Products: On Our Radar

Greenlid, truly compostable products

Diego PizarroMay 26, 2021

Greenlid offers full-service solutions to restaurants or retail, as well as custom products, including truly compostable and sustainable products foodservice items, molded fibre trays and containers. ... Read More...

Canada’s First Compostable and Microwavable Plant-based Packaging

SUSTAIN EditorialMay 11, 2021

good natured Products Inc., a North American leader in earth-friendly plant-based products, is pleased to launch Canada's first innovative assortment of compostable Microwavable To-Go Containers.... Read More...

Aramark Canada announces new sustainability plan

SUSTAIN EditorialMay 11, 2021

Aramark Canada, a leading provider of food and facilities services, announced the launch of a new sustainability plan Be Well. Do Well., focused on positively impacting people and the planet. ... Read More...

Flora™ Plant-Based Bricks Launch in Canada

SUSTAIN EditorialApril 28, 2021

Flora Plant-Based Bricks are a vegan, dairy-free, gluten-free, and non-GMO plant-based butter alternative; and a tasty way to eat plant-based while being a more environmentally-responsible choice for consumers.... Read More...

World’s First Vegan Fast-Food Company to Go Public

SUSTAIN EditorialApril 28, 2021

Globally Local Technologies Inc. one of the world's first vegan fast-food chains, announced it would begin publicly trading on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol GBLY on April 16, 2021.... Read More...

Local Restaurant Development Program in Vancouver, Pledging $125K to Help Area Businesses Expand

SUSTAIN EditorialApril 28, 2021

REEF Technology has earmarked $1.25M CAD in grant money to support qualifying local restaurants across North America over the course of the next few weeks and months. Restaurants with fewer than three locations qualify to apply for the program.... Read More...

Tero, a green revolution on every countertop

SUSTAIN EditorialApril 28, 2021

Entirely designed and manufactured in Canada, the Tero device transforms food waste into a natural fertilizer for plants, gardens and lawns in just a few hours. ... Read More...

Life Cycle Assessment of New Wheat Straw Based Pulp

SUSTAIN EditorialApril 11, 2021

Red Leaf Pulp is developing the first non-wood pulp mill in Canada, producing a unique unbleached product demanded by the US$250 Billion paper and packaging market. With the lowest carbon footprint of any pulp in the world, virgin or recycled.... Read More...

McCormick Canada Expansion at its London Manufacturing Facility

SUSTAIN EditorialApril 11, 2021

McCormick Canada announces that it is deepening its local roots by transitioning the blending, bottling and packaging of French's Ketchup from a third-party Canadian supplier to in-house production in London, with full production ramping up. ... Read More...

Tea for Good, evidence-based wellness teas blended with Canadian ingredients

SUSTAIN EditorialApril 11, 2021

Toronto-based premium tea company Pluck Tea has launched Tea for Good–a delicious wellness tea collection with evidence-based studies as a starting point, and... Read More...

University Research Confirms Greenhouse Gas Reductions using HydroGreen’s Hydroponic Fodder System

SUSTAIN EditorialMarch 24, 2021

HydroGreen's technology has great potential for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the animal agriculture industry. It warns of the imminent pressures on our food systems through demand for consumption of animal products, which are becoming more apparent as our global population increases, with estimates suggesting a global population of almost 10 billion by 2050.... Read More...

Managing on-farm plastic waste and growing the bioeconomy

SUSTAIN EditorialMarch 24, 2021

The Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, the Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau, has announced funding of more than $4.5 million for five new projects that will improve plastic waste management and on-farm sustainability, and advance bioplastics research.... Read More...

Food + Beverage

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Issues & Advocacy

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Business

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Canada’s disappearing ‘average farmer’ means one-size-fits-all policies no longer work

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People

From storm to groundswell, the journey of biodynamic agriculture

6 sustainability ideas that have gone mainstream in Canada: FCM

Globally Local Technologies Rebrands as Odd Burger Corporation

Greenlid, truly compostable products

Canada’s First Compostable and Microwavable Plant-based Packaging

Aramark Canada announces new sustainability plan

Flora™ Plant-Based Bricks Launch in Canada

World’s First Vegan Fast-Food Company to Go Public

Local Restaurant Development Program in Vancouver, Pledging $125K to Help Area Businesses Expand

Tero, a green revolution on every countertop

Life Cycle Assessment of New Wheat Straw Based Pulp

McCormick Canada Expansion at its London Manufacturing Facility

Tea for Good, evidence-based wellness teas blended with Canadian ingredients

University Research Confirms Greenhouse Gas Reductions using HydroGreen’s Hydroponic Fodder System

Managing on-farm plastic waste and growing the bioeconomy