Insights and Stories on Food Waste

Agropur cheese plant workers take deal, halt strike

Aug. 8, 2022 at 8:15 pm CDT

Milk delivery to a major cheese plant in Eastern Canada is expected to resume soon as unionized employees at dairy co-operative Agropur’s facility at Granby, Que. end a five-and-a-half-week strike. The plant’s 250-odd workers, represented by the Syndicat des salaries de la fromagerie — an arm of Centrale des syndicats […]

U.N. looks for recipe to tackle global food dysfunction

Sep. 23, 2021 at 8:05 pm CDT

By Michelle Nichols

Advisory council named to steer national Food Policy

Feb. 19, 2021 at 8:24 pm CST

By D.C. Fraser

CFA seeks continued ag support in next federal budget

Feb. 12, 2021 at 4:23 am CST

By D.C. Fraser

How COVID-19 is upending global food supply chains

Apr. 3, 2020 at 8:51 pm CDT

By Naveen Thukral Nigel Hunt rajendra-jadhav

Food, farming not expected to be big election issues

Sep. 17, 2019 at 9:10 pm CDT

Canadians don’t think that food and agriculture will be a significant issue in the current federal election. A survey conducted Sept. 9 and released Tuesday by Angus Reid Global with the support of Dalhousie University’s Agri-Food Analytics Lab shows 31 per cent of Canadians believe food and agriculture will be […]

By John Greig

Federal food policy aims to lift local and Canadian-grown products

Jun. 18, 2019 at 2:38 am CDT

Federal programs to boost the profile of domestic and locally grown foods at home while reducing food waste, food insecurity and deceptive food marketing are all up for funding under the government’s new Food Policy for Canada. Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau and Parliamentary Ag Secretary Jean-Claude Poissant announced the new […]

By GFM Staff

Ag minister announces launch of Canadian food policy

Jun. 17, 2019 at 2:28 pm CDT

Canada has its first food policy, an initiative to increase access to safe, nutritious and culturally diverse food, and to cut food waste. Marie-Claude Bibeau, minister of agriculture and agri-food and parliamentary secretary, Jean-Claude Poissant made the announcement Monday in Montreal. “The Food Policy for Canada is our road map […]

By GFM Staff

Farm groups see something for everyone in federal budget

Mar. 19, 2019 at 9:25 pm CDT

Response so far from farm and agribusiness organizations to Tuesday’s pre-election budget suggests the federal government has managed to find at least one line item for everyone in the ag sector. Finance Minister Bill Morneau’s budget pledges compensation for supply-managed sectors facing financial hits from international trade pacts, funding for […]

By GFM Staff

Taking aim at food waste, companies plan simplified expiration labels

Sep. 20, 2017 at 6:56 pm CDT

New York | Thomson Reuters Foundation — Some of the world’s largest consumer goods companies, including Kellogg and Wal-Mart, said on Wednesday they will simplify food expiration labels in an effort to eliminate confusion that contributes to food waste. Standardized labeling will use a single expiration date on perishable items […]

By Sebastien Malo

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Insights and Stories on Food Waste

Agropur cheese plant workers take deal, halt strike

U.N. looks for recipe to tackle global food dysfunction

Advisory council named to steer national Food Policy

CFA seeks continued ag support in next federal budget

How COVID-19 is upending global food supply chains

Food, farming not expected to be big election issues

Federal food policy aims to lift local and Canadian-grown products

Ag minister announces launch of Canadian food policy

Farm groups see something for everyone in federal budget

Taking aim at food waste, companies plan simplified expiration labels

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