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‘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

A Whole Foods store in Omaha. (WholeFoodsMarket.com)

Crops, Reuters

Amazon moves into real-world stores with Whole Foods deal

By Jeffrey Dastin, Lauren Hirsch, GFM Network News June 16, 2017

Reuters — Amazon.com said Friday it would buy grocer Whole Foods Market for US$13.7 billion in a move that gives the online retailer a physical network of stores to distribute fresh food and other goods to millennials and wealthy consumers. Amazon, which is known for squeezing suppliers and has been experimenting with its own outlets, […] Read more

Crops, Livestock

OPR threatened, organic industry officials say

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff April 24, 2017

The organic industry is mounting a protest against pending changes for its Organic Products Regulation (OPR) that it says has potential to “undo the entire Canadian organic supply chain.” In 2012, the passage of the Safe Foods for Canadians Act resulted in a number of regulations, including the OPR, being combined into a single document […] Read more

Crops, Dairy Cattle, Reuters

Danone wins antitrust approval to buy WhiteWave

By diane-bartz April 3, 2017

Washington | Reuters — French food group Danone has won U.S. antitrust approval to buy U.S. organic food producer WhiteWave Foods, the Justice Department said on Monday. To win approval for the US$10.4 billion deal, Danone agreed to sell its leading U.S. organic yogurt business Stonyfield Farms, the department said. Danone did not immediately reply […] Read more

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Study finds organic’s sustainability ‘context-dependent’

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff March 11, 2017

When weighed for sustainability, the purported benefits and costs of organic agriculture can actually “vary heavily” from case to case, a new University of British Columbia study finds. The UBC study, titled “Many shades of gray: The context-dependent performance of organic agriculture,” published Friday in the U.S. journal Science Advances, sets out to “systematically review […] Read more

Cereals, Crops

Canada Bread buys into organic craft bread market

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff March 7, 2017

A Toronto baking firm that grows and contracts its own organic grains in eastern Ontario is going to be an entry point in the craft bread market for Canada Bread. Canada Bread, the Canadian arm of Mexican baking giant Grupo Bimbo, announced Monday it had completed its deal to buy Stonemill Bakehouse Ltd. for an […] Read more

Organic B.C. blueberries. (Falconglen.ca)

Crops

Incentives urged to match organic supply to demand

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff March 2, 2017

Canadian governments will need to come up with incentives for farmers going organic if they want domestic supply to keep up with domestic demand, a national organic sector group warns. The Canada Organic Trade Association on Wednesday released data showing 5,053 certified organic operations in Canada, accounting for 2.43 million acres of land, at the […] Read more

Crops

B.C. foods to require certification for organic claims

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff December 9, 2016

Agrifood producers in British Columbia who promote their wares using the word “organic” will soon have to show certification to back up the claim. The province on Thursday announced new regulations under its Food and Agricultural Products Classification Act that will allow for the term to be used “only if and when specific certification standards […] Read more

Crops, Grapes

Switzerland to recognize Canada’s organic wine, processed foods

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff September 29, 2016

Canada and Switzerland have reached a deal to recognize each other’s organic certifications on wine and “multi-ingredient” foods. The two countries on Thursday announced expansions of their previous organic arrangement, which deems their respective certification systems to be equivalent for organic ag commodities and agrifood products. The amended deal takes effect Saturday (Oct. 1). The […] Read more

Frank Moscone, who founded All Seasons Mushrooms in 1997, is selling the B.C. company to Highline Produce for an undisclosed sum. (AllSeasonsMushrooms.com)

Crops

Top Canadian mushroom grower buys westward expansion

By Dave Bedard September 8, 2016

Canada’s biggest producer of mushrooms has expanded its reach into Western Canada with the purchase of one of the region’s biggest producers. Highline Produce announced Thursday it has bought Langley, B.C.-based organic mushroom producer All Seasons Mushrooms. According to Irish tropical fruit marketing giant Fyffes, which has owned Highline since April, it will pay $59.1 […] Read more

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

Amazon moves into real-world stores with Whole Foods deal

OPR threatened, organic industry officials say

Danone wins antitrust approval to buy WhiteWave

Study finds organic’s sustainability ‘context-dependent’

Canada Bread buys into organic craft bread market

Incentives urged to match organic supply to demand

B.C. foods to require certification for organic claims

Switzerland to recognize Canada’s organic wine, processed foods

Top Canadian mushroom grower buys westward expansion

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