FOOD + Beverage

Why eco-labelling is so difficult during the COVID-19 pandemic

We’ve all, at some point, bought an eco-labelled product. The eco-labels we come to trust are often ones backed by credible audits that involve in-person inspections of production facilities to check that environmental and ethical claims are real.... Read More...

Wild Harvest Initiative to Evaluate Benefits of Wild Harvested Food

An example of how we might create a supply chain infrastructure around sustainable hunting practices in Canada. The Alaska Wild Sheep Foundation has partnered with Conservation Visions' Wild Harvest Initiative to determine the comprehensive benefits of sustainable recreational wildlife and fish harvests in Alaska and the entire United States. ... Read More...

Government of Canada launches Food Waste Reduction Challenge

According to estimates, more than half of Canada's food supply is wasted annually and $49.5 billion of that wasted food is avoidable. Food is wasted from farm to plate, through production, processing, distribution, retail, food-service and at home.... Read More...

Confidence in Canada’s Food System at an All-Time High

According to new research from the Canadian Centre for Food Integrity (CCFI), Canadians are optimistic about their food supply, even as Canada's food system faces exceptional pressure and public scrutiny due to the global pandemic of COVID-19 in 2020. ... Read More...

Nespresso’s Green Bag Solution Is Now Available in Saskatoon

Nespresso Canada announces the launch of its aluminum capsule recycling program with its Green Bag solution in Saskatoon. ... Read More...

New cutlery will eliminate 40 million pieces of plastic cutlery annually

KFC Canada is testing compostable cutlery made of bamboo and sugar cane. Once the piece of cutlery is introduced permanently across Canada, KFC will eliminate 40 million pieces of plastic waste from its operations.... Read More...

Working from home is working for some—and forcing others to close their doors permanently

As nearly 40 per cent of Canada’s workforce moves from in-office to remote work, the impact on members of the foodservice and hospitality industries has been severe—and diverse. ... Read More...

More than 90 Labatt brands receive Ontario Made designation

The Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters (CME) in partnership with the Government of Ontario issue designation to 96 Labatt brands, from Budweiser and Labatt ... Read More...

25 Years of Sustainability: Raincoast Trading Products now MSC Certified

All Raincoast Trading (Raincoast) canned salmon and tuna products are now MSC (Marine Stewardship Council) certified and eco-labelled.... Read More...

Catapulting First Nations into a leading global position in the seafood industry

Clearwater Seafoods Incorporated has announced they have entered into a definitive arrangement agreement with FNC Holdings Limited Partnership representing a coalition of Mi'kmaq First Nations and Premium Brands Holdings Corporation. ... Read More...

Nova Scotia lobster dispute: Mi’kmaw fishery isn’t a threat to conservation, say scientists

In mid-September, the Sipekne'katik First Nation launched a moderate livelihood lobster fishery along the coast of southwestern Nova Scotia... As a researcher with expertise in fisheries science, fisheries economics and marine policy, I see no evidence the fishery will harm lobster stocks. Conservation is not at the heart of the ongoing dispute.... Read More...

Food marketers, are you listening to us?

The pandemic has affected us in many ways this year, whether mentally, financially, physically, or all of the aforementioned… it has been a lot to face—for ever... Read More...

MAGAZINE

How a movement has kept Canadian restaurants united and afloat in a raging sea

Coffee: the carbon cost of your daily cup, and how to make it climate-friendly

PERMANENT SELF-SANITATION SOLUTION FOR HIGH-TOUCH SURFACES