Nestled in the heart of Niagara’s rich wine and culinary country, at Niagara College’s Niagara-on-the-Lake Campus, the Canadian Food and Wine Institute (CFWI) provides students with valuable hands-on experience and academics in all aspects of food, wine, beer and artisan distilling. Five years ago, the College’s Research & Innovation division...read more
GHFFA Celebrates Canada’s 150th Birthday by Recognizing Canadian Farm Families that have been farming for just as long For Immediate Release TORONTO, May 1, 2017 – The Golden Horseshoe Food and Farming Alliance (GHFFA), with support from the Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA), is celebrating Canada’s 150th birthday by recognizing...read more
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
Grape vines aren’t the only thing that grow deep at 13th Street Winery, but so too do family roots. The family farm has been in St. Catharines for over 100 years. On the unique terroir of Niagara, in Ontario’s rich wine country, you’ll find this celebrated winery that is...read more
For Immediate Release TORONTO, August 12, 2016 – The Golden Horseshoe Food and Farming Alliance has expanded their Golden Horseshoe Asset Mapping Project with a newly-released report that includes findings across the Greater Golden Horseshoe (GGH), an area that accounts for roughly 65% of the total agri-food jobs in...read more
Niagara Region may be known for its wine culture (and understandably so), but as craft breweries are on the rise throughout Ontario, so too, are they growing in Niagara. In Virgil, Ontario, just west of Niagara-on-the-Lake, sits Silversmith Brewing Company. Celebrated brews and a charmed rustic atmosphere have firmly...read more
A number of diverse programs across the province are putting forth a vigorous effort to connect Ontario students to healthy food. Nutrition’s role in supporting education and development, after all, cannot be overstated. Niagara Nutrition Partners (NNP) is the body linking young students to good food across the Region...read more