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Manitoba’s Liquor, Gaming and Cannabis Authority (LGCA) ran billboards such as this one in Winnipeg in 2019 to educate the public ahead of edibles’ entry to the recreational market. (Dave Bedard photo)
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U.S. FDA reported weighing CBD regulation in food, supplements

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Reuters — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is planning to make recommendations on how to regulate the use of popular cannabis compound CBD in food and supplements, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, citing agency officials. After weighing the evidence on the compound’s safety, the FDA will decide within months how to
so called ugly vegetables
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Nothing for the bin

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

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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
Winnipeg’s Natural Bakery is one of the many corporate donors to Harvest Manitoba.
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Farmers help fight off hunger this holiday season

Food banks and aid charities are facing serious spikes in demand and Manitoba farmers are pitching in

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Tis the season when feasts usually weigh down the tables, but this year a much greater number of cupboards in Manitoba are bare. Food bank use has never been higher in the province, according to Harvest Manitoba CEO Vince Barletta. The Winnipeg-based charity supports about 360 rural and urban food banks. Barletta said those food
Edible mealworms in a wooden spoon
Livestock

French insect-based ingredients maker Ynsect to expand in North America

U.S. plant would use Ardent Mills' flour milling byproducts

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Paris | Reuters — French company Ynsect said on Tuesday it had signed deals to build insect ingredient production sites in the United States and in Mexico as the firm kicks off what it says will be the world’s largest insect farm. Ynsect breeds mealworms that produce proteins for aquaculture, livestock, pet food, fertilizers and
Around 20 per cent of Mexico’s corn imports from the U.S. are white corn, used to make food products such as tortillas. (Bhofack2/iStock/Getty Images)
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Mexico to rework decree on GM corn, economy minister says

GM corn, glyphosate bans now due to take effect in 2024

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Mexico City | Reuters — Mexico has offered to extend a deadline to ban genetically modified (GM) corn until 2025 and is working on a proposal to overhaul its plan, Economy Minister Raquel Buenrostro said on Wednesday. Buenrostro said President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador had told the U.S. Mexico could delay the contentious GM corn
The most-recent lettuce shortage has seen restaurant operators being charged four times the usual price for what’s available. Most don’t bother.
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Comment: Lettuce romaine calm

The great lettuce shortage is revealing the fragility of our food web

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Many consumers have noticed that Canada has run out of lettuce – well, some lettuce – mainly from California. Crops were destroyed by a drought and a nasty virus, according to some reports. This is the time of year when we import plenty of leafy greens, since our farmers can’t compete on such a scale.
Cost of living and economic issues have unseated climate change as a top concern.
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Cost of food ‘key preoccupation’ in public trust survey

Farmers remain most trusted in the Canadian food system, politicians least trusted

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The cost and availability of food and other pocketbook topics are the top issues keeping Canadians up at night, according to new data from the Canadian Centre for Food Integrity. Cost is also the top issue driving distrust in the food system. The centre provided highlights of its 2022 public trust survey in a Nov.
After learning conservation agriculture techniques, Ethiopian farmer Asnakech Zema saw her corn yields increase more than tenfold.
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Foodgrains bank noted for impact of efforts

Organization named among most effective charities for fifth consecutive year

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The Canadian Foodgrains Bank is celebrating its fifth consecutive year as one of Canada’s top 10 impact charities. The designation comes as part of Charity Intelligence’s annual effort to rate charities for their efficacy. The independent third party looks at donor reporting, financial transparency, funding need, how much of the donations are used directly for
The Cultured Meat Revolution: By the end of the decade these products could be as cheap as traditional meat.
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The high-tech future of meat is just around the corner

A key regulatory milestone has been cleared and economic parity with conventional production could be just seven years away

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Meat producers are paying attention now that a cultured meat company has passed a key regulatory hurdle. Upside Foods became the first company to receive a “no questions” letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Despite some headlines, it has not received approval for any products but the FDA said it has no qualms

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