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Deanna Kibap In Canada's Food Security, COVID-19 Effects

COVID-19 Creates Challenges for School Food Programs

With schools opening up after months of COVID-19 shutdowns and restrictions, school boards and administrators are facing many challenges including how best to safely provide students with important school food…

Deanna Kibap In Agri-Food Business, Canada's Food Security, Jobs on a Farm, Support for Canadian Farmers

From Cherries to Apples: Fruit Farms Struggle During the Pandemic

Cherries, strawberries, peaches, apricots, pears, and apples—it’s hard not to drool when you see fresh Canadian fruit arriving in stores or being sold from booths and trucks along the road….

Daniel Purcell In Agri-Food Business, Canada's Food Security, Jobs on a Farm, Opportunities for Students, Success Stories

Interested in Feeding Canadians? Perhaps Now is a Good Time to Consider a Career in Agriculture

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Canadians have come to realize how important farmers are to providing the food that we eat. This, combined with pandemic job loss, means, for some, there…

Joel Levesque In Agri-Food Business, Canada's Food Security, Media Release, Opportunities for Students, Success Stories, Support for Canadian Farmers

Canadian public relations & communication volunteers use their skills, knowledge, and energy to help combat the threat COVID-19 poses to the nation’s food supply

Public relations and communications professionals from coast-to-coast have banded together to form Farmwork to Feed Canada (FTFC), a volunteer, not-for-profit initiative to support the farm and agri-food sectors amid the…

Daniel Purcell In Agri-Food Business, Family Activity, Support for Canadian Farmers

Let’s Celebrate National Peach Month and Support Local Farmers!

August is National Peach Month, the time of year when we all look forward to biting into a sweet juicy peach or enjoying a peach pie at a summer picnic….

Andrea Collins In Agri-Food Business, Canada's Food Security, Canadian Beef

Beef Industry Emerging from COVID-19 Crisis in Spring

The beef industry has rebounded after production was slowed by COVID-19 outbreaks at several meat processing plants in April and early May 2020. More than 2,000 cases and four deaths,…

Deanna Kibap In Agri-Food Business, COVID-19 Effects, Grocery Delivery

How COVID-19 is Changing Grocery Delivery Services

During the COVID-19 pandemic, one thing that has stayed constant is the need for groceries. As dine-in restaurants were temporarily closed and take-out struggled with new logistics, many people shifted…

Heather Mah In Family Activity, Success Stories, Support for Canadian Farmers

Alberta Open Farm Days 2020 is back for another exciting year

This year marks the eighth annual Alberta Open Farm Days, a province-wide open house event bringing together the Albertan farming community and Alberta families for a weekend of sharing, learning,…

Melodie Edwards In Agri-Food Business, COVID-19 Protection, Support for Canadian Farmers

Protecting essential workers includes migrant workers

In Canada, we are all greatly indebted to the essential workers who’ve been toiling through the COVID-19 pandemic, especially those who work in public spaces with added personal risk. And…

Sarah Munn In Agri-Food Business, Canada's Food Security

COVID-19 impacts Canadian meat producers and meat prices

COVID-19 outbreaks at meat processing plants in the last few months have disrupted the supply chain for beef and poultry in Canada. The result has been significant increases in retail…