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The Sprout: Vaccine rollout begins for some farm and meat-plant workers By Kelsey Johnson. Published on Apr 12, 2021 11:07am A migrant worker sifts through a trailer load of beets in this file photo. Ontario has started a pilot program to vaccinate migrant farm workers arriving at Toronto Pearson International Airport. (Jim Rankin/Toronto Star)
Here’s today’s agriculture news.
The Lead
We start with a vaccine update. The Ontario government has launched a pilot project to offer COVID-19 vaccines to migrant farm workers upon their arrival at Pearson International Airport in Toronto. As The Canadian Press reports, 200 temporary foreign workers were expected to arrive on Saturday from Mexico. Representatives from the Mexican consulate were expected to be at the airport to help with the pilot project.