Ontario Greenhouse Vegetable Growers names new board of directors
Ontario Greenhouse Vegetable Growers names new board of directors
The Ontario Greenhouse Vegetable Growers announced its new board of directors for the 2015-16 growing season. During the Annual General Meeting held in Brantford, ON, Oct. 27, the members elected five directors to the 2015 board of directors for a two-year term:
- Kevin Safrance of Envirofresh Produce Ltd. – District 1
- Hilco Tamminga of Truly Green Farms – District 1
- Naunihal Gill of eNature Greenhouses – District 2
- Marco Hoogenboom of Hoogenboom Farms – District 2
- James Neven of Neven Produce – District 2
Following the Annual General Meeting, one seat for a term of one-year remained vacant. On Nov. 13, the District 2 Greenhouse Vegetable Producers’ Committee appointed Jan VanderHout of Beverly Greenhouses as a director for a one-year term. Those directors are joined by four directors whose terms continue through to Oct. 31, 2016:
- James Cornies of Cornies Farms – District 1
- Paul Mastronardi of Mastron Enterprises Ltd. – District 1
- Jim Slater of Sunsation Acres – District 1
- Mike Vanderzwet of St. David’s Hydroponics – District 2
The new Board held its first meeting Nov. 25 in London, ON, and elected James Cornies and Jan VanderHout as vice-chairs of OGVG from their respective districts for 2015-16. In addition, the following directors were elected to chair OGVG committees for the upcoming year:
- Hilco Tamminga of Truly Green—energy and environmental committee
- Naunihal Gill of eNature Greenhouses—finance committee
- James Cornies of Cornies Farms—food safety committee
- Jim Slater of Sunsation Acres—marketing committee
- Marco Hoogenboom of Hoogenboom Farms—research committee
