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The Ontario Liberals' minister of agriculture, food and rural affairs is among the election-night casualties as the province's Progressive Conservatives get set to form a majority government. As of midnight CT Friday, Doug Ford's Tories were elected or leading in 76 of 124 ridings, followed by Andrea Horwath's New Democrats in 40 and Kathleen Wynne's[...]

Ontario's 450-odd processing vegetable growers have put up just three people to fill four open spots on the board of their marketing organization. The Ontario Processing Vegetable Growers (OPVG) on Friday announced the results from an election meeting for two District 1 directors, held Thursday evening in Chatham. Tomato and bean grower David Epp of[...]

A Toronto organic juice processor that bills itself as shunning conventional pasteurization for its products has picked up federal funding to develop a "new-to-Canada" way to extend their shelf life. The federal government on Friday announced a "repayable investment" of up to $6.3 million from the AgriInnovation program for Greenhouse Juice Co. to set up[...]

The University of Guelph and the Ontario Soil and Crop Improvement Association say that Triclosan does not pose a threat to the food chain or the environment. Triclosan is one of the most commonly used antimicrobials in personal health care products, such as soaps, shampoos and other sanitation goods. The study funded by the OSCIA[...]

Newfoundland and Labrador's Forestry and Agrifoods Agency, which oversees public policy for the province's livestock, crops and agrifood sectors, is again getting new management. Oversight for the agency, first set up in 2007 by then-natural resources minister Kathy Dunderdale, had been moved in March from the natural resources department to the fisheries and aquaculture department. However,[...]

Wade MacLauchlan's Liberals scored another majority in the Prince Edward Island legislature in Monday's election, but will need to find a new agriculture minister. George Webster -- who'd held the post from 2009 until Monday, stepping down temporarily in 2009 to recover from a mild heart attack -- opted not to run again in his riding[...]

New Brunswick's incumbent agriculture minister is among the election-night casualties for Premier David Alward's Tories as the provincial Liberals get set to return to government. Michael Olscamp, the Tories' minister of agriculture, aquaculture and fisheries since 2010 and MLA for the Sackville-area riding of Tantramar, lost his seat Monday against Bernard LeBlanc, the Liberals' MLA[...]

Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne's post-election cabinet shuffle puts the province's agriculture and food ministry and rural affairs ministry back under one minister. Wynne on Tuesday announced Jeff Leal, the MPP for Peterborough and the province's minister of rural affairs since February last year, as the new minister of agriculture, food and rural affairs in what's now[...]