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Food In Canada
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HelloFresh & customers donate the equivalent of over 50,000 meals to Food Banks Canada
HelloFresh, the world’s leading meal kit provider, and its customers have made a joint donation to Food Banks Canada (FBC) that will help to provide over 50,000 meals with fresh ingredients to families who need it. Specifically, the $27,000 donation…
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McCormick & Company’s ‘My Home is Canada’ campaign highlights Canadian food and more
The My Home is Canada campaign and decorated Olympian Scott Moir ask Canadians coast-to-coast to share images of cherished moments, stunning places, favourite foods, and more to showcase national pride. These images will culminate in an enormous light show that…
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Canada’s most searched cuisines in 2020
Which cuisine do Canadians search the most? By analyzing Google searches in Canada, HelloFresh has crowned the nation’s most searched for cuisine. Are we loyal to our national cuisine or do we prefer something a little more international? Canada’s most…
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Update on the Balance Calories Initiative
Recently, the Canadian Beverage Association was pleased to receive an update from the Conference Board of Canada (CBOC) about their Balance Calories Initiative (BCI). The beverage industry’s objective with BCI is to reduce the calories Canadians consume from beverages by…
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Confidence in food this year – research results from Dalhousie’s Agri-Food Analytics Lab
For the last two years, the Agri-Food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie University, in partnership with Angus Reid, has released a report on how concerned or confident people feel about the coming year in relation to food, and what they plan…
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Champion Petfoods of Alberta gives back to pet rescues in North America
Award-winning pet food maker, Champion Petfoods, based in Alberta, has donated more than 420,000 meals of ORIJEN and ACANA pet food to 28 rescue organizations in North America, ahead of the holidays. Among the recipients is Second Chance Animal Rescue…
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New report from The School of Public Policy: Canada’s food system vulnerable
Seventy per cent of Canada’s beef production capacity is located in just two meat plants in Alberta. This is one of the most obvious examples of the high concentration in Canada’s food-production sector. The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed the risks…
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BC’s local produce production will grow with CubicFarms and FutureLife
CubicFarms, a local chain agricultural technology company, has announced a signed agreement and deposit with FutureLife Produce, for the sale of 10 CubicFarm machines for $1.7 million. FutureLife is constructing CubicFarms’ largest vertical farming system installation to date with a…
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Waterloo tech firm makes large global food bank donation
Waterloo-based OpenText has announced a combined donation of $1 million USD in its Voyager Fund to support food banks in communities where it has teams. These donations will help food banks provide up to 4 million meals to individuals and…
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Beers made at Canada’s first Brewmaster program win gold and program celebrates first decade
Staff and students at the Niagara College Teaching Brewery are clinking beer steins this week after three student-made beers medalled at the U.S. Open Beer Championships, including winning gold. The trio of beers that were awarded honours at the competition,…
