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Chef Jonathan Collins cuts up a pork leg, foot included, to prepare ginger and black vinegar hog trotters in a video for Canada Pork International. (Video screengrab from CanadaPork.com)

Fruit/Vegetables, Hogs, Livestock, Reuters

Mexico considers pork in response to NAFTA produce proposal

By David Alire Garcia September 15, 2017

Mexico City | Reuters — Mexican negotiators are working on a response to informal U.S. proposals to include protections for fresh produce in the re-negotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), two people briefed on the proposals said. U.S., Canadian and Mexican delegations finished a second round of talks last week to renegotiate […] Read more

Crops, Fruit/Vegetables, Markets, Reuters

U.S. retail, dining, ag sectors rip NAFTA produce proposal

By Ginger Gibson August 31, 2017

Washington | Reuters — U.S. retail, restaurant and agriculture groups have weighed in against proposals regarding fresh produce put forward by U.S. negotiators as part of an effort to renegotiate NAFTA, according to letters sent to U.S. officials. Talks to overhaul the North American Free Trade Agreement resume this weekend in Mexico, the second round […] Read more

Crops, Fruit/Vegetables

‘Natural’ food firm to buy cold-pressed juice maker

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff August 19, 2017

The owner of Life Choices Natural Foods and Rolling Meadow Dairy is set to expand its share of the Canadian juice market with a deal for the Toronto maker of Cedar organic and cold-pressed juices. GreenSpace Brands announced Thursday it has signed a cash-and-stock deal by buy the Cold Press Corp. for between $5.385 million […] Read more

Veggie burgers are gaining more favour with food consumers. Photo: Thinkstock

Fruit/Vegetables, Pulses, Reuters

Plant-based meats whet U.S. summer grilling appetites

By Theopolis Waters August 4, 2017

Chicago/Reuters – Burgers made from plants instead of animals are capturing more space on U.S. barbecue grills this summer, fueling sales in the niche products that could reach $5 billion globally by 2020. Plant-based meat foods are now available that include beet juice for color and canola oil to simulate fat. These changes are not […] Read more

Lana Popham. (B.C. NDP via Flickr, license at Creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)

Crops, Grapes

B.C. NDP’s ag critic named ag minister

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff July 23, 2017

The agriculture critic for British Columbia’s opposition New Democrats will be the minister of agriculture as the party takes the governing reins. Lana Popham, the MLA for the Vancouver Island riding of Saanich South, was named Tuesday as ag minister in Premier John Horgan’s cabinet. Horgan took over as premier after Christy Clark’s Liberals, who […] Read more

Crops, Fruit/Vegetables, Reuters

Reckitt cuts the (French’s) mustard with food business sale

By Martinne Geller July 19, 2017

London | Reuters — U.S. spices maker McCormick and Co. Inc. has won the battle to buy Reckitt Benckiser Group’s North American food business, paying a higher than expected US$4.2 billion to add extra seasonings and sauces. London-listed Reckitt said in April it was reviewing options for the unit, which includes French’s mustard and Frank’s […] Read more

Crops, Fruit/Vegetables, Machinery

Toronto juice firm backed for ‘cold pasteurization’

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff July 10, 2017

A Toronto organic juice processor that bills itself as shunning conventional pasteurization for its products has picked up federal funding to develop a “new-to-Canada” way to extend their shelf life. The federal government on Friday announced a “repayable investment” of up to $6.3 million from the AgriInnovation program for Greenhouse Juice Co. to set up […] Read more

This trial near Beeton, Ont., was thought to have been lost, but timely drainage has saved it. (Photo courtesy Eugenia Banks, Ontario Potato Board)

Crops, Potatoes, Weather

Pearce: Heavy rains cause losses in Ontario potato fields

By Ralph Pearce June 27, 2017

After a month of good growing conditions and positive reports amid sporadic news on disease potential, word from one of Ontario’s potato-growing regions is that roughly 1,000 acres of potatoes have been lost due to flooding. Drenching rains in midwestern Ontario have left both commercial fields and variety plots ruined. Rainfall amounts from June 22 […] Read more

Crops, Fruit/Vegetables

Ontario redrafts vegetable grower organization governance

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff June 24, 2017

Ontario’s Farm Products Marketing Commission (OFPMC) is proposing a new governance structure for the Ontario Processing Vegetable Growers, which has been without a board of directors since March. The commission last week released proposed amendments to provincial Regulations 441 and 400, which would set up an eight-member OPVG board with an OFPMC-appointed chair. The amendments […] Read more

Southern Ontario wine grapes on the vine. (Dave Bedard photo)

Crops, Grapes

CFIA eyes replacing ‘Cellared in Canada’ claim for wine

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff June 2, 2017

Labels declaring blends of imported and domestic wine sold in Canada as “Cellared in Canada” could soon be on the way out in favour of more specific wording. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) on Thursday announced a round of consumer and stakeholder consultations, running until June 30, on a proposal for new wording on […] Read more

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Mexico considers pork in response to NAFTA produce proposal

U.S. retail, dining, ag sectors rip NAFTA produce proposal

‘Natural’ food firm to buy cold-pressed juice maker

Plant-based meats whet U.S. summer grilling appetites

B.C. NDP’s ag critic named ag minister

Reckitt cuts the (French’s) mustard with food business sale

Toronto juice firm backed for ‘cold pasteurization’

Pearce: Heavy rains cause losses in Ontario potato fields

Ontario redrafts vegetable grower organization governance

CFIA eyes replacing ‘Cellared in Canada’ claim for wine

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