Insights and Stories on Food Processing

Protein sector faces labour crunch: report

Feb. 6, 2024 at 2:58 pm CST

Government, industry and educational institutes must act now to address the labour challenges confronting the emerging plant-based protein industry in Saskatchewan and Manitoba, according to a new report.

Feds plan to invest in processing projects

Feb. 6, 2024 at 10:00 am CST

By Karen Briere

Production worker inside tofu manufacturing facility.

Feds earmark $400,000 to tofu production automation

Dec. 20, 2023 at 11:28 am CST

By Geralyn Wichers

Italy moves to ban lab-grown food in drive to protect tradition

Mar. 28, 2023 at 8:26 pm CDT

By Angelo Amante

The good, bad and ugly of on-farm food processing

Mar. 10, 2023 at 10:43 am CST

By OrganicBiz

U.S. to crack down on child labour amid massive uptick

Feb. 27, 2023 at 7:59 pm CST

Washington | Reuters — The Biden administration in the U.S. announced measures to crack down on child labour on Monday amid a steep rise in violations and investigative reports by Reuters and other news outlets on illegal employment of migrant minors in dangerous industries. U.S. officials said the Labor Department […]

By Mica Rosenberg Nandita Bose

B.C. to back Indigenous food system projects

Sep. 26, 2022 at 3:22 am CDT

A new British Columbia program will provide up to $80,000 each for projects in agriculture, food processing or other sectors to improve food security in that province’s Indigenous communities. The province on Wednesday rolled out a new Indigenous Food Systems and Agriculture Partnership Program, which is set up to take […]

By Dave Bedard

Agropur backs major upgrades for Nova Scotia ice cream plant

Jun. 23, 2022 at 2:50 pm CDT

Major dairy co-operative Agropur is putting up eight figures to upgrade an ice cream and frozen novelties plant it owns in Nova Scotia to handle new premium product lines. The co-operative said June 17 it will invest $34 million in the former Scotsburn plant at Truro, to “redefine the space […]

By Dave Bedard

Changes to TFW program to expand worker availability

Apr. 10, 2022 at 5:17 am CDT

The federal government is boosting the availability of temporary foreign workers (TFWs) to ag and other understaffed sectors under a list of policy changes announced Monday. Employment and Workforce Development Minister Carla Qualtrough announced what’s called the Temporary Foreign Worker (TFW) Program Workforce Solutions Road Map, which the government said […]

By Dave Bedard

Agriculture, agrifood wish lists pile up ahead of long-delayed budget

Apr. 16, 2021 at 8:20 pm CDT

Agriculture and agrifood sector stakeholders will learn Monday which of their requests make their way out of the pile and into a long-awaited federal budget. Federal Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland’s 2021 budget is scheduled to be released Monday in the House of Commons, at about 4 p.m. ET. Canadians didn’t […]

By D.C. Fraser

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