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Dairy
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Canada’s annual report on food prices going national in 2021
July 8, 2020, Halifax, N.S. – Canada’s annual Food Price Report is going cross-country. Jointly released by long-time collaborators Dalhousie University and the University of Guelph, the 2021 project team will include the University of Saskatchewan and the University of…
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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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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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Voilà by Sobeys launches in the GTA
June 23, 2020, Stellarton, N.S. – Empire Company Limited has introduced its newest e-commerce platform, Voilà by Sobeys, which allows customers to order products at affordable prices with no hidden fees and get the items delivered straight to their doors…
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Dairy cattle traceability program to be launched in fall
June 22, 2020, Guelph, Ont. – Lactanet Canada and Dairy Farmers of Canada (DFC) have announced that DairyTrace, the much-anticipated national dairy cattle traceability program will become a reality in the fall, providing a single, common framework for dairy farmers…
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Surplus Food Rescue Program launched by federal government
June 16, 2020, Ottawa, Ont. – Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau has launched the $50-million Surplus Food Rescue Program which aims to move surplus food commodities such as potatoes and other horticulture, fish and seafood, and meat through the…
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Ontario government invests $15M to protect agri-food workers
June 15, 2020, Woodstock, Ont. – The Government of Ontario is taking additional steps to better protect workers in the agri-food sector during the COVID-19 outbreak. The province is significantly expanding the Agri-food Workplace Protection Program and committing up to…
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Federal agency to restart suspended food inspection services
June 12, 2020, Ottawa, Ont. – The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is announcing that it is now in a position to gradually resume some inspection services that were temporarily suspended because of the COVID-19 pandemic. On March 23, 2020,…
