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Opinion: Fighting food fraud
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Opinion: Fighting food fraud

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Food fraud is everywhere. It can take many forms such as adulteration, substituting one ingredient with a much cheaper one, or misrepresentation including selling an organic product when it’s not. Once food fraud is described, a whopping 63 per cent of Canadians are generally concerned about food fraud. Worse still, more than 40 per cent
Canada’s 150th anniversary is a good time to celebrate our unique recipes.
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A ‘new-old’ food business celebrates cross-Canada ties

Prairie Fare: Avion Harvest’s first incarnation marketed yellow peas to Quebec cooks

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Canadians are planning many celebrations for our 150th year, and guaranteed these events will revolve around lots and lots of food. Expect to consume, for example, copious amounts of ultra-Canuck and super-delicious pea soup. Pea soup’s been around awhile. It would have fuelled French explorer Samuel de Champlain and his crew as they rolled in
Farmers will have to produce more food to feed a growing population, but maybe not as much more as many think.
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Food demand predictions could be inaccurate

Lots of people say food demand will double by 2050 — but some researchers say the numbers don’t add up

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The widely held view that food production needs to double by 2050 to feed a growing world population may be inaccurate. In a study published in the journal Bioscience, researchers from Penn State’s agriculture college have challenged that view, saying the required increase may be as high as 70 per cent — or as low
Richly-coloured berries often make for a healthy eating choice.
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Superfoods aren’t superheroes

Trendy foods are no cure-all or replacement for a balanced diet and healthy lifestyle


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Every year, popular magazines and trend watchers release lists of must-eat “superfoods” that will boost our health and overall well-being. The idea sounds appealing — eat this food and you’ll feel great and improve your health. Unfortunately, it’s not that easy — superfoods are not the superheroes they’re made out to be. The concept of
Rice flour may be contributing to higher levels of toxic metals 
in gluten-free diets.
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Gluten-free diet may increase risk of toxic metal exposure

A new study finds wheat substitutes can bioaccumulate things 
like arsenic and mercury

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Turns out those gluten-free eaters may be chowing down some unintended consequences. A new study from the University of Illinois has found consuming a gluten-free diet may increase exposure to arsenic and mercury — toxic metals that can lead to cardiovascular disease, cancer and neurological effects, according to a report in the journal Epidemiology. Gluten-free
Canned foods are picked and packaged at their peak and a lot of the preparation has been done for you.
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Cook quickly with canned foods

Canned fruits and vegetables can help us meet our nutrition requirements

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Back when I was in college, my roommates and I relied on canned food and other staples such as rice and pasta for quick, economical meals. We mixed in some fresh meat, fruits and vegetables, too, of course. Preparing canned food was faster, though. One of my roommates was famous for her “mono-meals,” or one-item
A new genetic study could make quinoa more consumer friendly over time.
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Genetic study may make ancient Inca’s quinoa a grain of the future

The findings could pave the way to breeding out the bitter saponins that must currently be washed off post-harvest

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Quinoa, the sacred “mother grain” of the ancient Inca civilization suppressed by Spanish conquistadors, could become an increasingly important food source in the future thanks to genetic secrets revealed in a new study. Scientists on Feb. 7 said they have mapped the genome of quinoa and identified a gene that could be manipulated to get
Western Canadian locations like this Earls on Main Street in downtown Winnipeg, are already serving Canadian beef again through an Ontario-based supplier.
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Earls mends fences after beef controversy

Restaurant chain will have all-Canadian beef this summer, after its U.S.-sourcing misstep

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Phil Gallagher began his talk with an apology. Then he kept apologizing all the way through. “I’m a proud Canadian, just like all of you, and I learned a really hard lesson last year,” he said in concluding his address to the recent Manitoba Beef Producers annual meeting. “I hope to never make the same
The average Canadian’s annual food bill consistently ranks among the lowest in the world.
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Food Freedom Day marked February 8

Canadian Federation of Agriculture planning more activities to highlight agriculture’s contributions 
as country marks 150th anniversary of confederation

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It took just 39 days in 2017 to earn enough income to pay the annual grocery bill, according to the Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA) which marked Food Freedom Day Feb. 8. To calculate the date, the CFA compares food expenditures against average income and pro-rates this to represent calendar days. Food Freedom Day is
Biotechnology could soon replace roses and other natural scents with a chemical compound grown from yeast or bacteria that is virtually indistinguishable.
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A yeast by any other name…

Science promises yeast as a source for sweet smells, but farmers may wrinkle their noses

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Scientists are predicting that the familiar taste of vanilla or smell of roses, along with thousands of other scents and flavours, will increasingly come from a very unfamiliar source — yeast — a trend that is worrying some farming experts. A revolution in science means the DNA of plants can be transferred into yeast, bacteria

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