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New ‘Canadian Pork Promotion and Research Agency’
The Canadian Pork Promotion and Research Agency (PRA) has been launched at the annual general meeting of Les Éleveurs de porcs du Québec. The PRA will support the competitiveness and sustainability of the pork sector by enabling the development and…
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Sneak peak – 2020 Public Trust Research results coming November 10
CCFI will be releasing the 2020 Public Trust Research Data on Tuesday, November 10th at 4:00 p.m EST, during the upcoming 2020 Virtual Food & Nutrition Forum. Take a sneak peak at the key findings below: Confidence in Canada’s Food…
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Research evaluates the impacts of antibiotic alternatives on pork quality and safety
Olymel, Canada’s largest pork producer and processor, is working with scientists from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and Université Laval on research to better understand the links between pig gut health, food safety and product quality. The project is part of…
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Study details lobbying strategies used by food and beverage industry
A new study has provided some insight into the mechanisms and strategies used by food and beverage industry stakeholders in their attempts to influence the development of nutrition policy by Health Canada. Researchers from the University of Ottawa found that…
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Study looks into changing global diets
Research carried out by the University of Kent has shown that diets are changing in complex ways worldwide. International food supply patterns are supporting healthier diets in parts of the world, but causing underweight and obesity elsewhere. They are also…
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Federal government invests in crop research
The Government of Canada announced $11 million in funding under the Canadian Agricultural Partnership for 47 crop-related research projects through Saskatchewan’s Agriculture Development Fund (ADF). In addition to funding provided by the federal and provincial governments, projects supported through the…
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AgraFlora edibles R&D facility completed
AgraFlora Organics International Inc., an international cannabis company, announced the completion of its pharmaceutical-grade research and development laboratory at its 51,500 square foot GMP edibles manufacturing facility in Winnipeg, Man. The company’s 750 square foot, turnkey R&D Laboratory boasts a…
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Dalhousie receives research funding from Angus Reid
Dalhousie Agri-Food Analytics Lab which to receive a $250,000 boost from Angus Reid Inc., an opinion polling and market research data company. The company will provide a generous annual contribution of data to Dalhousie University’s Agri-Food Analytics Lab and its…
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Ontario invests in research for crop productivity
The Ontario government invested $1.3 million into research for developing new practices and on-farm solutions for fruit, vegetable and field crop farmers to prevent or control costly crop diseases and pests and improve production practices. “We know plant diseases can…
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Research finds that cornstarch make products sustainable and ‘green’
At the 2019 BIO World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology and AgTech in Des Moines, Iowa, Agricultural Research Service (ARS) chemist Gordon Selling reported on his group’s use of steam-jet cooking and other processing methods to create a starch-vegetable-oil-based complex with…
