Mexico is an important winter supplier of fruits and vegetables to Canada. And we’re not the only ones to benefit. Mexican workers – especially women – reap the rewards of the employment it creates.
Mexican growers are working to improve production across their operations, from food safety to innovation, to meet the increasingly high standards of Canadian and American consumers.
Owen Roberts is a faculty member in the Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communications program at the University of Illinois. As an agricultural journalist, he is the past president of the International Federation of Agricultural Journalists and a lifetime achievement award recipient from the Canadian Farm Writers' Federation. His programs and research papers have been recognized nationally and internationally through awards from the Journal of Applied Communications, the National Agri-Marketing Association, the Association for Communications Excellence, and others.
