Sector
Fruit & Vegetables
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[Gallery] On the shelf! A look at new consumer products
This round up of new consumer food products includes yummy snacks (combining popcorn, chocolate and peanut butter), taking a detour with beer, finding your MOJO in a bar, mixing it up with Haskap relish and chutney, peanut-free snacks and more for breakfast
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[Updated] Highbury Canco to take over Heinz plant
Heinz reaches preliminary deal for its Leamington, Ont. facility
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$17 million to go toward Canadian genomics projects
Genome Canada announced $17 million in funding will go toward genomics research projects that will help agriculture and agri-food thrive
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$20-million donation will help U of Guelph transform global food economy
The University of Guelph received a $20-million donation and will use to create the Arrell Food Institute. The new institute will address food security, safety and sustainability
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$388 million is going into Saskatchewan’s ag industry
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and Saskatchewan’s Ministry of Agriculture have created the Canadian Agriculture Partnership (CAP) to invest in “strategic agricultural initiatives” in the province
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$4 million for agriculture training in NWT
Feds to invest in growing food in the far north
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2016 Canadian Agricultural Outlook remains strong
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s outlook sees farm incomes reaching record levels for Canadian farmers in 2015, and remaining above average for 2016
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24 agri-food companies in Southern Ontario receive seed funding
Bioenterprise Corporation and Innovation Guelph say 24 companies are the third round to receive $30,000 each to help with branding, marketing, prototyping and attracting investment
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3PL C.H. Robinson acquires Canadian freight forwarder
C.H. Robinson has acquired Montreal-based Milgram & Company Ltd. for $62 million
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A closer look at seniors’ shopping habits reveals opportunities: survey
The Nielsen Global Survey About Aging finds retailers in North America are meeting seniors’ needs, but food manufacturers could do more
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A common language is only useful if adopted
Supply chain traceability has a common language available, but if people won’t make the investment to use the language, miscommunication will continue.
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A new chip off the old block
From apples to vegetables, the taste for innovation grows in Canada
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A new consortium will work to better understand food safety
IBM Research and Mars Inc. have formed the Consortium for Sequencing the Food Supply Chain and hopes “to provide a tool to address threats on an unprecedented scale”
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A new food and agriculture coworking space opens in Alberta
The Food Central Cowork is Western Canada’s first food and agriculture coworking space intentionally designed for innovators
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A new natural preservative increases food safety
Fumoir Grizzly, the Université Laval and Merinov have developed a bioingredient they call Bac M35 that can keep fish from growing Listeria monocytogenes
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A new online tool launches for B.C.’s food sector
Food and beverage processors in B.C. have a new online tool – BC Food Connection – to connect them with co-packers and commercial kitchens to help them grow their businesses
