Mike Buis says high land cost and lack of pasture prodded him to look for affordable alternative feed sources.

Film spotlights feedlot solution to food waste

Cattle industry documentary pitches rumination as great food waste upcycler

Glacier FarmMedia – Canada wastes about half the food it produces, but cattle can convert that waste into protein production. That’s the message in the latest documentary from the Canadian Cattle Association, which focuses on feedlots and their role in recycling food waste. Why it matters: Food waste takes up space in landfills and its

Oat starch for less food waste

Oat starch for less food waste

One researcher hopes a protective coating made of oat starch can be used to extend fruit and veggie shelf life

Glacier FarmMedia — Fruit and vegetables make up a lot of the food that Canadians throw away. Of all household food items that end up in the trash, vegetables represent 30 per cent of total food waste by weight, while fruits come in at 15 per cent, according to anti-food waste website LoveFoodHateWaste.ca. The site,


The microbes most commonly associated with food-borne illness, such as Listeria and salmonella, are going to be near impossible to pick up with a sniff test.

Comment: The sniff test is not reliable for food safety

While the nose can detect spoilage in things like milk, there is no olfactory hint for nasties like salmonella

I should know better, but I admit that I do it too. I’ve just pulled some sliced chicken out of the fridge to make some sandwiches. I notice the chicken is within its use-by date, but I’m still suspicious. Another member of the family has unlovingly ripped open the packaging and the slices have been

Comment: Canada can fix its milk dumping problem

Comment: Canada can fix its milk dumping problem

A recent viral video has given the nation’s dairy sector a public relations black eye

A video of an exasperated Canadian dairy farmer, Jerry Huigen, went viral last week. For probably the first time in Canadian history, a Canadian dairy farmer was filmed while discarding milk on his own farm. That video has now been viewed by almost 3 million people. It shocked many Canadians, who were wondering why this

so called ugly vegetables

Nothing for the bin

For Peak of the Market, food waste reduction and food security go hand in hand

Peak of the Market has no interest in feeding Canada’s food waste problem, especially when food insecurity is so high. Pamela Kolochuk, CEO of the vegetable marketer, said the company has an internal policy where no food goes in the garbage. Instead, Peak of the Market has developed a network of charitable avenues to use


With higher food prices, more than 40 per cent of Canadians are wasting less than they were a year ago, according to a recent study.

Opinion: Canada’s food affordability problem

Rising prices will surely continue to contribute to food insecurity

Did you know there is a global food security index? The well-known magazine The Economist has just published the 11th edition. The Global Food Security Index comprises a set of indices from more than 120 different countries. Since 2012, it has been based on four main pillars: food access, safety, sustainable development and food affordability.

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Agropur cheese plant workers take deal, halt strike

Milk not taken at Granby, Que. plant for over five weeks

Milk delivery to a major cheese plant in Eastern Canada is expected to resume soon as unionized employees at dairy co-operative Agropur’s facility at Granby, Que. end a five-and-a-half-week strike. The plant’s 250-odd workers, represented by the Syndicat des salaries de la fromagerie — an arm of Centrale des syndicats democratiques (CSD) — have voted

An idea to take food waste and turn it into a charcoal-like product aims to bolster soil carbon and divert it away from landfills.

Manitoba company locks funds for biochar development

Carbon Lock Technologies hopes to recycle carbon from food waste into farm fields

A local company’s plan to turn food waste into stable biocarbon, which can then be used as a soil additive, has earned them eight months of federal support. Carbon Lock Technologies was one of 18 companies, and the only Manitoba business, to be named a semi-finalist in the novel technologies stream of the federal government’s


VIDEO: Feedlot finding success feeding food waste

VIDEO: Feedlot finding success feeding food waste

Livestock can play a key role in ‘upcycling’ food waste but challenges remain, say researchers

A Winkler-area feedlot has found success cleaning up cull potatoes and will soon be adding ‘pea cream,’ a Roquette waste product, to its ration. “The economics of it just work out,” said Herman Peters, nutrition manager for Birkland Farms. “It’s been a good little trade for us.” Why it matters: Food waste can save producers

It is common now to see discounted food products displayed prominently in a busy section of the store.

Comment: Food rescuing going mainstream

Food buyers are more conscious of the cost of food waste than ever before

Many have claimed that the term food waste should never be used, and there is some truth to that. Food is a precious thing, and is always of value to someone, somewhere. Associating food with the term “waste” can only imply that food can become worthless. We can compost it, use it to produce biofuels,