Nova Agri 1
In this case Earl Kidston CEO of Nova Agri Group of Companies of Nova Scotia, Canada faces a challenge. A fruit and vegetable producer, his company is striving to be a successful player in the market for strawberries. A very short growing season of seven weeks makes it very difficult to be cost effective in the marketplace. The issue is how can his company increase that production and marketing over a substantial period of time to satisfy the needs of the market? Visit casenet.ca for more free, open access decision focused video teaching cases from Acadia University.
Interviewee
Earl Kidston
Company
Industry
Business Activity
Nova Agri Inc.
Food Production
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting
Headquarters
Canning, Canada
Size
Medium
Employees
25 to 500
Greater than $25 million
Yearly Revenue
Private Company
Type of Entity
Subject
Operations
Level of Difficulty
Medium
Teaching Objectives
Learn about food production
Keywords
Asset Growth
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