COVID-19 Updates

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October 5, 2020
Applications open for funding to improve on-farm working conditions

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October 2, 2020
New Ontario college program on ag equipment to help fill labour gap

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September 29, 2020
Agriculture in the Classroom Manitoba adapts resources for online learning

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September 22, 2020
2021 Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Convention cancelled

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September 18, 2020
Clarifying gathering limits and U-Pick farms

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September 9, 2020
How COVID-19 is changing and influencing the way people are buying food

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September 2, 2020
Government announces greater flexibility and extension of CEBA

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September 2, 2020
Policy paper: With a lack of temporary foreign workers, are higher food prices and fewer food choices for Canadians on the horizon?

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August 25, 2020
Ontario greenhouse growers support calls for independent workplace oversight authority

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August 20, 2020
Ontario provides support to offset losses from cancelled fall fairs and exhibitions

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August 14, 2020
Recipients of $50-million surplus food rescue fund announced

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August 11, 2020
Windsor-Essex finally moving to Stage 3 of reopening

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August 6, 2020
Farming, processing associations protest extra fees imposed by large grocery retailers

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August 4, 2020
Windsor-Essex remains in Stage 2 amid COVID-19 outbreaks in ag sector

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August 2, 2020
Canadian government invests $58.6 million in Temporary Foreign Worker Program amid COVID-19 outbreaks on farms

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July 31, 2020
Greenhouses not leaving worker safety to chance

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July 29, 2020
Opinion: Farmers being blamed unfairly for COVID-19 spread among workers

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July 29, 2020
Fruit and vegetable sector calls on government, health agencies for proactive support

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July 24, 2020
Canada’s ag industry adds 800 jobs for youth in the 2020-21 year

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July 24, 2020
New program allows Ontario agri-food workplaces to assess their COVID-19 risk

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July 16, 2020
Ontario government expands Risk Management Program by $50 million to support farmers

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July 16, 2020
B.C.’s $10-million quarantine program seen as model for how to treat migrant workers

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July 15, 2020
Ontario farmers respond to COVID-19 outbreaks

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July 13, 2020
U-Pick farms in B.C. pivot in response to COVID-19

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July 10, 2020
Local federations give back to communities across Ontario

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July 9, 2020
Ontario producers now can be insured against crop losses due to labour shortages

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July 9, 2020
Agricultural tour shows university student union president that summer farm jobs are for students

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July 3, 2020
Emergency Management Ontario deployed to Windsor-Essex

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July 2, 2020
Windsor-Essex health unit orders self-isolation for all workers on one farm after COVID-19 outbreak

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June 30, 2020
Ontario calls on federal government for increased support as province’s ag sector faces COVID-19 outbreaks

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June 29, 2020
FAQ: Navigating COVID-19 outbreaks on Ontario farms

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June 29, 2020
Ontario confirms 177 new COVID-19 cases in Windsor-Essex amid targeted testing of agri-food workers