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Partner Blog: Ontario Fruit & Vegetable Growers' Association

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We are grateful to the Ontario Fruit & Vegetable Growers' Association for their support of OLIP, and to Gordon Stock, Senior Policy & Government Relations Advisor, for taking time to meet with us and giving us the chance to hear about your work. We appreciated the opportunity to learn from you and ask questions. 

  

The conversation allowed us to consider the role of OFVGA as an industry association in representing the needs and interests of fruit and vegetable producers of different sizes and from across different sectors. We were very interested to hear about how you balance the varying interests represented by the association, and it was thus helpful to learn about the organization’s governing structure. 

  

We also appreciated your openness to discussing the many challenges farmers in the industry are facing, and the association’s ideas for how the provincial and federal governments can better support this sector, of farmers whose livelihoods are also an important source of food for the people of Ontario, and help to keep us fed. 

  

Lastly, thank you for sharing about the range of initiatives you organize, and especially about how you engage with the public to raise awareness about those issues that are top of mind for your membership. Your generosity and support of our experiential learning programme is very much appreciated. 



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