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Cereals, Fruit/Vegetables, Pulses, Reuters

SunOpta pressured by shareholders after sluggish sales

By John Tilak, Lauren Hirsch July 25, 2016

Reuters – Canadian organic food company SunOpta Inc, already under pressure from U.S. hedge fund Tourbillon Capital Partners LP, is being prodded by a second activist shareholder to explore the sale of all or part of the company, according to sources familiar with the matter. Canadian hedge fund West Face Capital, which pushed SNC-Lavalin to sell […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

Danone to buy U.S. organic foods group WhiteWave

By Dominique Vidalon, Michel Rose July 8, 2016

Paris | Reuters — France’s Danone said on Thursday it would double the size of its U.S. business by buying organic foods producer WhiteWave Foods in a deal worth US$12.5 billion, including some $2.1 billion of debt and “other” liabilities. The purchase will help the French company to pursue affluent consumers by adding WhiteWave’s popular […] Read more

Canadian wines certified as organic in Canada can now be exported to the EU without another layer of certification. (Southbrook.com)

Crops, Grapes

Wine, foreign content now covered in organic pact with EU

By Canadian Cattlemen Staff April 7, 2016

The deal that clears Canadian-certified organic food for sale as organic in the European Union is now expanded to cover Canadian-processed products with some imported ingredients — and to include organic wine. Canada’s Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay and EU Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan on Thursday confirmed the expansion of scope for the EU-Canada Organic Equivalence […] Read more

A McDonald’s restaurant in Toronto. (McDonalds.ca)

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

McDonald’s to offer first-ever organic burger, in Germany

By Lisa Baertlein September 25, 2015

Reuters — McDonald’s will offer its first-ever 100 per cent organic beef hamburger for a limited time in Germany, as a growing number of global diners demand food that is more natural and less processed. From Oct. 1 to Nov. 18 McDonald’s will offer “McB” burgers, made with organic beef sourced from organic farms in […] Read more

Prairie wheat bids fall with U.S. futures

British company Antler Bio brings epigenetics to dairy farms

Canada eyes Mercosur trade pact to reduce U.S. reliance, minister says

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Prairie wheat bids fall with U.S. futures

British company Antler Bio brings epigenetics to dairy farms

Canada eyes Mercosur trade pact to reduce U.S. reliance, minister says

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SunOpta pressured by shareholders after sluggish sales

Danone to buy U.S. organic foods group WhiteWave

Wine, foreign content now covered in organic pact with EU

McDonald’s to offer first-ever organic burger, in Germany

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