Workers busily sort onions during the height of harvest in one of the original “small scheme” fields that abut the busy streets of the Town of Bradford West Gwillimbury, Sept. 20, 2025.Photo Diana Martin

Holland Marsh marks a century of agricultural innovation and resilience

From swamp to multi-million-dollar economic driver, the Marsh continues to evolve

Discover how Holland Marsh has evolved over the past century from a modest swamp to Ontario’s key horticultural hub, producing a significant percentage of Asian vegetables, carrots, onions, and leafy greens consumed provincially and contributing over $1 billion annually to the local economy.


Field workers dressed head-to-toe in bright yellow rain gear shovel drainage channels in a Holland Marsh onion field under a steady drizzle.

Ontario invests $3 million protecting the Lake Simcoe Watershed

Funding offsets Holland Marsh farmer adoption of innovative phosphorus reduction technology

Ontario continues to encourage farmers to adopt technologies reducing phosphorus runoff into local watersheds with a $3 million Farm Washwater Innovation and Stewardship program addressing the Lake Simcoe Watershed.


Travis Cranmer, a vegetable crop specialist at the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Agribusiness, explains the early results of his three-year Ontario trial suggesting that August planting improves garlic survival and increases producer opportunities at the Garlic Growers Association of Ontario annual general meeting and field day, June 7 2025. Photo by Diana Martin

Research challenges traditional garlic planting parameters

A three-year Ontario trial suggests that planting as early as August improves garlic survival, challenges traditional planting timelines, and increases producer opportunities.

A three-year Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Agribusiness trial suggests that planting as early as August improves garlic survival, challenges traditional planting timelines, and increases Garlic Growers Associaton of Ontario producer’s opportunities.






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Expanding greenhouse sector means more home-grown veggies

Plenty of room to expand in controlled environment agriculture, but investment needed says FCC

Canada continues to rely heavily in imported fruits and vegetables, especially during its long winters but different types of controlled environment agriculture like greenhouses are expanding and changing the balance says Farm Credit Canada.