Recent News
Wednesday, January 4, 2017
Learn how to scale up and grow your business at Niagara’s 2017 Food and Beverage Convention, taking place March 3rd in Niagara Falls at the Scotiabank Convention Centre. The Agri-food Management Institute teamed up with Innovate Niagara and many others to offer this full-day event to Ontario food and beverage manufacturing businesses,...read more
Thursday, December 22, 2016
The Organic Council of Ontario has received funding to conduct a sector-wide assessment of barriers to growing Ontario’s organic sector. As part of the assessment, they are reaching out to any and all producers, processors and businesses across the province with online surveys, in an effort to gather insight...read more
Tuesday, December 20, 2016
For Immediate Release TORONTO, December 2016 – The Golden Horseshoe Food and Farming Alliance (GHFFA) has released an Info Sheet on their Asset Mapping Methodology to accompany their Asset Mapping Project Profile, Analysis of Food and Farming Assets in the Greater Golden Horseshoe. The methodology Info Sheet is offered...read more
Thursday, December 15, 2016
Last month, the 2016 Premier’s Awards for Agri-Food Innovation Excellence were handed out to a number of deserving producers, processors and agri-food organizations across the province that are helping to propel the agri-food industry forward. Their innovative thinking brings forth exciting products, creates new jobs, and grows Ontario’s economy....read more
Wednesday, December 14, 2016
There is a bias that comes to mind when we think about food and healthcare facilities. Images of various food products, sometimes separated by dividers on the same tray, sometimes running into each other on a plate, that are brought in frozen, and reheated, can end up looking far...read more
Tuesday, December 6, 2016
Many homes across the country are getting ready for Christmas, and for a lot of people, that means putting up the Christmas Tree. But did you know that what has become a memorable tradition for many families, can also support the environment, economy and local farms? That’s right, local...read more
Wednesday, November 30, 2016
Last month, the Golden Horseshoe Food & Farming Alliance (GHFFA) offered comments to the province on the Co-ordinated Land Use Planning Review of the Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe, the Greenbelt Plan, the Niagara Escarpment Plan and the Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Plan — four provincial land...read more