This month marked the national launch of a pivotal nationwide initiative from Canada’s Food System: Our Food. Our Future. This campaign celebrates some of the country’s greatest strengths: the people, partnerships, and progress that make our food system a global leader. In a time of domestic economic strengthening, global trade disruptions, and climate pressure, this […]
The recent announcement by the Ontario government to increase risk management funding for farmers is welcome news for Ontario’s fruit and vegetable growers. The boost to Ontario’s Risk Management Program, which includes the Self-Directed Risk Management (SDRM) program for edible horticulture farms, means growers will have greater confidence when making production decisions for the 2025 […]
The Ontario and Canadian governments are investing up to $5 million as part of a five-year Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership (Sustainable CAP) – up 25 per cent from the previous agreement – to help stimulate growth and enhance food safety systems for small businesses in the agriculture and food industry. The Food Safety and Growth […]
By Adrian Johansen To say that the last few years have been challenging for the restaurant industry would be a gross understatement. Restaurateurs have endured a global pandemic, protracted lockdowns, and now a seemingly intractable supply chain crisis. It has been a lot to endure, and far too many promising establishments have not survived. The […]
Innovation Saskatchewan and the provincial Ministry of Agriculture have announced combined multi-year funding of $3.2 million to the Global Institute for Food Security and its new engineering biology centre at the University of Saskatchewan. This new centre will help attract investments and companies to the province’s agriculture and food sectors by reducing the capital needed […]
The Ontario government is expanding its Risk Management Program, which benefits the province’s farmers, a year earlier than planned by $50 million.
Press Release Canada’s tree fruit industry is large and growing, with apples representing 41.5 per cent of the total marketed production of Canadian fruit in 2017, valued at $224.6 million, and cherries representing a farm gate value of $88.2 million in the same year. The Government of Canada and Canadian tree fruit farmers know the importance of research and innovation to […]
