One of the top criticisms of advocacy efforts is that organizations tend to all work on the same goal, without pooling industry resources. But, could the idea of pooling resources go even beyond that, to include players from other industries as well? At the Learn. Create. Eat. workshop (held in conjunction with the Dietitians of... Read More
Category: Food
Provincial and federal government representatives chose a fitting week in Ontario — Craft Beer Week — to announce an investment of over $1.6 million into 20 projects at breweries across the province. "Ontario’s craft beer industry is a great success story for this province," said Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Lawrence MacAulay. "Craft brewers continue... Read More
What’s it like to have 2,000 consumers show up for breakfast at your farm? It’s not that big of a deal if you’re organized and have plenty of volunteers, says cash cropper and dairy farmer Evert Veldhuizen. He and his brother, Jan, hosted the latest Ontario ‘Breakfast on the Farm’ event Saturday morning at their... Read More
Food and ingredient companies like Nestle, General Mills and Cargill are looking to pulses to make their products more nutritious. "There's a lot of pressure from the food industry, from consumers right now to make more healthfulness and nutrition in food products," explains Heather Hill, project manager for pulse flour milling and food applications at... Read More
A new ‘Stop at Subway for Ontario Grown’ program will see local tomatoes, cucumbers, onions and peppers featured at the restaurant chain’s 1,300 Ontario locations during the 2016 harvest season. The announcement comes in the midst of Ontario’s Local Food Week, with funding from the Ontario government’s three-year, $6 million Local Food Investment Fund and... Read More
Wearing blue t-shirts that read "Canadian milk matters," dairy farmers from across Ontario and Quebec rallied on Parliament Hill on Thursday. The event was organized to show support for supply management and to bring attention to a basket of import-related concerns, explains Dairy Farmers of Canada (DFC) president Wally Smith, in the interview below. "We... Read More
On Wednesday, McDonald's announced the completion of its Verified Sustainable Beef (VSB) Pilot, and handed the results — and recommendations — to the Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef (CRSB). "It's a really exciting day to talk about the accomplishment over the last year and a half that McDonald's has been doing the pilot project here... Read More
"We did it! We did it," exclaimed Francesca Debiase, chief supply chain and sustainability officer for McDonald's, pumping her hands through the air, at yesterday's celebration of the conclusion of McDonald's Verified Sustainable Beef (VSB) Pilot in Calgary. “Several years ago, McDonald’s supply chain made a really interesting discovery," Debiase explained, "and that discovery was... Read More
Canadians' views on farming are improving, according to new survey results shared this week. There are some problem areas though, as we hear from the head of Farm and Food Care Canada on this week's podcast. Health Canada is considering allowing irradiation of beef to kill bad bacteria, dairy farmers are back rallying on Parliament... Read More
61% of Canadians have a “very or somewhat” positive impression of Canadian agriculture according to a new national survey released by Farm and Food Care (FFC) and the newly minted Canadian Centre For Food Integrity. That’s the highest ranking Canadians have given farming since FFC started asking Canadians for their impression of the industry 10... Read More