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Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Growers' Association

The Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Growers' Association (OFVGA) was established in 1859, which makes it one of Ontario and Canada's oldest farm commodity organizations.\\As the voice of Ontario's fruit, vegetable and greenhouse farmers, the OFVGA is a nationally recognized not-for-profit association that advocates on behalf of Ontario fruit and vegetable farmers and the edible horticulture industry, and represents its members provincially, nationally, and internationally. \\The sector supports 30,000 farm-based, non-family jobs in Ontario, as well as a further 8,700 jobs specific to horticulture and specialty crops. Over 125 different fruit and vegetable crops are grown in Ontario with an estimated annual farm gate value of $1.6 billion (2013).