Insights and Stories of FBC staff

Declaration rules broadened for CWB vote

Sep. 6, 2008 at 3:25 am CDT

Prairie grain growers who don’t have Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) permit books now have other options to declare their eligibility to vote in this fall’s CWB director elections. And this round of elections will also see the cap removed on how much “third parties” can spend to advertise on their […]

Cattle urine may lead to live BSE test

Sep. 6, 2008 at 2:13 am CDT

By FBC staff

Alta. cattle groups line up behind ALMS

Sep. 5, 2008 at 6:18 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Hort growers look to recycle plastics

Sep. 5, 2008 at 5:41 pm CDT

By FBC staff

Ottawa boosts Man. forage aid program

Sep. 5, 2008 at 5:35 pm CDT

By FBC staff

JRI to rebrand ag businesses as “Richardson”

Sep. 4, 2008 at 5:17 pm CDT

Watch for new stationery from the ag businesses formerly known as JRI, Pioneer Grain and Canbra Foods. Winnipeg-based James Richardson International (JRI) announced Thursday that it has changed its own name to Richardson International Ltd. and will carry out its agricultural business under the trademark “Richardson.” Pioneer Grain, the privately-held […]

By FBC staff

Feds back spinach-based cosmetics production

Sep. 4, 2008 at 4:39 pm CDT

A Quebec company planning to extract compounds from organic baby spinach for use in new cosmetics will get up to $2.9 million in federal funding to promote its process. PureCell Technologies plans to use the funds to build a 10,000-square foot extraction and cosmeceutical manufacturing plant at Montmagny, about 80 […]

By FBC staff

U of Guelph opens organic farming centre

Sep. 4, 2008 at 4:25 pm CDT

Local organic food production and resource conservation are to be on the curriculum at the new Guelph Centre for Urban Organic Farming, officially opened at the University of Guelph. “This innovative centre will provide practical experiential learning opportunities for our students, which, in the long run, will help bring about […]

By FBC staff

Manitoba to back new food products

Sep. 4, 2008 at 4:12 pm CDT

The Manitoba government has released a new suite of support programs to help entrepreneurs wanting to launch new food products. “These new programs are designed to provide assistance to food entrepreneurs across each stage of making a business succeed, from product development to certification,” Agriculture Minister Rosann Wowchuk said in […]

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Ont., Que. team up on food traceability

Sep. 4, 2008 at 3:44 pm CDT

The agencies developing agri-food traceability systems for Ontario and Quebec have signed a deal to exchange information on premises identification. OnTrace Agri-Food Traceability and Agri-Tracabilite Quebec (ATQ) announced Thursday that their deal will allow them to “seamlessly share information about premises that are involved in movement of agri-food products between […]

By FBC staff