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Leader-Post
Health Canada has recently released the set of principles it intends to adhere to for our next food guide. Health Canada's message signals a complete revamp of our colourful rainbow of food groups. For example, it appears that a plant-based diet will be strongly encouraged. We might even see a focus on more plant-based proteins like beans, lentils, nuts and tofu. This would represent a significant departure from what we have seen in our food guide since its establishment in the 1940s. Health Canada is also suggesting even more significant changes, making many traditional sectors in agriculture quite anxious.
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Financial Post
A 2013 Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations document suggested eating bugs — crickets, mealworms and black soldier fly larvae — could fill the world's growing number of rumbling bellies without taxing an already strained environment.
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St. Catharines Standard
It's called the V12B445 but it will have a more palatable name by the time it hits store shelves in 2019. The new sweet potato at Vineland Research and Innovation Centre is the result of years of work to develop a better option for Canadian farmers that's also embraced by eaters.
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Globe and Mail
The first time Matthew Bragg tried to sell Atlantic Canada wild blueberries in China, he sent 1.5-kilogram bags, a club-sized pack that fruit sellers are fond of. "It's a bigger-volume sale," he said. It didn't work.
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Food Dive
Children can be easily swayed and are quick to want — or demand — products that they see in commercials, which is why advertisers spend more than $12 billion per year to reach the youth market. According to statistics from Nielsen, children see more than 16,000 commercials each year. Many analysts believe advertising contributes to a host of negative traits, ranging from childhood obesity to poor impulse control to precocious sexuality. Meanwhile, proponents of marketing to children point out that it can be a strong tool to teach children critical analysis.
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Financial Post
Loblaw's business is being challenged by rising competition, the lingering effects of food deflation, minimum wage hikes and drug reform, but none of the threats seemed to loom as large in the grocery company's second-quarter conference call as the potential impact of Amazon's acquisition of Whole Foods on the industry. For Jarrod Goldin, a report about edible insects four years ago had the perspective-altering impact equivalent to Neil Armstrong first setting foot on the moon.
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CTV News
The federal government says a proposal to produce the world's first genetically modified salmon for human consumption in P.E.I. will face environmental assessment. In a letter to a group of environmental lobby groups, Environment Minister Catherine McKenna says any plan by AquaBounty Technologies to grow its AquAdvantage salmon at Rollo Bay, P.E.I., would be subject to strict requirements.
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CBC News
For Steve Zinger and Rob Bianchin, the name Blendtek Fine Ingredients captures the essence of what the business does and how it operates. Zinger, 32, a graduate of Conestoga College, has experience in the food ingredients industry, while Bianchin, 30, a Wilfrid Laurier University graduate, worked with a tech company before joining Blendtek.
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Western Producer
The steady stream of Canadian cabinet ministers flowing south to the United States shows no signs of slowing. Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay is the latest to make the journey with a trip to Oregon and Idaho, which included stops in Portland, Sun Valley and Boise.
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CTV News
Local Roots Farms, a California based company, has created a sustainable farm inside a 12-metre shipping container. The company's CEO, Eric Ellestad, told CTV's Your Morning that he hopes such indoor farms will "improve global health by building better food systems."
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Globe and Mail via The Canadian Press
Agriculture ministers signed a $3-billion partnership with Ottawa aimed at strengthening the industry and developing new markets as federal officials prepare for looming trade talks with the United States. Federal Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay said the Canadian Agricultural Partnership is intended to help the $100-billion sector come up with innovations to boost productivity, develop new trading partners and mitigate environmental issues.
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