Pulse Industry Releases Vision Document

Finding growth areas in the health sector and capitalizing on increasing concern for the environment are among the five key elements contained in a new vision and strategy document recently released by the Canadian pulse industry. Other elements include building on core strengths such as breeding and agronomy, reducing access barriers and serving existing markets.

Encourage Traditional Diets, Symposium Urged

It’s good to promote health benefits and create new food products with pulses, but don’t forget the traditional ways beans and other pulses have been eaten in culture, an American professor of nutrition told the second annual Pulse Health and Food Symposium. Donna Winham, a professor in the department of nutrition at Arizona State University,


Industry Leader Looks Back On 30 Years Of Bean Industry Growth

“It’s a great feeling.” – JACK FROESE, MPGA It’s the colour that keeps Jack Froese in the business of growing pulse crops. Just as golden kernels give delight to a corn grower, so the sight of bright-red, white, brown and black beans flowing into a combine hopper inspires Froese. “It’s a great feeling,” he says.

Two Moms Launch Healthy Pea Snack

“We know that pulses are a very, very healthy food.” – MARGARET HUGHES, CO-OWNER AND SALES MANAGER WI TH BEST COOKING PULSES When the French voyageurs made their arduous journeys across this country’s lakes and rivers, they relied on dried, yellow peas to keep them paddling 14 hours a day. The thick, hearty pea soup


Pass The Pulses, Not The Gas

Beans, beans the magical fruit… That schoolyard chant has a ring of truth to it. The scientists call it “the perceived negative consequences of fitting pulses into the diet.” True, lots of beans or any other pulse eaten in one go will very likely have unpleasant after-effects, researchers say. But eaten in moderation, pulses don’t

Chef touts taste, versatility of pulses

As Canada’s food culture matures and concerns about sustainability in the food system intensify, more will discover the infinite possibilities of cooking with pulses, says a renowned Canadian celebrity chef. Jamie Kennedy’s restaurant at the Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art in Toronto was the setting last week for an inspired sampling and sharing of exquisitely


Pulse Canada says trade mission to India fruitful

The pulse trade in Canada is hailing the discussions and agreement on key trade issues between Canadian Agriculture’s Minister Gerry Ritz and India’s Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar as significant progress to safeguard and expand pulse trade between Canada and India. “This has been the first mission to India where ministers have agreed on the action

Pulse Canada releases video showcasing research

Research always produces a pile of reports and other paper documents. Three years of it at Pulse Canada was no exception. But instead of producing another thick document, as the final report of its Pulse Innovation Project, the national organization has found a novel new way to share their findings: an upbeat, 10-minute video. The