OFVGA honors foreign agricultural resource management service

From NiagaraThisWeek.com: An organization that brings seasonal workers to Ontario’s farms has been recognized by the Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Growers’ Association.

At the OFVGA annual banquet in January the Foreign Agricultural Resource Management Services received the award of merit. FARMS runs the seasonal agricultural worker program, which brings laborers in from developing countries to help farmers during the busy times of year. The program is open to all farmers, but is mostly utilized by fruit and vegetable growers during planting the harvest.

“The service of FARMS to our industry is invaluable and the organization is a very deserving winner of this award,” said Art Smith, CEO of the OFVGA. “Our industry depends very strongly on the Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program as our core labour program. Without the work of FARMS, this program wouldn’t be in place and Ontarians would not be able to enjoy many of our great locally grown fruit and vegetable crops.”

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