Monday, February 4, 2019

Hope named chair of veggie board



Dave Hope has been appointed chairman of the Ontario Processing Vegetable Growers Board.

He takes over from Suzanne Van Bommel who has been appointed a special advisor to the Ontario Farm Products Marketing Commission with a view to reducing marketing board regulations and improving efficiencies.

Hope is a former employee of the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs.

Hope takes over as the vegetable board is about to hold its annual meeting and return to a fully-elected board of directors, albeit under the choice of Ontario Agriculture Minister Ernie Hardeman as chairman.