In Canada’s Northern communities, the general public is looking more to indoor growing for produce. Harvesting crops year-round has never been easy in Canada’s North. Communities face subarctic climates, defined…
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As the culture of acceptance continues to shift, there is a growing number of once silent queer folks putting down roots in Canada’s vital agriculture sector. From growing up…
As International Women’s Day celebrations take place worldwide, celebrating a more gender-balanced agriculture sector in Canada deserves centre stage Nationally, women in farming are under-recognized for their contributions to…
Initially, the pandemic forced a quick rollout of emergency programs and temporary policy changes to support the agriculture industry. Now almost a year later, the focus is on actions and…
At the onset of the pandemic, COVID-19 outbreaks at industrial farms and meat processing plants exposed weak links in Canada’s food supply chain. Consumers stocked their freezers full of provisions,...
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How do we provide a healthy and sustainable food supply to an ever-growing world population? According to some scientists and innovators, cellular agriculture is one solution and Canada is in…
COVID-19 has impacted the 60,000 Canadian families that raise beef. Outbreaks in meat processing plants, rising production costs and difficulty getting beef to market may result in some Canadian ranchers…
If you were to close your eyes and imagine a farmer, who do you see? For many, the typical Canadian farmer would most likely be a man. And yet, women…
The Canadian agriculture sector has proven to be highly resilient under the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Canada supports a stable food production system despite the initial concerns related to panic buying….
As farmers in Ontario gear up for a long dark winter, eight months into a global pandemic that has devastated livelihoods, we might assume that spirits are low, but a…
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It’s a privilege to join with our partners as a lead investor in the Indigenous Growth Fund.
This investment is part of our commitment to helping Indigenous entrepreneurs and communities grow and thrive in Canada’s agriculture and food industry.
https://www.bdc.ca/en/about/mediaroom/news-releases/indigenous-growth-fund-raises-150m-first-round-support-indigenous-entrepreneurs-canada
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