An announcement set for this morning to help benefit our greenhouse industry.
St. Catharines MP Chris Bittle will stop by Colonial Florists on Broadway Avenue at 11:00 to announce support to help Flowers Canada Growers increase export and domestic markets for greenhouse grown plants.
According to the Ministry of Agriculture, the greenhouse flower industry is now the third largest agricultural sector in the province behind dairy and swine.
Seventy five percent of that production is located in Niagara and Hamilton as well as counties along the north shore of Lake Erie.
Among North American jurisdictions, Ontario remains the third largest producer of greenhouse floricultural products behind California.