Ontario fruit cannery closure cited as example of lost processing infrastructure
1 Sep 22 10:09 PM · 3d ago · 2 articles · 2 posts · 1 comment · 3 sources · development 1 of 1
A commenter describes the closure of Ontario's only fruit cannery in the early 2000s and subsequent loss of peach farming, arguing that government intervention and incentivization are needed to rebuild processing capacity.
“The only fruit cannery in Ontario closed in the earlly 2000s and refused to sell even at twice the price to anyone, it caused so many Niagara farmers to rip out their peach trees…”
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Yes. The only fruit cannery in Ontario closed in the earlly 2000s and refused to sell even at twice the price to anyone, it caused so many Niagara farmers to rip out their peach trees and plant other crops. It recently started canning fish but the owner swore it would never can fruit again. There is such a market in the North for these products…
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