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Ottawa expected to ‘officially’ declare ag an essential service

The Western Grain Elevator Association says that designation will clarify things and help to keep grain moving

By Allan Dawson, GFM Network News March 30, 2020

Canada’s grain industry expects the federal government will soon officially declare agriculture an essential service. Wade Sobkowich, executive director of the Western Grain Elevator Association (WGEA), says that designation will have a practical application. “Hopefully it ends all confusion about grain workers at elevators, railway workers and anybody else required for moving grain, as to

Editorial, Farmit Manitoba, Op/Ed, Other

Editor’s Take: Lack of leadership on Food Safety Act leads to limbo

By Gord Gilmour November 28, 2019

On June 11, 2009 Gary Doer was contemplating his pending exit from provincial politics, Barack Obama had less than six months under his belt as president of the United States and Stephen Harper was still nearly two years away from receiving his first majority mandate. In popular culture, Jason Aldean’s “Big Green Tractor” was burning

Plenty CEO and co-founder Matt Barnard (right) says his company is now competitive with organic  competitors but critics say vertical farms are simply too expensive to run.

Farmit Manitoba, News, Other

Are vertical farms ready for prime time?

Indoor farm companies say they're scaling up, but many question their business model

By Jane Lanhee Lee August 27, 2019

INNOVATION Indoor farm companies say they’re scaling up,  but many question their business model

Reuters — Leafy salad greens grown under banks of LED lights, with mist or drips of water are having their day in the sun. Several top U.S. indoor farms say they are boosting production to a level where they can now supply hundreds of grocery stores. Plenty, Bowery, Aerofarms and 80 Acres Farms are among young companies that see a future

Food processing has made significant contributions to society’s food systems, one being that our desired foods are available year round.

Farmit Manitoba, Opinion, Other

Opinion: In defence of ‘ultra-processed’ foods

There’s more than a whiff of classism, and even sexism, in smug criticism of this maligned food type

By Sylvain Charlebois August 19, 2019

Ultra-processed foods, a term coined by a Brazilian pediatrician many years ago, have been targeted as a menace to society for quite some time. Few have dared to counter the argument and this massive movement has clearly influenced policies around the world. However, the socio-economic implications of discouraging consumers to interact with these products have

Government, college staff and companies like Maple Leaf Foods were in attendance as the province announced $300,000 for Assiniboine Community College’s new animal protein-processing training centre April 26.

Livestock, Local news

Making the cut at ACC

The college’s new animal-processing centre will train students for the meat sector, ACC says

By Alexis Stockford May 7, 2019

There’s about to be a new stream of locally trained labour for the province’s meat sector. Brandon’s Assiniboine Community College (ACC) is preparing for the first crop of students at its new animal protein-processing training centre. The college is expecting about 40 graduates annually out of the centre’s first program. The 11-month class will greet

KAP general manager is leaving the general farm organization to pursue a venture in food processing.

Local news, News, Other

KAP seeking new general manager

James Battershill is pursuing a venture in food processing

By Allan Dawson November 23, 2018

Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP) is looking for a new general manager. James Battershill is leaving the position at year’s end to pursue a venture in food processing, KAP president Bill Campbell told KAP’s advisory council here Nov. 12. “I did give the (KAP) board some assurance that I would stick around long enough to make

Comment, Other

Comment: Expect the unexpected in push to build plant protein sector

Demand will rise, but new pulse supercluster will have to be nimble to seize opportunity

By Laura Rance-Unger October 29, 2018

Pardon the pun, but the agricultural industry’s pulse was palpably high in the downtown hotel ballroom earlier this month as 300 leaders gathered to officially launch the Protein Industries Canada supercluster. The ‘Thought Leaders Summit’ was designed to get stakeholders in the plant-based protein value chain singing from the same song sheet, albeit in four-part

Country Crossroads, Other

The Open Kitchen

Manitoba’s only privately owned, rural state-of-the-art processing facility supports new food entrepreneurs

By Lorraine Stevenson March 21, 2018

Peter Fehr was looking to expand his sauce-making company when he discovered The Open Kitchen last spring. Now the gourmet chef and entrepreneur attributes the growth spurt of his business Gourmet Inspirations to having come here to bottle his product. “It’s been a valuable stepping stone in growing my business,” said Fehr whose finishing and

Crops

Cargill expands food starch line-up in ‘clean label’ push

By Chris Prentice, GFM Network News October 10, 2017

New York | Reuters — Global commodities trader Cargill said on Tuesday it will increase its offerings of starch product options, seeking to capture rising demand for simpler ingredients and to meet changing consumer tastes. The Minneapolis-based agribusiness will now sell new “native starches” produced from plants such as corn and wheat, as an alternative

Laura Telford, provincial organic specialist in Manitoba is doing an in-depth study of the organic processing sector in Canada.

Local news

Organic processing sector study underway

When complete in 2018 it will be a first-ever in-depth analysis of Canada’s key players, innovations and challenges

By Lorraine Stevenson September 22, 2017

The organic food-processing sector is on solid ground in Canada, according to a broad-based report showing most firms experiencing year-over-year growth in excess of 10 per cent. But that growth continues to create its own set of challenges, most significantly an ongoing shortage of raw ingredient supply. Sourcing ingredients remains this sector’s key challenge, says

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog futures rise on first WASDE since September

U.S. export sales include only small soybean business to China

U.S. corn and soybean yields revised down by USDA

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