A workshop last month in Brampton, Ontario aimed to connect new Canadians to job opportunities in the food and beverage processing sector—an industry that is seeking to create 60,000 new jobs by 2020. In partnership with the City of Brampton’s Economic Development office, the event came as part of...read more
Moyers Apple Products, based out of Beamsville in the Niagara Region, and a food scientist from the University of Guelph, were presented with a Leaders in Innovation Award at the latest annual Summit on Agri-Food in Toronto for their innovative work and proactive approach to advancing food safety. Alongside other...read more
A recent partnership in the food distribution world has shown that collaboration leads to innovation, particularly in distributing local food in Ontario. In 2017, Flanagan Foodservice, the largest Canadian-owned, independent foodservice distributor in the country, teamed up with Local Line, a tech company that builds e-commerce tools for food businesses,...read more
Less meat, more choice: A look at key food issues in 2018 This article was originally published on The Conversation, you can read the original article here. Written by Michael von Massow, University of Guelph; Alfons Weersink, University of Guelph, and Bruce Gregory McAdams, University of Guelph Food is increasingly in the...read more
From the Region of Durham Website January 15, 2018: The Regional Municipality of Durham’s Economic Development Division (Agriculture and Rural Affairs) is launching a Local Food Business Retention and Expansion project for the Region of Durham—which will support local business development and job creation in the agri-food sector. Throughout...read more
Below is an article copied with permission from the University of Guelph website, summarizing the 8th annual Canada’s Food Price Report, by Dr. Sylvain Charlebois (Project Lead), Jay Harris, Dr. Andrea Giusto, Dr. Vlado Keselj, Dr. Catherine Mah, Dr. Simon Somogyi, Dr. Francis Tapon, Dr. Mustafa Koroglu, Dr. Paul Uys, Dr. Erna Van Duren: Costs of Dining Out, Vegetables to Rise in 2018:...read more
Food and Beverage Ontario (FBO) has been spurring some excitement among students around the diversity of careers in food and beverage processing through an engaging bursary contest, Taste Your Future. Students in the province are invited to enter the annual contest as a “student maker & designer” or a...read more