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AGT Food and Ingredients and ulivit join forces to create new plant-based foods from the Prairies
June 25, 2020 – Winnipeg – Today, Protein Industries Canada (PIC) announced a project focused on creating new plant-based foods using pulses grown and processed on the Prairies. The $11.3 million-dollar project (funding through the PIC Supercluster program) will see…
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Government grant will enable college to expand research in beverage sector
June 25, 2020, Niagara Falls, Ont. – Niagara College’s Research & Innovation division will be deploying more than $1 million to expand essential applied research in the growing beverage sector over the next three years, thanks to federal government funding.…
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Virtual farm tours debunk milk myths
June 25, Ottawa, Ont.- Dairy Farmers of Canada (DFC) has launched a new campaign debunking milk myths for millennial parents by giving the floor to the experts: real Canadian dairy farmers. In Hey Dairy Farmer – Parents’ Virtual Tour, farmers…
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Intercity Packers launches home delivery platform
June 25, 2020, Richmond, B.C. – Intercity Packers, B.C.’s only fully integrated supplier of custom-cut meat and seafood has pivoted to a new sales channel to keep product moving and their employees working. In partnership with Central Fresh Food, Intercity…
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Valerie Smith is new technical manager of livestock services at FSNS C&A
June 25, San Antonio, Texas – Food Safety Net Services Certification & Audit (FSNS C&A) has announced the appointment of Valerie Smith, DVM, as technical manager of livestock services. She will work toward expanding the company’s on-farm audit services. Smith,…
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French’s Ketchup releases unique rendition of national anthem
June 25, 2020, London, Ont. – Just in time for Canada Day, French’s Ketchup has teamed up with popular homegrown band Walk off the Earth to record a unique rendition of the national anthem supported with musical sounds created from…
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Five Caribbean-inspired ice cream flavours now on shelves
June 24, 2020, Toronto, Ont. – Neale’s Sweet N Nice Ice Cream, a Canadian-based, Caribbean-inspired, all-natural ice cream company, has announced its premium ice cream lineup for this year. Five flavours are available with more on the way. Sweet N…
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Halo Top launches three new Canadian pints
June 24, 2020, Toronto, Ont. – Just in time for National Ice Cream month, Halo Top Creamery has released its first-ever exclusively Canadian pint collection with the launch of Butter Tart, Maple Pecan and Chocolate Honeycomb. The three new offerings…
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Canadian and U.S. food manufacturers looking to buy local product
June 24, Vancouver, B.C. – A poll conducted by GoldBeck Recruiting of Vancouver found that more food manufacturers across Canada and the U.S. are looking to purchase locally produced or sourced goods. The executive search firm conducted the poll recently…
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Merit secures $10M in funding from government program
June 23, 2020, Vancouver, B.C. – Burcon NutraScience Corporation has announced that its joint venture company, Merit Functional Foods Corporation, has secured additional debt financing of $10 million in the form of a 10-year interest free loan from Agriculture and…
