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Manitoba Milling Co.’s flax beverage.
Farmit Manitoba

Manitoba sisters follow parents’ pioneering ways to innovative plant ‘milk’

Since the 1980s and ‘90s, the Pizzeys have believed flax is much more than an industrial oilseed

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Three sisters from Russell are forging a new path with a plant-based ‘milk’ they say is packed with benefits. “It’s not only a dairy-free option. Flax seed is full of other nutritious properties,” said Mary Ekman, CEO of Manitoba Milling Company. The company is the retail arm of flax processor Pizzey Ingredients. The three Pizzey
File photo of a Conagra production facility at Oakdale, Calif., about 150 km east of San Francisco, on Dec, 18, 2015. (Photo: Reuters/Fred Greaves)
Markets

Conagra tops profit, sales estimates even as consumers turn thrifty

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Reuters — Conagra Brands beat quarterly sales and profit estimates on Thursday, boosted by higher prices for its Marie Callender’s and Slim Jim brands even as consumer demand wanes under the weight of decades-high inflation. Global food companies have been increasing prices over the past year to shield profit margins, which have been squeezed by
Attendees of the Discover the Farm event crushing canola to create oil.
News

Farm and Food Awareness week events raise profile of Manitoba agriculture sector

Discover the Farm beat attendance expectations and AITC-Manitoba officially launched its new virtual knowledge hub

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Visitors to the unofficial kickoff party for Food and Farm Awareness Week were greeted with warm skies and above-seasonal temperatures Sept. 18. The Discover the Farm event at the Bruce D. Campbell Farm and Food Discovery Centre took place one day before the week’s official launch and it lived up to its name. “It was a phenomenal day,
Guest Editorial: Strike while the iron’s hot 
Editorial, Op/Ed

Guest Editorial: Strike while the iron’s hot 

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There’s a stereotype that everyone, at some point, realizes they’ve become their parent. For me this year, as I pulled out the old canning skills to help beat back the grocery bill, it was more like temporarily becoming one of my grandparents.  It makes sense since, much more like grandma’s day than in the last
The latest recommendations are based on improved science, but one can only assume Canadians won’t take them seriously.
Comment, Op/Ed

Comment: Is Canada drinking too much?

Group that issued recent call for reductions is a lobby organization first and foremost

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It looks like Canadians are drinking way too much alcohol. According to a recent report from the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA), which includes the assessment of more than 5,000 different past studies on alcohol consumption from around the world, our country’s alcohol drinking guidelines need to be significantly reduced. The report
“If we want certain outcomes to change in the food system, we have to make sure that the incentives and programs are designed to make that transition possible so that we don’t just have a winner- take-all scenario.” – Michael Mikulak, Food and Beverage Manitoba.
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Industry ponders stalled grocery code

Canada’s Grocery Code of Conduct is overdue, and local industry is skeptical about its progress

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The organization representing food and beverage companies in the province says it is not confident that a national grocery code of conduct will meet its deadline this November. Michael Mikulak, executive director of Food and Beverage Manitoba, said the code has already missed two deadlines since development started in summer 2021. “What sort of bubbled
Egypt to require wheat suppliers to register in new exchange
Markets, News

Egypt to require wheat suppliers to register in new exchange

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Egypt’s state grains buyer will require wheat suppliers to register with the country’s commodities exchange before November, according to a document seen by Reuters. The General Authority for Supply Commodities (GASC) added in a letter sent to traders that it will not buy from unregistered suppliers from the start of November onward. Traders contacted by
Internally displaced Ethiopians queue to receive food aid in the Higlo camp for people displaced by drought, at the town of Gode in Ethiopia’s Somali region on April 26, 2022. (Photo: Reuters/Tiksa Negeri)
Crops, Weather

Nearly a million people face starvation in hunger hotspots, U.N. agencies report

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London | Reuters — Nearly one million people in Afghanistan, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Somalia and Yemen are starving or will face starvation this year in the absence of aid, as the global food crisis worsens, United Nations agencies warned on Wednesday. Local conflict and weather extremes remain the primary drivers of acute hunger, aggravated this
Unlike synthetic meat, which can struggle to match the complexity and texture of animal meat, synthetic milk is touted as having the same taste, look and feel as normal dairy milk.
Comment, Op/Ed

Comment: Synthetic milk not like the udders

‘Synthetic milk’ made without cows may be coming to supermarket shelves near you

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The global dairy industry is changing and among the disruptions is competition from alternatives not produced using animals, including potential challenges posed by synthetic milk. Synthetic milk is produced without animals. It can have the same biochemical makeup as animal milk, but is grown using an emerging biotechnology technique known as “precision fermentation” that produces
In volume, beer sales are 8.3 per cent below pre-pandemic levels and have dropped for a variety of reasons.
Comment, Op/Ed

Comment: Canadian brewers having a hard time staying afloat

The industry hoped for a post-COVID bounce, but instead sales continue to sag

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With recent reports that people are out enjoying the weather, we could assume that everything is back to normal after the pandemic. But that’s not entirely true, especially for the beer industry. Total beer sales have dropped 7.3 per cent from last year, according to Beer Canada. Total beer sales are up in Newfoundland and

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