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The First Slaughter-Free Meat Startup Secures $12M in Funding

Aleph Farms, co-founded by The Kitchen Hub, is the first company to grow real meat cuts directly from cattle cells, and announces it has raised $12 million in funds from…

Bibeau travels to Japan for G20 Agriculture Ministers’ Meeting

Agriculture ministers from the countries who make up the G20 traveled to Niigata, Japan, this week, including Canada’s Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau The purpose of the meeting for…

Turkey Farmers of Canada Launches National Think Turkey Campaign

Turkey Farmers of Canada, a national organization representing Canada’s 500+ turkey farmers, the Canadian Poultry and Egg Processors Council, Turkey Primary Processing Sector Members, have together launched Think TurkeyTM /…

Livestock and Forage Centre of Excellence Offers Gate to Plate Beef Cattle Research

A Professor with the University of Saskatchewan says the new Livestock and Forage Centre of Excellence takes beef research all the way from the feedlot to the consumers’ plate by…

Marketing Farming to Youth by Youth in P.E.I.

One in eight jobs in Canada is in the agriculture and agri-food sector. By 2022, there will be 74,000 job opportunities available in Canadian agriculture To address this issue, Agriculture…

Canadian Pork Exports to Japan Catching Up To The United States Under CPTPP

Canadian pork exports to Japan are closing in on those of the United States as homegrown producers race to take advantage of a new Asia-Pacific trade deal abandoned by the…

Ontario Farmers and Grocers Fear the Worst Over Review of Ontario Food Terminal

From the outside, it looks like a relatively normal day at the Ontario Food Terminal in Etobicoke On the inside, the massive warehouse is cold. Everyone working inside the 16-hectare…

Getting the Dirt on Soil at Senate Agriculture Committee

The Standing Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry heard Thursday morning from witnesses with expertise in soil health The Honourable Robert Black, who joined the Senate last year after a…

Cows and Climate Change: A Closer Look

The extent to which meat production contributes to climate change is hotly contested by Andre Mayer – CBC News Earlier this year, when U.S. congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez first started promoting…

USMCA Ratification Unlikely Before Next Year

The Vice President of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute suggests it is now unlikely the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement will be ratified by all three countries until some time next year…

Farm Property Incursions Are a Risk to Animals and Families

Ontario farm groups strongly disagree with yesterday’s decision to drop charges against a well-known animal rights activist “Yesterday’s court decision negatively impacts all of Ontario agriculture,” said Keith Currie, President…

Bibeau Announces China Suspends Pork Imports From Two Canadian Companies

The federal agriculture minister says that department officials have told her the Chinese government has suspended the export permits of two Canadian pork exporters, both based in Quebec by Rod…

Cleanfarms Posts Increases in 2018 Farm Ag-Plastic Recovery Programs

Cleanfarms continues to demonstrate that Canada’s agricultural community is committed to managing farm waste responsibly Canada Newswire In its 2018 annual report just released, Cleanfarms recorded an increase in recovery…

Canadian Farm Exports Hit New Chinese Obstacles Amid Diplomatic Dispute

An expanding list of Canadian farm exports is hitting obstacles at Chinese ports, leaving sellers of soybeans, peas and pork scrambling amid a bitter diplomatic dispute Reuters China has already…

Ranchers Keep Watch on Beyond Burger Retail Debut

Saskatchewan rancher Ross Macdonald isn’t afraid of the Beyond Burger by Arthur White-Crummey – Regina Leader-Post The meatless product is set to come to Canadian grocery stores in time for…

Walmart Creates Angus Beef Supply Chain and Cutting Out Meat Processors

Walmart Inc is taking control of the supply chain for Angus beef sold in some of its stores, cutting out meat processors as the company looks to offer higher quality…

Trudeau, Abe to Tout Trump-less Trade Gains Made Under TPP Deal

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s whirlwind visit to Ottawa this weekend has offered the Liberal government a rare chance to trumpet a strong international alliance in the face of unyielding…

Plant Based Burgers Signal Shift in Canadian Grocery Retail

It was just a matter of time before we saw Beyond Meat, the California-based company partially owned by Bill Gates and meat-giant Tyson Foods, make a jump from drive-throughs to…

Government of Canada Supports a Strong and Innovative Canadian Pork Industry

Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, and Raj Saini, Member of Parliament (Kitchener Centre), announced a repayable contribution of up to $10 million to Conestoga Meats under the Canadian…

What African Swine Fever Means for Canada’s Pork Industry

Canadian pork producers say they’re watching closely as African swine fever (ASF) spreads through China, wiping out large numbers of the country’s pig population and bumping up demand for North…

Our December 2024 Issue

In our December 2024 issue we look at the Indonesia Economic Partnership Agreement, Federal funding for the Cattle Industry’s Improvement initiatives, Ontario’s Agritourism Sector, Cargill cutting jobs, A&W tackling food waste, Consumer Trust over Climate Optics, the rising cost of doing business, and much more!