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…
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….
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…
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…
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….
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,…
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…
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,…
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…
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…