Repeat Business Depends on your Graders
An Update from Jeffrey Honey, Director of Training & Development – Repeat Business Depends on your Graders I recently spent some time with a grower/packer/shipper doing some in-house training. The room had representation from food safety, quality control,...One in four Canadians seek plant-based foods
Written by: Michelle Broom, President of the OPMA and Dietician KFC launched a plant-based chicken burger in Toronto this week. There was a line up before they opened and it sold out in just a few hours. While the popularity of this plant-based burger might appear to...Applying Knowledge – How to use what you already know to Inspect Asian Produce (Part II)
An Update from Jeffrey Honey, Director of Training & Development, Applying Knowledge – How to use what you already know to Inspect Asian Produce Part 2 of 2 Last month I wrote about “borrowing” information from one commodity to perform an inspection on something...Applying Knowledge – How to use what you already know to Inspect Asian Produce
An Update from Jeffrey Honey, Director of Training & Development, Applying Knowledge – How to use what you already know to Inspect Asian Produce Part 1 of 2 There has been some talk recently about the ever-increasing amount of Asian produce available in the...When shiitake happens… call Second Harvest.
When shiitake happens… call Second Harvest. The food system is imperfect: from unsold sandwiches to surplus shiitakes, unexpected surplus and shrink happen across all food categories and at all stages, not just produce. All businesses strive for better efficiencies,...Where’s the heat?
An Update from Jeff Honey, Director of Training & Development, Where’s the heat? What a Summer! Hot, cool, rainy, or dry weather is hard on crops. Things do not always grow evenly, so we see things that are small, misshapen, or have growth cracks or fresh...Profiting in a Low Margin Industry
Profiting in a Low Margin Industry – Martin Gooch Food loss and waste (FLW), quite rightly, is receiving considerable attention. However, the business case for reducing FLW often gets missed. I view FLW as a visible symptom of underlying inefficiencies and...Pink Colour and Pink Eye on Potatoes
An Update from Jeffrey Honey, Director of Training & Development, Pink Colour and Pink Eye on Potatoes I was asked a question recently about pink colour on potatoes. The person who sent me the photographs was wondering if the inbound load that they were checking...Using Canada Grade Names in Advertising
An Update from Jeffrey Honey, Director of Training & Development, Using Canada Grade Names in Advertising I recently saw an ad in a weekly flyer with Canada No. 1 grade on an ungraded commodity. I wondered if the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food & Rural...Upcoming Events
19 February 2020
Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Convention (OFVC)
Scotiabank Convention Centre, Niagara Falls, ON
23 September 2020
OPMA Golf Tournament 2020
Lionhead Golf & Country Club, 8525 Mississauga Road Brampton ON L6Y 0C1
13 November 2020
OPMA Gala and Awards Ceremony 2020
Universal Event Space, 6250 Highway 7 Vaughan ON L4H 4G3
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