Food Industry

The niche fund focuses on early-stage ventures within plant- and cell-based meat, seafood, and dairy products, as well as ingredients and technologies that facilitate the growth of these categories. “By combining capital and partnership, New Protein Fund I is targeting to build and accelerate future global companies in the plant-based,…

Author of the article: Reader Letters Dog-walkin' in style and comfort. Anne Parent pushes her dog, Molly, in a stroller as they make their way down Wyandotte Street East in Walkerville, Friday, Jan. 22, 2021. Photo by Dax Melmer /Windsor Star According to a recent report by Narrative Research, 18…

Food industry insiders remember it like it was yesterday: Canada had only just gotten its first COVID-19 cases, but people were beginning to panic. Food industry insiders remember it like it was yesterday: Canada had only just gotten its first COVID-19 cases, but people were beginning to panic. Fairly quickly,…

The Democrat-led Farm Workforce Modernization Act 0f 2021 offers a flood of cheap labor in agriculture and provides a pathway to citizenship to 1.5 million illegal farm workers. GOP support for the bill would be a suicide pact, Rosemary Jenks, policy director at NumbersUSA, told Breitbart News. “It would be…

In response to a recent congressional report about lead and other toxins in baby food, the Food and Drug Administration has posted a public notice and included a link to an industry letter sent by Susan T. Mayne, director of the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition. Mayne’s letter…

The food and beverage industry is ‘more complex and fast-changing’ than ever before, according to the assessment of Andrew Smith, Regional Segment Leader – Process & Packaging OEMs at Rockwell Automation. Food makers are having to rapidly adapt their processes and products to keep up with changing markets and consumer…

Children who have more screen time at ages 9-10 are more likely to develop a binge-eating disorder one year later, according to a study. Researchers in the US analysed data over three years from 11,025 children 9-11-years old. The children answered questions about their time spent on six different screen…

The Mediterranean diet has long been associated with good health. The diet is high in vegetables, fruits, legumes, nuts, beans, cereals, grains, fish, and unsaturated fats, while also being low in meat and dairy. However, adherence to the diet is faltering in Mediterranean countries, particularly amongst children and teenagers, where…

Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions grants $361,600 in support to Merinov as part of a project that could lead to the creation of 5 jobs. Gaspé, Quebec, February 26, 2021 – Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions (CED) The vitality and dynamism of communities—founded on strong, resilient, innovative SMEs—ensure…

President Biden, we’re pleading with you—please take steps to ensure American family farms can still make a living, that rural communities thrive, and that we have a food system that works for consumers, our environment, national security, and our democracy. We’ve been going in the wrong direction for far too…