortchange yourself on value.
• Editorial: March 2009.
• Editorial: March 2009.
• Ensuring fair trade in new agreement.
• Exporting our research model.
• FROM THE EDITOR: April 2006.
• FROM THE EDITOR: April 2007.
• From the Editor: April 2010.
• From the Editor: Aug 2009.
• FROM THE EDITOR: August 2006.
• FROM THE EDITOR: August 2007.
• from the editor: Benefitting from Triple P marketing.
• From the Editor: Cutting out the middle man .
• FROM THE EDITOR: December 2006.
• FROM THE EDITOR: December 2007.
• From the Editor: Do we really know all we are selling?.
• FROM THE EDITOR: February 2008.
• From the Editor: February 2010.
• From the Editor: Fiscal and physical stress.
• From the Editor: Food Freedom Day was early this year.
• From the Editor: Greenhouse power plants.
• From the Editor: How good is your customer service?.
• from the editor: Industry feedback just a click away.
• FROM THE EDITOR: January 2007.
• FROM THE EDITOR: January 2008.
• FROM THE EDITOR: July 2006.
• FROM THE EDITOR: July 2007.
• From the Editor: July 2009.
• From the Editor: July 2010.
• FROM THE EDITOR: June 2006.
• FROM THE EDITOR: June 2007.
• From the Editor: June 2010.
• FROM THE EDITOR: March 2007.
• FROM THE EDITOR: March 2007.
• From the Editor: March 2010.
• FROM THE EDITOR: May 2006.
• FROM THE EDITOR: May 2007.
• From the editor: New energy era may be dawning.
• FROM THE EDITOR: November 2006.
• FROM THE EDITOR: November 2007.
• From the Editor: November 2009.
• FROM THE EDITOR: October 2006.
• FROM THE EDITOR: October 2007.
• From the Editor: Pricing pressures affect everyone.
• From the Editor: Role of research in industry’s growth.
• From the Editor: Selecting next year’s winners .
• FROM THE EDITOR: September 2006.
• FROM THE EDITOR: September 2007.
• from the editor: Sniffing out new markets.
• FROM THE EDITOR: Stepping out from ‘behind the scenes’.
• From the Editor: Understanding consumer tastes.
• Healthy markets for fresh berries.
• Lending a hand to food banks.
• Non-traditional plant marketing .
• Stepping out from ‘behind the scenes’.

Features

• A Blue Box for substrates.
• A CHAMPAGNE SEASON IN B.C. WITH CIB AWARDS.
• A fair trade agreement?.
• A FIVE-SEASON OPERATION .
• A focus on roses.
• A passion for plants.
• A potential market winner?.
• ADVERTISING WITH CORRUGATED PACKAGING.
• AGGA ’05 GROWER OF THE YEAR.
• Alberta growers in awards spotlight.
• All in the family.
• Alternative fuel search includes coal, corn … & oats.
• An energy sparkplug.
• An overview of Duponchelia control options.
• AN OVERVIEW OF THE RUSSIAN INDUSTRY.
• And the envelope, please.
• ASSESSING REDUCED RISK MATERIALS (Harrow ’07 update).
• Automated monitoring.
• Awards in Alberta.
• B.C.’s boiler emissions.
• BEFORE YOU IRRIGATE, INVESTIGATE.
• Biocontrol now more mainstream.
• Biocontrols within IPM.
• Blowin’ in the wind.
• BLUE MAGIC GREENHOUSES: UNDERSTANDING THE OHSA GUIDELINES.
• Boosting mineral uptake in plants.
• Branding organics.
• Bug hunter on prowl .
• Business as usual.
• Busy schedule with CanWest: Previewing the largest hort show in the West.
• Buy local theme goes ornamental.
• California dreaming and beaming.
• California dreamin’ - Part Two.
• Canada’s new energy fields.
• Canada’s ‘Best Farmer’s Stand’.
• Carbon-neutral production.
• Central Celebrates.
• Closing the control products gap.
• Conservation focus grows.
• Container-mania.
• Crazy about calibrachoa.
• Creating a centre of attention.
• Crops that can be cool.
• CROSS-BORDER ACQUISITION DEAL IN FINAL STAGES.
• Cut-flower grower targets a niche market.
• DISCRETIONARY FAMILY TRUSTS .
• DIVERSIFICATION SUCCESS.
• Diversified product mix: Canada Green has fine-tuned its product mix to focus on best-sellers.
• Don’t be shy …be unique.
• Efficienciesin the U.K.: Growers working to minimize impact of new Climate Change Levy.
• EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE INCENTIVES.
• ENERGY CURTAIN STUDY (Harrow ’07 update).
• Energy efficient poinsettia crops.
• ENERGY OPTIMIZATION PROJECTS (Harrow ’07 update).
• Energy optimization: Saving $1 on energy is the same as bringing in $20 of additional sales.
• ENERGY REMAINS A HOT TOPIC.
• Energy still a hot button issue.
• Enhancing your IPM program.
• Extending the tomato season?.
• FARM SAFETY: UNDERSTANDING THE OHSA GUIDELINES.
• FARMING IS QUITE UNIQUE AMONG OHSA SECTORS.
• Fewer points in forecast.
• First line of defence.
• FLOWERS CANADA (ONTARIO) EXCELLEnCE AWARD .
• Focus on Fusarium.
• Focusing on phosphorus.
• Fuel from the vine.
• GEO-THERMAL HEATING AND COOLING IN ‘CLOSED GREENHOUSE’ CONCEPT.
• GERBERA HANDLING SYSTEM TOP HORTI FAIR INNOVATION.
• GETTING TO THE ROOT OF SHIPPING CHALLENGES.
• Going with the Flow.
• GRASSROOTS EXPERTISE ON GARDENING TRENDS.
• Green plants, red planet.
• Green themes with Kwantlen research plans.
• Greenhouse Canada Online.
• Greenhouse Canada Online: April 2008.
• Greenhouse gardening catches on in Iqaluit.
• Greenhouse Grower Notes: Controlling Q Biotype whiteflies.
• Greenhouse Grower Notes: Managing Botrytis grey mould.
• Greenhouse grower notes: New root rot assist.
• Greenhouse Grower Notes: Sizing up predatory mites.
• Grower's Toolbox: Viewing the differences between alkalinity and pH.
• GROWERS HELPING ONTARIO MEET SHORT-TERM POWER DEMANDS .
• Growing in the Green: Forecasting spring sales activity.
• Growing in the Green: Sampling the California showcase.
• Growing in the Green: So, do you think you know it all?.
• Growing in the Green: Some like it really hot.
• Growing in the Green: Your recipe for success.
• Growing in the Green: ‘Rain, rain, go away…’.
• Growing interest in wood boilers.
• Growing into niche markets: Smaller operations have plenty of room to grow in Leamington area.
• Growing Under The Lights.
• Growing with the grid: Great Northern optimizing cogen setup as an industry option.
• Heat beneath your feet.
• Heating with straw.
• Height control of Easter lilies.
• HELPING GROWERS REMAIN ON THE LEADING EDGE.
• Holiday season sales mixed.
• HOLLANDIA GREENHOUSES: GERBERAS ARE THEIR SPECIALTY.
• HOMEGROWN: THE NEXT GENERATION OF MARKET WINNERS?.
• HOW BEST TO HANDLE AGRICULTURAL WASTE PLASTICS? .
• Hydrangea flowering.
• IDEA DAY ’06 OFFERS PREVIEW OF NEXT SEASON’S NEWCOMERS.
• Ideas to boost sales.
• IDENTIFYING THE PRIORITIES OF ORNAMENTAL HORTICULTURE GROWERS .
• ILLUMINATING THE TOPIC OF GREENHOUSE LIGHTING.
• Improved organics, from the ground up.
• Improving the petunia.
• IN CAIS YOU WERE WONDERING (PART TWO).
• Industry has growing options.
• INDUSTRY INNOVATORS IN B.C. OYF SPOTLIGHT.
• Industry news.
• INDUSTRY NEWS: December 2008.
• Industry News: What’s hiding in your crop?.
• Industry trends.
• Innovation on B.C. tour.
• Innovations to grow by.
• INSPIRING CUSTOMERS TO ENJOY MORE PLANTS.
• Integrating your IPM.
• INTRODUCING “LES EXCEPTIONELLES”.
• Irrigation water quality challenges.
• Island ‘points’ reflect tradition.
• It’s all about the weather.
• IT’S SHOW TIME.
• KANAKA GREENHOUSES: VALUE-ADDED ROSE SPECIALISTS.
• Lauded for leadership.
• Leadership lauded: Noted researcher among recipients of Québec awards of merit.
• Leamington earns national attention for more than tomato production.
• LEDs in Guelph spotlight.
• Les Exceptionnelles’ exceptional year: Award-winning trialling program to host AAS delegates.
• Light and media in U of G studies.
• Local source of biofuels.
• Low-tech vegetables.
• Making the light decision.
• Making the most of your R&D.
• Making up for lost time.
• MANAGING DURING PERIODS OF UNCERTAINTY.
• Managing resistance pressures.
• Managing spider mite menace.
• Many strong performers in Ontario cyclamen trials.
• Mexico’s rise in veg sector.
• Minimizing bacterial canker risk.
• More California dreaming and beaming.
• Mother Nature knows best.
• MYERS INDUSTRIES PURCHASES ITML .
• New age biologicals.
• NEW CONTROL STRATEGY FOR THRIPS IN CHRYSANTHEMUM.
• New market opportunities.
• NEW TOOL FOR MANAGING PLANT HEALTH (Harrow ’07 update).
• NEW VARIETIES IN SPOTLIGHT.
• NIAGARA COLLEGE EXPANDS R&D CAPABILITIES.
• NIAGARA PARKS SCHOOL OF HORT IN SPOTLIGHT.
• No containing container-mania.
• NON-MONETARY EMPLOYMENT INCENTIVES.
• Nurseries on B.C. tour.
• NUTRIENTS FROM ORGANIC SOIL AMENDMENTS.
• Nutrition focus of student projects.
• ONTARIO INDUSTRY MAINTAINING ITS MOMENTUM.
• ONTARIO VEGETABLE INDUSTRY TRENDS (Harrow ’07 update).
• ONTARIO’S NEW HEALTH AND SAFETY REQUIREMENTS .
• OPTIMIZING ELECTRICITY PURCHASING STRATEGIES.
• Optimizing energy options: It’s only one of several trends in Leamington region review.
• Organics and oxygenation .
• OUT WITH THE OLD, IN WITH THE NEW.
• Oxygenation benefits.
• Passionate about plants.
• Pesticides and biocontrols.
• PGRs and LEDs in U of G studies.
• Pick Ontario still blooming.
• Picture-perfect vegetables.
• Plants with an appetite.
• POINSETTIA POINTERS FOR THE 2006 SEASON.
• Pointers on poinsettias.
• Potted orchid specialists.
• POTTED PLANT PRODUCER CELEBRATES FIRST HALF-CENTURY.
• Predators and pollinators.
• PROBING POLLINATION PROBLEMS.
• Programmed vegetative liners.
• Pushing the limit with perennials.
• PUTTING PERENNIALS TO THE TEST.
• QUÉBEC GROWERS REDUCING DEPENDENCE ON FOSSIL FUELS.
• QUÉBEC INDUSTRY INNOVATION AWARDS.
• Recapping the sixth annual Sawaya Gardens Container Trials.
• Recovering from the storm.
• RETAIL GROWER ATTRACTS INTERNATIONAL ATTENTION.
• RFID TECHNOLOGY AND THE GREENHOUSE.
• SAFETY IN THE WORKPLACE.
• Sampling B.C. innovation during Pitt Meadows tour.
• Sawaya Trials report: Part One.
• SERVICE ABOVE SELF.
• SHARED RESPONSIBILITIES IN IDENTIFYING WORKPLACE HAZARDS .
• Similar roots for Manitoba growers.
• SOLAR GREENHOUSE INTEREST HEATING UP IN MANITOBA.
• SOME ISSUES TO CONSIDER BEFORE EXPORTING.
• SPACE-AGE TECHNOLOGY’S SNAPSHOT OF CROP HEALTH.
• Special Series energy matters #9: Success: tracking and measurement.
• Special Series: the workplace #5.
• Special Series: World report #1.
• Spotlight on crop photonics: Niagara College on cutting edge in researching new technology.
• Spotlight on Harrow.
• Spring rebound.
• Starting a biocontrol program?.
• Starting a new greenhouse?.
• STUDENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AT THE U OF GUELPH .
• Students on tour.
• Success in a tough market.
• Successful family business welcomes third generation.
• Taking plants to new heights.
• Talking about trends: Industry veteran says new plants may help counter slimmer margins.
• THE (SALES) TAXMAN COMETH!.
• The ABCs of MPS.
• The buck stops … where?.
• THE EFFECTIVENESS OF RETAIL SHOW GARDENS.
• THE FUTURE OF AQUAPONICS LOOKS BRIGHT AT BROOKS.
• The Grower's Toolbox: Recirculation with or without disinfection.
• THE GROWING SUCCESS OF ORGANOPONICOS.
• The impact of fall conditions on spider mites.
• THE IMPORTANCE OF INCLUDING ‘WHAT-IFS’ IN THE BUDGETING PROCESS.
• The new Vineland.
• The price is right.
• The solar solution.
• The star pollinators.
• TIME TO BUY … OR TIME TO LEASE?.
• TO RECYCLE, OR NOT TO RECYCLE?.
• Top 10 choices a challenge.
• Tracking new lighting system.
• Tradition of innovation.
• Trials to be trimmed .
• Tribute to a pioneer.
• U OF GUELPH ’06 TRIALS GARDEN REVIEW.
• Ultra-sensitive pest monitoring.
• Understanding consumer demand.
• UNDERSTANDING THE BENEFITS OF PESTICIDES.
• Understanding the greenhouse effect, and greenhouse gases.
• Van Geest Bros. reach milestone.
• Variety the spice of life.
• Vegetative trials at Vineland.
• VIEWING THE LATEST IN EUROPEAN INNOVATION.
• VYN FARMS: A TRADITION OF INNOVATION .
• Warming up to worms.
• Weather woes in the Fraser.
• West Coast innovators.
• West Coast poinsettia trials.
• WHAT IS BOILER SHOCK?.
• WOOD PELLETS IMPRESSIVE AMONG ALTERNATIVE FUELS.
• Working with energy retailers.
• Year-round production.
• ‘Accounting’ for your income.
• ‘Centre’ of research: North America’s largest complex showcases its latest projects.
• ‘Exceptionnelle’ new varieties.
• ‘Exceptionnelle’ performance.
• ‘INTERNAL RESPONSIBILITY SYSTEM’ AT HEART OF OHSA FARM PROGRAM.
• ‘IT’S TAX TIME: DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOUR DEDUCTIONS ARE?’.
• ‘Red fruit, green farm’.
• ‘Seed to salad’ at Stampede.
• ‘Small country, great partner’.
• ‘Welcome to Canada’: WALI working to make farms a home away from home.
• “A QUIET ENGINE FOR GROWTH”.
• “A Tale of Two Sites”.
• “… AND THE SURVEY SAYS …”.
• “…AND THE WINNER IS…” .

Blog

Main Blog

• A little ironic, don't you think.
• A PDA/phone challenge.
• Flowers, and the Buy Local campaign.
• Greenhouse security.
• Growers vote YES; now what?.
• If you sell them, they will come.
• On a slippery slope?.
• Pricing pressures: are you keeping up?.
• Serving the Locally Grown winter market.
• The business of 'sustainability'.
• The future of fuel.

Main Blog 2010

• The market for common scents.

Current Issue

Departments

• Greenhouse Grower notes: Common cucumber viruses.
• Growing in the Green: Don’t wait for spring.
• Inside View: September 2010.

Editorial

• From the Editor: September 2010.

Features

• Biocontrol for broad mites .
• Class(ic) projects.
• On the leading edge.
• Special Series in the rootzone #4: Water and EC management.

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New Products

• A.M.A.’s new Ellepot tray.
• ACROBAT® gains minor use approval.
• Air vent for pipelines.
• An early bloomer .
• Aquathermat: heating while irrigating.
• BigFoot Cart Upgrade.
• Blackmore’s new Super 24 tray.
• Calibrachoa MiniFamous™ doubles .
• Canarm’s new shutter fan.
• Cat Truck enhanced.
• Dosatron’s New Seal Kits.
• Dramm redesigns Coldfogger.
• Efficient nutrients dosing .
• Enahncing traffic control.
• Evengrow™, turntable for potted plants.
• Extending shelf life of cuts.
• FloraHandle for bouquets.
• Full line of hort tapes.
• Get mums to market faster.
• Grodan’s new propagation blocks .
• Gutter-connected tunnels from Harnois.
• HE's new Hamilton System Separator.
• Hybrid composter/rain barrel.
• Igloos from Blooms hardy performers.
• ITML introduces smallest cut flower pail.
• Kanemite for field ornamentals.
• Labour-saving hanging baskets.
• Line-Out cleans irrigation units.
• Local hauling hybrid.
• New Acer nt fertilizer from Plant Products .
• New controlled-release fertilizers .
• New for 2010: Red Fox Grandiosa Geraniums.
• New from ITML! – 10-Count Pint Tray .
• New glazing systems from DEGLAS .
• New humidification system from Fogco.
• New Rubbermaid carts.
• New Self-Propelled Sprayer.
• New slow-release fertilizer.
• New veg crop substrate.
• New Visser transplanter.
• New ‘25mm’ Ellepot trays.
• Oxo-degradable pouch debuts.
• Preforma’s ‘Lake Erie Blend’ debuts.
• Pristine™ gains emergency use on cukes.
• PW’s ‘Totally Tempted’ cuphea.
• Saving money with the right mix.
• Sensiplant helps optimize irrigation.
• Solar solution from HES.
• Space-Ray expands lineup.
• Svensson’s cool energy savings .
• Temperature check.
• TriStar control with tomatoes, peppers.
• Two labels per cycle.
• Ultra Pot an ITML combination.
• VibroNet Sprinkler and Mister from Netafim USA.
• Wood waste briquets on market.
• Yoder’s new asters.
• ‘ISii’ system ‘easy’ to use.
• ‘Pinky Winky’ a stylish hydrangea.
• ‘River Mist’ rising.

News

News

• FCC Ag Safety Fund applications open Sept. 13.
• PACsecure boosts food safety packaging.
• CleanFARMS™ at your disposal.
• CU high tunnel research: healthier yields, longer seasons.
• Energy and SR&ED at FCO Niagara workshop.
• Simply Beautiful® fundraising success.
• Time to update your farm safety plan?.
• USDA launching major hoop house study.
• ‘First Frost’ named Hosta Of The Year.
• "Bug Garden".
• 'An inconvenient truth' or a consumer opportunity?.
• 'Blooms' a first sign of spring.
• 'Good things gro-ow-ow, in Ontario...'.
• 'Pillar of the Industry' honoured.
• 'Prosperity Partnerships' and 'Business Success'.
• 'SUNSET' completes Non-GMO Project certification.
• 'Sunset' support for record-breaker.
• 'Synthetic tree' claims to catch carbon in the air.
• 'Tis the season… for poinsettia trials .
• 'Top 50 of 09' techology kudos for vertical farming.
• 3rd Annual Greenhouse Growers Charity Hockey Tournament.
• A bloomin' big business.
• A bonus biomass April edition.
• A busy spring for Bevo Agro.
• A celebration of innovation at Harrow.
• A change in leadership at Ag Energy.
• A little Fathers’ Day fun at Den Haan’s .
• A solar-powered irrigation system.
• A special directory in ’08.
• A warm Vineland welcome for Hoogendoorn.
• A.M.A. adds California location.
• A.M.A. fundraising tops $34,000.
• AAFC invests in B.C. projects.
• Accessing the Advance Payment Program.
• Acreage down in '07: StatsCan.
• Acrylite® Deglas launches enviro-campaign.
• Ag Energy expands membership criteria.
• AgCanada boosts organic research.
• AgCanada grant to BC veg sector.
• AgCanada invests in agricultural safety.
• AgriInvest Kickstart deadline end of June.
• Albert Graves at the National Women's Show.
• Allelochemicals for thrips pest management.
• AlphaCrop prototype is operational .
• Annual SRL Grower Appreciation banquet.
• Another big year for SRL charity golf tourney.
• Are Dutch bell peppers being dumped into Canada?.
• Aris adds new Fort Myers greenhouses.
• Aris selling Pendleton facilities.
• Aris/Keepsake Plants® tornado update.
• ASCFG PUBLISHES ANNUAL BUYERS’ GUIDE.
• Attracting skilled farm labour .
• AVID approved for tomato psyllid.
• Award-winning floral decorating displays.
• B.C. leadership award for Gipaanda co-owner.
• B.C. taking closer look at green roofs.
• Ball highlights ‘green’ accomplishments.
• Ball introduces something new with Flourish! .
• Ball Seed Customer Day on July 30.
• Ball Seed hires new sales representative .
• BASF files submissions for pair of products.
• BASF files worldwide submissions for two products.
• BASF in joint venture on new insecticide.
• Batavia no longer representing Boers.
• Bayer backing Produce Sustainability centre.
• Bayer offers free guide for field veg insects.
• BCIT to conduct 'green wall' research.
• Benary acquires several Bodger Seeds varieties.
• Benne joins Urban Barns management team.
• Berger Peat Moss appointment.
• Berger, SRL welcome Short Course delegates.
• Bevo Agro Inc. appoints new CFO.
• BEVO FARMS WINS B.C. SHOWCASE AWARD.
• Bevo posts impressive third-quarter results.
• Biobest Canada celebrates 15 years.
• Biomass gasification, biochar show promise.
• Blazek now heading AAS and NGB.
• Blooms has programs for young green thumbs.
• Bonzi a long-established industry performer.
• Boosting organics marketing in B.C. .
• Bounty of the County trade show.
• Brighten your sales for spring.
• Bronze Age mourners left flowers at grave .
• Burpee support for vegetable gardeners.
• Burt’s Greenhouses warms up to wood waste.
• Busy season for Colombian growers.
• Busy second quarter for Bevo Agro.
• Buying 'Oh-So-Local' produce in Ontario.
• Calcium helps plants make their own medicines.
• Calculating Oregon's damage from ice, snow.
• California Spring Trials dates for 2011 revised.
• Calla lilies and gerbera topped this 'poll'.
• Camarillo greenhouses produce new age crops.
• Canada Blooms hosts 'Green for Life'.
• CanadaGAP makes its debut.
• Canadian peat harvests at critical levels .
• Carbon neutral initiative turns coloured peppers 'green'.
• CEAC: Growing solutions for tomorrow.
• Celebrating 30 years of industry service.
• Celebrating 30 years of teamwork.
• Celebrating Food Freedom Day in Canada.
• Celebrating Poinsettia Day!.
• Celebrating strong Valentine's Day sales.
• CFI offers growing support to farmers.
• Challenging first quarter for Village Farms.
• CHC launches On-Farm Certification Program.
• CHC veggie food safety program milestone.
• CleanFARM builds on ag waste program.
• Clifford Produce poised for more growth.
• Climate friendly nurseries project launched.
• Closer China-Canada industry ties.
• CNN has SUNSET spotlight.
• Coca-Cola launches PET plastic bottle.
• Colour Your Life marketing assistance.
• Congress 2009 preview.
• Container Trials update.
• Containers in SGGA spotlight.
• Cool New Stuff Trial to debut.
• COPF Niagara Pack Trials – June 25-26.
• Creating the SmartCrate.
• Cucumber research requested.
• Culinary star helps launch OGVG cookbook.
• Cut flower growers meeting in Tulsa .
• Demo nursery tours during HortiFair .
• Descartes welcomes McLeod Software.
• Dig in! Today's Food Freedom Day.
• Do you have a 'Store-Within-A-Store' display?.
• Don't be 'fuel-ish' while shipping.
• Dummen enhances service to N. America.
• Dutch 'Flowerweek' includes open houses.
• Dutch floricultural exports under pressure.
• Dutch government invests in energy innovation.
• Early estimates on Oregon storm damage exceed $18 million.
• Eco line in Super Floral spotlight.
• ECO OPTIONS EXPAND.
• Educational program for Expo 2010.
• Educational Sessions in SRL Grower Reception .
• Efforts to boost competitiveness .
• Efforts to sustain Ontario agriculture.
• Emerald Coast Growers welcomes Friel .
• Employment focus of FCO seminars.
• Energy Productivity may mean savings.
• Energy talks hosted by Hoogendoorn.
• Engage Agro USA launched.
• Engage charity hockey tourney in Grimsby.
• Engage to market AMP Liquid Mulches.
• Enniskillen shines with Innovation award.
• Environment Minister tours Mastronardi Produce.
• Essex farmers mapping out on-farm sales.
• EU asked to boost 'minor use' investment.
• Eurofresh Farms begins reorganization efforts.
• Evaluating energy options.
• Evaluating the Value of Biopesticides workshop.
• Evaluating your farm's energy options.
• Exclusive N. American agreement for Campari .
• Expo celebrating a decade of success .
• Fafard to build Manitoba plant.
• FAMILIAR 'NEW' PLAYER IN VEG SECTOR.
• Family Business award for NH company.
• Farm career training database launched.
• Farm Credit Canada drives away hunger.
• Farm entrepreneur nominees sought in Niagara.
• Farm income in Nova Scotia and P.E.I. hits rock bottom.
• Farm input into Economic Action Plan .
• Farm labour forum on Thursday in Guelph.
• Farm ties to next generation of solar technology?.
• FCC giving $1 million to rural projects.
• FCC plans series of financial workshops.
• FCC survey: ag community is optimistic.
• FCG says thanks for a job well done.
• FCO, Vineland partnering on biocontrol work .
• Few weather woes over May long weekend.
• Fides has ‘Margarita’ summer sale.
• Fire doesn’t slow Pleasant View Gardens.
• Firefly Introduces Green Program.
• FloraHolland’s rail routes on the right track.
• Florverde® growers recognized by GLOBALGAP .
• Flower Growers take message to Ottawa.
• Flowers banned in some Scotland hospitals.
• Flowers Canada (Ontario) board update.
• Flowers down, veggies up, in '08 sales: Statscan.
• Fort Frances Greenhouse to grow Greener .
• Frank Jonkman Joins GGS.
• Free chrysanthemum white rust webinars .
• Funding OK’d for N.S. ag innovation centre .
• Fuseables™ to debut at Spring Trials.
• Garden & Floral Expo is now EXPO .
• Garden Expo presents Awards of Excellence.
• Generating power … and money in Ontario.
• Geothermal energy interest heating up.
• GGS acquires Niagrow Systems.
• Goldsmith expanding its product line.
• Goldsmith Seeds expands product line.
• Golfing for Children's Wish Foundation.
• Gosselin earns FCC leadership award.
• Great Northern project draws Premier’s praise.
• Green energy from the farm.
• Green for Life Garden at Canada Blooms.
• Green roofs a growing trend.
• Green Tech Force in Expo spotlight.
• Greenhouse for GVC TEC.
• Greenhouse provides more than fresh food.
• Greenhouse tomato late blight.
• Greenhouse upgrades by AgCanada .
• Greenhouse veggies in 'Olympic' showcase.
• Greenhouse workshop in Tucson.
• Greenhouse would benefit from biogas proposal.
• Greenhouses eager for heat .
• Greenhouses lead way in food safety.
• Greening up Ontario highways.
• Grolink garden mum open houses.
• Grow Niagara to focus on ag innovation.
• GROWER DAY ‘SYNERGY’.
• Grower Day: it’s not too late to register.
• Growing fuel potential of agro-biomass .
• Growing poinsettias a little cooler.
• Gummy Stem Blight control .
• Hamilton Engineering awarded patent .
• Harnessing private sector in ag innovation.
• Harrow hosting open house.
• Hefty rebates for AgEnergy growers .
• Helping keep Bambi at bay.
• Hendriksen joins Hoogendoorn Growth Management North America.
• Hendriksen joins Hoogendoorn Growth Management North America.
• High Tech symposium in Québec City.
• High-rise farms: the future of food?.
• Hockey tradition grows in Niagara.
• Hong Kong interest in Verticrop™ systems.
• Hort Americas and Philips promoting LEDs.
• HortEast ’09: have you registered yet?.
• HortiSource teams up with Green Q.
• Hot off the press.
• Hottest Tomato on the move.
• Hottest tomatoes, perfect peppers and cool cukes.
• How the HST will work for B.C. farmers.
• Hybrids easy on budget ... and environment.
• Illegal propagation nipped in the bud by COPF.
• Illinois hort jobs still growing.
• Increased protection for Ontario workers.
• Industry on the rebound, says StatsCan.
• Industry pioneer saluted.
• Inspiring next generation of green thumbs.
• Interested in the Ontario growers’ directory?.
• Introducing the Southeast Color Connection.
• Investing in Ontario’s renewable energy.
• IPM Grower Workshop in January.
• IPS to host “Life in Growing Media” symposium .
• Is Ottawa committed to sustainability of farming?.
• Is this the world’s longest plant trough?.
• It’s official! FCO designated voice of Ontario greenhouse floriculture growers.
• Jiffy Growbag and Growblock listed by OMRI.
• July 22 is tee time in the Falls.
• Keyano takes Greenstart Project to local schools.
• Killing poinsettias with kindness.
• Kumato demand exceeding production.
• Kuyvenhoven re-elected FCO president.
• Kwantlen Farmers Market given grant.
• Kwantlen hort students give shelter to needy.
• Kwantlen researcher is 'Educator of the Year'.
• Kwantlen's 'green' energy research boosted.
• Lagerwerf joins Syndicate Sales Canada.
• Lakeshore and Seacliff team up.
• Landscape Ontario goes ‘Green for Life’.
• Latest edition of 'Proven Beauty' now online.
• Latest ornamental plant varieties at open house.
• Leading the ornamental sector into the new year.
• Leamington veg grower an 'Innovator'.
• Lettuce growers helped in gnat control.
• Making sense of plant names .
• Manitoba farm labour regulations updated.
• Many 'newcomers' in Vineland points open house.
• Markets attractive to shoppers (Cupid, too!).
• Mastronardi launches West Coast operations.
• Mastronardi Produce one of ‘Canada’s 50 Best’.
• Mastronardi Produce partnering with Disney.
• Mathers joins Vineland Centre.
• McCann of 1-800-FLOWERS.COM at Seeley .
• Mechanization boosts earnings, productivity.
• Meet Canada's new voice on PPA board .
• Meeting the Minister.
• Memorial service for industry veteran.
• Metro wants to ensure it's fair to greenhouses.
• Metrolina Greenhouses founder dies.
• MGS distributing Syngenta greenhouse seeds.
• Michigan plant tour previewed.
• Michigan show on the move.
• MicroFIT solar applications 'grandfathered'.
• MID-STATES HORT EXPO GAINING MOMENTUM.
• Minor Use control for Duponchelia fovealis approved.
• Modernizing Australian farming.
• Monsanto acquires De Ruiter Seeds.
• Monsanto donates seeds to Haiti.
• Monsanto on CR magazine’s ‘100 Best' list.
• More funding for floriculture research.
• More funds for Institute for Sustainable Horticulture.
• More money for biocontrol research.
• MPS ABC certification expands to retail .
• MPS-ABC certification earned by U.S. grower.
• MSU issues leafminer and mums update.
• MSU offers biomass pros and cons.
• Mucci Pac wins Best Roma Tomato.
• Myers to close three operations .
• Name correction.
• New artistic director for Floral/Garden Expo.
• New ASB Greenworld sales manager.
• New Botrytis control for tomatoes.
• New BreatheWay® packaging for Windset produce.
• New Burpee commercial airing this spring.
• New cogen system in Canadian market.
• New cookbook touts greenhouse food .
• New Dutch trade show to debut.
• New elements added to CanWest Show.
• New executive director at FCO.
• New financing for Bevo Farms.
• New help for Pythium control in veggies.
• New research facilities at Brooks.
• New synthetic axle lube means savings.
• Niagara courts Dutch investment.
• Niagara Pack Trial '08.
• Niagara ‘walkabouts’ with Allan Armitage.
• No 'containing' potted plant spending.
• No containing the container craze.
• Nurseries ordered to destroy plants .
• OFA Short Course staying put through 2016.
• OFA Short Course trade show is sold-out.
• OFA welcomes Geary as new CEO.
• OFA's John Holmes dies unexpectedly .
• OGVG $upport$ migrant worker programs.
• OGVG assessing Leamington tornado damage.
• OGVG GM moving to OMAFRA.
• OGVG science, issues co-ordinator.
• OGVG’s food safety focus.
• OGVG’s food safety leadership .
• OGVG’s Healthier Snacking Choices.
• OGVG’S Program On YOUTUBE.
• Ohio Short Course preview.
• OMAFRA, U of G ink new deal.
• On-farm food safety boosted.
• Online CGC registration deadline reminder.
• Ontario flower growers no longer shy.
• Ontario flower growers vote YES.
• Ontario Green Energy Act is good for biomass – but where’s the heat?.
• Ontario greenhouse directory in circulation.
• Ontario greenhouse veggies in recipes.
• Ontario growers REACH out to Third World.
• Ontario labour challenge taken to UN.
• Ontario looking to reduce microFIT price?.
• Ontario offers tax update for its farmers.
• Ontario to ban cosmetic pesticides.
• Ontario trial garden open house at two sites.
• OnTrace agri-food traceability.
• Open house on Aug. 17 for Guelph trial gardens.
• Oppenheimer among 'Canada’s 50 Best Managed' firms.
• Organic Sales Rising.
• Organic TOVs lead OriginO lineup.
• Organic workshop at Vineland.
• Ornamental Cluster funded at Vineland.
• Ornamental growers get root rot assist.
• Ostara named a 2011 Technology Pioneer .
• Ostara: fertilizer from wastewater treatment.
• Ottawa investing in hort traceability.
• Ottawa offers renewable fuels project loans.
• Ottawa studying farm succession issues.
• Ottawa supporting Young Farmers Forum.
• Outdoor Living Extravaganzas series.
• Park Seed/Jackson & Perkins restructuring.
• Partners gearing up for Congress 2010.
• Peat moss aimed at oil-spill cleanups.
• Pepper grower encourages food bank support.
• Perennial Plant of the Year: 'Blue False Indigo'.
• Perlite Canada acquires VIL Vermiculite .
• Pesticide Risk Reduction Program for veggies.
• Pick Ontario on a roll.
• PickOntario looking for product photos.
• Pink hibiscus mealybug pheromone licensed.
• Pirate Bug tag-team is double-trouble for thrips.
• Planning a Pack Trials trip this year?.
• Plants the perfect gift for patients.
• Plentiful poinsettias possible without PGRs.
• Poinsettia evaluations at Vineland.
• Poinsettia webinar: back by popular demand.
• Post-consumer container recycling proposed.
• POTTED PLANT FOCUS OF ONTARIO COURSE.
• Premier Tech acquires Sure-Gro .
• Pretty Much Picasso™ in IPM spotlight.
• Priva celebrating golden anniversary.
• Problem-solving at the OFA Short Course.
• Proven Beauty™ in online debut.
• Proven Winners Roadshow in Niagara.
• Proven Winners Roadshows in October.
• Proven Winners throws a garden party.
• Proven Winners varieties in Vogue.
• Proven Winners® focus at open house.
• Province Offers Loonie Support.
• Province will assist Leamington tornado victims.
• PW increases Canadian advertising.
• PW Roadshow begins in Winnipeg.
• PW Roadshow ready to roll.
• PW Shrubs sponsoring PBS GardenSMART.
• PW varieties again in spotlight at famed Churchill Downs.
• PW's Mother-of-the-Year honoured.
• PW’s Gardener’s Idea Book prepares for 2010.
• Quebec investing $2M in greenhouse sector.
• Rationalizing fertilizer packaging.
• Record quarter for Village Farms.
• Red Hat completes CHC OFFS certification.
• Red Hat welcomes new marketing manager.
• Regional business award for Corbeil.
• Register early for Ohio Short Course savings.
• Renewable fuels potential heats up in PEI.
• Reorganization of Sun Gro approved.
• Researcher receives prestigious award.
• Researching pesticide alternatives in gardens.
• Retail plastics recycling in B.C. next week.
• Rising popularity of Organic Conference .
• Roof system tops Congress 'green' products.
• Rosa Flora celebrating three decades of growth.
• Sailing the seven seas with SUNSET support.
• Sakata strengthens trans-Atlantic marketing .
• Salmonella outbreak in U.S. appears to be over.
• Scare helps boost hothouse tomato firm's Q2.
• School show gardens at Congress.
• Science ignored in new lawn/garden controls?.
• Scoring big for Niagara Children’s Centre.
• Seasonal workers at B.C. farm join UFCW.
• Second major grant for Kwantlen market.
• Seeder innovator earns Premier’s Award.
• Seeking Green for Life Award nominations.
• Seeking solution to anticipated climate change.
• Seeley: how big is your enviro footprint.
• Selecta Trials hosting Profit Center™.
• Seminis opens new centre.
• Several veg growers new launch association.
• Shipping Bougainvillea without shattering.
• Sion Orchids teams with Cosmic for North American sales.
• Skyscraper greenhouses to sprout in cities?.
• Snow Princess brings home gold.
• Solar energy from ‘sunflower’.
• Something to cheer about at Phoenix Perennials.
• Southeast Changes.
• Specialty planters for miscanthus growers.
• Spring trials excursion for growers.
• SRL fundraising 'fore' charities.
• SRL tourney total tops $10,000.
• States resolve nursery shipment dispute.
• Stewardshipfirst(TM) success in Manitoba.
• Strong quarter and first six months for Village Farms.
• Study: Biofuels reduce GHGs by 123.5 M tonnes.
• Study: extracting energy from enhanced leaves.
• Sun Gro Expands Again.
• Sun Gro, Florikan discuss joint venture.
• SUNSET® big winner at Tomato Festival.
• Sunset® earns tomato innovation award.
• Sustainability an ‘Ohio’ focus.
• Sustainability focus at Ohio Short Course.
• Sustainable dehumidification of greenhouse air .
• Sustainable farming in age of robotics.
• Syngenta leadership appointments.
• Syngenta to acquire Goldsmith Seeds.
• Team Vineland is growing.
• Teaming up to fight breast cancer .
• Text messages can quench plants' thirst.
• The 'nuts and bolts' of IPM.
• The 30-Second Planter from Proven Winners.
• The budget: more questions than answers.
• Thinking ‘green’ at Canada Blooms.
• Time for spring tuneup.
• Toasting the 2010 Spring Trials.
• Tomato genes have ‘gene therapy’ potential .
• Tomato leafminer precautions urged by CFIA.
• Tomatoes loaded with health benefits.
• Tournament to return.
• Traceability innovators at Cedar Beach Acres.
• Transition measure announced for AgriInvest.
• Tulips aren't the only fall bulbs; check out hyacinths, lilies, alliums.
• Turning waste into profitable energy.
• Two locations for Ontario garden trials.
• U of G licenses new organic blends to Forterra.
• U of Sask students building solar greenhouse.
• U.S. growers wary of costs of ‘certified sustainable’ .
• U.S. team hopes to boost domestic pepper production.
• U.S. ‘INDEPENDENT GARDEN CENTER SHOW’ TO DEBUT.
• UA student hopes to grow his career, and lettuce, hydroponically.
• Urban Barns goes public.
• V & V expands into North America.
• Veg gardening goes to new heights.
• Vegetative trials at Vineland on May 30.
• Video helps consumers "Pick Ontario" .
• VIDEO: Giant greenhouses open in UK .
• Village Farms increases marketing opportunities.
• Village Farms reviews ’09 performance.
• Vincor to produce clean power from grape skins, pulp.
• Vineland hort funding ‘Going Forward’.
• Vineland poinsettia trials '07.
• Vineland stakeholder advisory committee.
• Vineland studying consumer buying habits.
• Vineland welcomes research partners.
• VRIC, U of G working to improve the petunia .
• Wake-up and smell the roses.
• Walmart Canada boosting food capacity.
• Water, Water Everywhere!.
• Wave® Petunias celebrates 15th anniversary.
• Webinar on cool points production.
• What are the latest culinary trends?.
• What will be the hot sellers in 2010?.
• When under attack, plants issue their own SOS.
• Where's the science in Ontario's pesticide ban?.
• Windset receives OK for California project.
• Winning with Proven Winners' displays.
• Winter Olympics 'Medallion' on display.
• Yet another "Best Managed" honour for Oppenheimer.
• Yoder Brothers will become Aris.
• Yoder sells mum and asters lines to Syngenta.
• ‘And the winners were…’.
• ‘Be Aware Get Better’ tops Horti Fair Innovations.
• ‘Helpline’ for Ontario farm families.
• ‘Vertical air circulation’ debuts in Alberta .
• ‘Zonta+’ rose officially “named” .
• “Sunset” shines in Tomatofest judging.
• “Sustainability” standards in U.S. study.

Newsletter

April2009

• A bloomin' big business.
• Benary acquires several Bodger Seeds varieties.
• Greenhouse Canada Grower Day 2009.
• GreenSys grower sessions .
• GreenSys grower sessions .
• Grower program at '09 OFA.
• Hockey tradition grows in Niagara.
• OGVG GM moving to OMAFRA.
• PW Shrubs sponsoring PBS GardenSMART.
• Yoder Brothers will become Aris.

April2010

• 'First Frost' named Hosta Of The Year.
• Greenhouse would benefit from biogas proposal.
• Is this the world’s longest plant trough?.
• Lakeshore and Seacliff team up.
• Premier Tech acquires Sure-Gro .
• Rationalizing fertilizer packaging.
• U of G using math to study bees.
• Why bees are such super pollinators.

August2008

• 'Pillar of the Industry' honoured.
• 'Plant Nutrition' in night school this fall.
• Buyers Guide.
• Celebrating 30 years of industry service.
• Celebrating 30 years of industry service.
• Celebrating 30 years of industry service.
• Farm entrepreneur nominees sought in Niagara.
• Greenhouses lead way in food safety.
• Greenhouses lead way in food safety.
• It’s official! FCO designated voice of Ontario greenhouse floriculture growers.
• Lettuce growers helped in gnat control.
• Lettuce growers helped in gnat control.
• New help for Pythium control in veggies.
• New help for Pythium control in veggies.
• New vertical veg system both effective and efficient.
• Post-consumer container recycling proposed.
• PW Roadshow begins in Winnipeg.
• Researcher receives prestigious award.
• Seasonal workers at B.C. farm join UFCW.
• The Loupe.

August2009

• Flower Growers take message to Ottawa.
• Flowers down, veggies up, in '08 sales.
• More money for biocontrol research.
• Ontario trial garden open house at two sites.
• Pepper grower encourages food bank support.
• Pick Ontario on a roll.
• Sunset earns tomato innovation award.
• Tomatoes loaded with health benefits.
• When plants “think” alike.

August2010

• A change in leadership at Ag Energy.
• AAFC invests in B.C. projects.
• Burt’s Greenhouses warms up to wood waste.
• California Spring Trials dates for 2011 revised.
• Cut flower growers meeting in Tulsa .
• Dutch 'Flowerweek' includes open houses.
• MicroFIT solar applications 'grandfathered'.
• Specialty planters for miscanthus growers.
• Spring 2010 sales theme: ‘Rain, rain, go away …’.
• Student leads drive to restore school’s greenhouse.
• Studying longer shelf life for tomatoes.
• Two locations for Ontario garden trials.
• WUR: how dangerous viroids in plants are spread.

December 2008

• Celebration for the CGC.
• Green energy from the farm.
• Helping keep Bambi at bay.
• Kuyvenhoven re-elected FCO president.
• Perlite Canada acquires VIL Vermiculite .
• Sant, Ball open house success.
• The 'nuts and bolts' of IPM.
• Tournament to return.
• `Tis the season… for poinsettia trials .

December2009

• 'Prosperity Partnerships' and 'Business Success'.
• 'Top 50 of 09' technology kudos for vertical farming.
• Bronze Age mourners left flowers at grave .
• Greenhouse security.
• Helping reduce vegetable ‘transplant shock’.
• IPM Grower Workshop in January.
• New Botrytis control for tomatoes.
• New research facilities at Brooks.
• Partners gearing up for Congress 2010.
• The business of 'sustainability'.

February2009

• Dig in! Today's Food Freedom Day.
• Growing fuel potential of agro-biomass .
• New cookbook touts greenhouse food .
• Planning a Pack Trials trip this year?.
• Quebec investing 2M dollars in greenhouse sector.
• To spray, or not to spray .
• Tomatoes: the shape of things to come?.
• Video helps consumers 'Pick Ontario' .

February2010

• Celebrating Food Freedom Day in Canada.
• Dutch government invests in energy innovation.
• OSU analyzing fruit shape variations.
• Roof system tops Congress 'green' products.

January 2009

• Calcium helps plants make their own medicines.
• Calculating Oregon's damage from ice, snow.
• Energy Productivity may mean savings.
• Myers to close three operations .
• Preparing for business with an emerging giant .
• Successful succession planning.
• The 'nuts and bolts' of IPM.
• VIDEO: Giant greenhouses open in U.K. .

January2010

• Blazek now heading AAS and NGB.
• CleanFARM builds on ag waste program.
• Compost from sewage sludge no slouch.
• Eliminating Rhizoctonia from azalea cuttings with hot water.
• Engage charity hockey tourney in Grimsby.
• Generating power … and money in Ontario.
• Kwantlen hort students give shelter to needy.
• Mel's Crop Cookbook .
• PickOntario looking for product photos.
• Team Vineland is growing.
• Vineland studying consumer buying habits.
• VRIC, U of G working to improve the petunia .

July 2008

• A ‘greener’ greenhouse: In addition to fuel bill savings, there may be some tax breaks.
• Calla lilies and gerbera topped this 'poll'.
• CNN has SUNSET spotlight.
• Eco line in Super Floral spotlight.
• Eco line in Super Floral spotlight.
• Minor Use control for Duponchelia fovealis approved.
• Poinsettia webinar: back by popular demand.
• Pristine™ gains emergency use on cukes.
• Several veg growers new launch association.
• Sustainability an ‘Ohio’ focus.
• ‘Zonta+’ rose officially “named” .

July2009

• A.M.A. adds California location.
• Expo celebrating a decade of success .
• Frank Jonkman Joins GGS.
• HortiSource teams up with Green Q.
• Hottest Tomato on the move.
• MGS distributing Syngenta greenhouse seeds.
• MPS-ABC certification earned by U.S. grower.
• Proven Winners® focus at open house.
• SRL fundraising 'fore' charities.
• Taming a tomato virus.

July2010

• Organic pesticides not always 'greener' choice, U of Guelph study finds.
• Hort Americas and Philips promoting LEDs.
• New BreatheWay® packaging for Windset produce.
• Ontario offers tax update for its farmers.
• Organic pesticides not always 'greener' choice, U of Guelph study finds.
• Organic workshop at Vineland.
• Traceability innovators at Cedar Beach Acres.
• ‘Vertical air circulation’ debuts in Alberta .

June2008

• COPF Niagara Pack Trials | June 25-26.
• GROWER DAY ‘SYNERGY’.
• Major assist with Minor Use.
• Silicon as a supplement: Regulatory bodies worldwide are now recognizing its crop benefits.
• Sustainability an ‘Ohio’ focus.
• Webinar on cool points production.
• Wood waste briquets on market.

June2009

• Dummen enhances service to N. America.
• GGS acquires Niagrow Systems.
• Goldsmith Seeds expands product line.
• Michigan show on the move.
• MSU offers biomass pros and cons.
• Skyscraper greenhouses to sprout in cities?.
• Spotlight on Harrow.
• Winning with Proven Winners' displays.
• ‘Small country, great partner’.

June2010

• Aris/Keepsake Plants® tornado update.
• Attracting skilled farm labour .
• Greenhouse tomato late blight.
• Growers can boost benefits of broccoli and tomatoes .
• OGVG assessing Leamington tornado damage.
• Register early for Ohio Short Course savings.
• Studying the optimal ecology of a bio-insecticide.

March2009

• An innovative P.E.I. hobbyist.
• CanadaGAP makes its debut.
• Don't be 'fuel-ish' while shipping.
• FCC survey: Ag community is optimistic.
• Greenhouse Canada Grower Day 2009.
• Gummy Stem Blight control .
• High Tech symposium in Québec City.
• Mastronardi Produce partnering with Disney.
• Red Hat completes CHC OFFS certification.
• Science ignored in new lawn/garden controls?.
• Successful succession planning.
• Thinking ‘green’ at Canada Blooms.
• Wake up and smell the roses.

March2010

• Are Dutch bell peppers being dumped into Canada?.
• Examining the molecular basis of plant immune response.
• Gosselin earns FCC leadership award.
• Greenhouse veggies in 'Olympic' showcase.
• Mastronardi Produce one of ‘Canada’s 50 Best’.
• New executive director at FCO.
• Ontario greenhouse directory in circulation.
• Ornamental growers get root rot assist.
• Perennial Plant of the Year: 'Blue False Indigo'.
• Research in spotlight at Niagara College open house.
• The market for common scents.
• UBC receives $10.5M to map genome of sunflower family.
• Winter Olympics 'Medallion' on display.

May2009

• 'Exceptionnelle' new varieties.
• Clifford Produce poised for more growth.
• Greenhouse Canada Grower Day 2009.
• GreenSys grower sessions .
• Hot off the press.
• Niagara courts Dutch investment.
• Passionate about plants.
• PW's Mother-of-the-Year honoured.
• Sakata strengthens trans-Atlantic marketing .
• Turning waste into profitable energy.

May2010

• 'An inconvenient truth' or a consumer opportunity?.
• A little ironic, don't you think.
• Buying 'Oh-So-Local' produce in Ontario.
• Colour Your Life marketing assistance.
• Dakota Gold: a Texas Superstar ‘weed-to-riches’ story.
• FCG says thanks for a job well done.
• Garden & Floral Expo is now EXPO .
• New tomato research on temperature effects.
• Organic TOV lead OriginO lineup.

NewsletterApril08

• Appraisal forms helpful with productivity.
• Closer China-Canada industry ties.
• Corrugated and the environment.
• GROWER DAY ‘SYNERGY’.
• GROWERS ON THE CUTTING EDGE.
• Growers vote YES; now what?.
• Marketing and Merchandising.
• No containing potted plant spending.
• Ontario flower growers vote YES.

NewsletterMay2008

• GROWER DAY ‘SYNERGY’.
• GROWER DAY ‘SYNERGY’.
• Sustainability focus at Ohio Short Course.
• Vegetative trials at Vineland on May 30.

November 2008

• Establishing your niche .
• Hefty rebates for AgEnergy growers .
• Kwantlen's 'green' energy research boosted.
• New research initiative on monocot evolution.
• New varieties in spotlight.
• Poinsettia evaluations at Vineland.
• Pre-conference bus tour returns to Alberta show and conference.
• The Loupe.
• Ultra Pot an ITML combination.
• Yoder sells mum and asters lines to Syngenta.

November2009

• Albert Graves at the National Women's Show.
• BCIT to conduct 'green wall' research.
• Culinary star helps launch OGVG cookbook.
• Golfing for Children's Wish Foundation.
• Grow Niagara to focus on ag innovation.
• Meet Canada's new voice on PPA board .
• OnTrace agri-food traceability.
• Pirate bug tag-team is double-trouble for thrips.
• Research the big winner in FCO tourney.
• Serving the Locally Grown winter market.

October2008

• Accessing the Advance Payment Program.
• Canadian peat harvests at critical levels .
• Carbon neutral initiative turns coloured peppers 'green'.
• Mathers joins Vineland Centre.
• Proven Beauty™ in online debut.
• SRL tourney total tops $10,000.
• Syngenta to acquire Goldsmith Seeds.
• When under attack, plants issue their own SOS.

October2009

• Bounty of the County trade show.
• CleanFARMS™ at your disposal.
• Green Tech Force in Expo spotlight.
• HortEast ’09: have you registered yet?.
• Interested in the Ontario growers’ directory?.
• Selling more flowers.
• Vineland hort funding ‘Going Forward’.

September2008

• Canadian peat harvests at critical levels .
• Geothermal energy interest heating up.
• New vertical veg system both effective and efficient.
• The Loupe.

September2009

• A PDA/phone challenge.
• AVID approved for tomato psyllid.
• Closed-loop gasification units.
• Environment Minister tours Mastronardi Produce.
• Farm Credit Canada drives away hunger.
• Greening up Ontario highways.
• Lions and tigers and bears and Verticrop.
• Mucci Pac wins Best Roma Tomato.
• Online CGC registration deadline.
• PW Roadshow ready to roll.
• Solar energy from ‘sunflower’.
• Strong spring for many retailers.
• U.S. reviewing H-2A guest worker program rules.
• Windset receives OK for California project.

Pest Assist

June2008

• OGVG’s food safety focus.
• Pest Management Tip .
• Pest Update - The Fungus Gnat .
• Sprayscout - Sept 2008.

March 2009

• Downy Mildew vs. Powdery Mildew.
• Erwinia Soft Rot.
• Sprayscout - March 2009.

October 2008

• Greenhouse Pesticide Registration Update.
• Pest Management Tip .
• Pest Update – Whitefly.
• Pest Update – Whitefly.
• Sprayscout - Oct 2008.

Web Exclusives

April 2008

• A ‘greener’ greenhouse: In addition to fuel bill savings, there may be some tax breaks.
• Appraisal forms helpful with productivity.
• Corrugated and the environment.
• Energy conservation measures supported by Dutch growers .
• GROWERS ON THE CUTTING EDGE.
• Have you got talent? .
• Major assist with Minor Use.
• Marketing and Merchandising.
• New Greenhouse Will Concentrate on More Environmentally Friendly Insect Controls.
• New research initiative on monocot evolution.
• New vertical veg system both effective and efficient.
• Niagara Pack Trials draws attracts many U.S. growers.
• No containing potted plant spending.
• Overcoming value-inhibiting behaviours.
• Silicon as a supplement: Regulatory bodies worldwide are now recognizing its crop benefits.
• The Champagne Cocktail Tomato wins 'Best Overall'.
• The NEW DosaCart Fertilizing System.
• The ‘greening’ of the marketplace.
• When plants “think” alike.
• Where’s My GST Refund?.
• “And the survey says … ”.

April2009

• GreenSys grower sessions .
• Grower program at '09 OFA.

Aug2009

• Closed-loop gasification units.
• Pepper grower encourages food bank support.
• When plants “think” alike.

December 2008

• Celebration for the CGC.
• New vegetable trends highlighted.
• Sant, Ball open house success.
• To spray, or not to spray .

December2009

• Eliminating Rhizoctonia from azalea cuttings with hot water.
• Helping reduce vegetable ‘transplant shock’.
• The 30-Second Planter from Proven Winners.

February 2008

• Building your case for SR&ED through strategic relationships.
• Enzicur tops Horti Fair innovations.
• Gauging farmers’ water and pesticide use.
• Geraniums on Comeback.
• Locally grown plants showcased in Canada Blooms .
• Ontario propagator honoured with IPPS award.
• Solid fuel pucks now being produced in North America .
• Tapping into the latest trends in landscaping.

February2009

• Brighten product sales for spring.
• Garden Expo keen on green.
• Previewing the Brooks upgrade.
• Tomatoes: the shape of things to come?.

January 2008

• Bounty-full award celebration.
• Building and heating a virtual greenhouse.
• It’s February 2008 – do you know what your financial results are?.
• Rooting Out Counterfeits.
• Some timely tax tips.

January 2009

• Preparing for business with an emerging giant .
• Successful succession planning.

July2009

• Taming a tomato virus.

June2009

• ‘Small country, great partner’.

March2009

• An innovative P.E.I. hobbyist.
• Greenhouse Canada Grower Day 2009.
• Stimulating the senses.

November 2008

• Establishing your niche .
• New varieties in spotlight.

November2009

• Albert Graves at the National Women's Show.
• Avid approved for tomato psyllid.
• Ornamentals with great taste .
• Research the big winner in FCO tourney.

Sept2009

• Lions and tigers and bears … and Verticrop.
• Selling more flowers.
• Strong spring for many retailers.
• Ultra Grow(n) bougainvillea in Ontario.

Web Exclusives 2010

• Organic pesticides not always 'greener' choice, U of Guelph study finds.
• An early bloomer .
• BVB Substrates launches new substrate.
• CGC ’09 awards presentations.
• Compost from sewage sludge no slouch.
• Cost-saving technology for seed research.
• Cucumber genome published.
• Dakota Gold: a Texas Superstar ‘weed-to-riches’ story.
• Examining the molecular basis of plant immune response.
• Finding genes that ‘tune’ flower fragrances.
• Growers can boost benefits of broccoli and tomatoes .
• Mel's Crop Cookbook .
• New Hydrangeas for landscape gardens.
• New tomato research on temperature effects.
• OSU analyzing fruit shape variations.
• Plant leaf surface and pesticide effectiveness.
• Research in spotlight at Niagara College open house.
• Researching previously unknown bacteria group.
• Selecting the correct sprayer.
• Spring 2010 sales theme: ‘Rain, rain, go away …’.
• Student leads drive to restore school’s greenhouse.
• Studying longer shelf life for tomatoes.
• Studying the optimal ecology of a bio-insecticide.
• Sustainability: will we recognize it when we see it?.
• U of G Using Math to Study Bees.
• UBC receives $10.5M to map genome of sunflower family.
• When plants attract bugs, it may be their own fault .
• Why bees are such super pollinators.
• Workplace rudeness comes with hefty price tag.
• WUR: how dangerous viroids in plants are spread.

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