Dalhousie University Faculty of Agriculture

Food waste in Canada isn't just shocking, it's downright scary!

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Friday, October 21, 2022

GHASTLY FACTS ABOUT FOOD WASTE:

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  • GHASTLY FACTS ABOUT FOOD WASTE:
    The average Canadian household generates 372 pounds of avoidable food waste each year.
  • The Food Waste Graveyard will be open to the public from Friday, October 21st to Monday, October 31st.
  • The study also found that food waste reduction is the number one thing consumers are doing to cut costs.
  • To learn more about how HelloFresh helps Canadians reduce their household food waste, please visit https://www.hellofresh.ca/foodwasteisscary
    HelloFresh Canada was founded in February 2016.

Strengthening Atlantic Canada’s plant-based food and ingredient ecosystem

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Wednesday, April 6, 2022

The government firmly believes in Canadas plant-based food and ingredient ecosystem, said the Honourable Franois-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry.

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  • The government firmly believes in Canadas plant-based food and ingredient ecosystem, said the Honourable Franois-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry.
  • Plant-based food and ingredients is one of the largest growth sectors that global agriculture has experienced in the last decade.
  • But Canadas agrifood sector is truly national in scope from the farmers and ingredient processors in the Prairies, to the food manufacturers in British Columbia, Ontario and Qubec.
  • Now with this project, we are strengthening the plant-based ecosystem of Atlantic Canada connecting the value chain from coast-to-coast, and further strengthening Canadas position as a global leader in plant-based food and ingredients.

Minister Bibeau announces reappointments to Farm Credit Canada

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Thursday, February 10, 2022

Bertha served on the University of Prince Edward Island Board of Governors and Senate, and was the Chair of the Prince Edward Island Food Island Partnership's Board of Directors.

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  • Bertha served on the University of Prince Edward Island Board of Governors and Senate, and was the Chair of the Prince Edward Island Food Island Partnership's Board of Directors.
  • She is a member of the executive and board of ADL a provincial, farmer-owned, co-operative dairy.
  • She is an avid gardener and has hosted numerous garden tours as well as farm tours for industry groups and the Open Farm Day initiative.
  • Govert Verstralen is a former Principal Officer and past President and CEO of Rabobank Canada.

Universitas Brawijaya developing digital halal certification system for Indonesian MSMEs

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Wednesday, November 24, 2021

Malang, East Java, Indonesia, Nov 25, 2021 - (ACN Newswire) - University Brawijaya (UB/Unibraw) is developing a digital halal certification system for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in Indonesia, as part of the Reverse Linkage Project.

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  • Malang, East Java, Indonesia, Nov 25, 2021 - (ACN Newswire) - University Brawijaya (UB/Unibraw) is developing a digital halal certification system for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in Indonesia, as part of the Reverse Linkage Project.
  • According to the head of the project team, Dr. Hagus Tarno, the system will archive documents from the processing stage through to certification.
  • "MSMEs that will apply for halal certification through Brawijaya University will be directed to a system that will assist them to check which documents must be prepared and filled out.
  • The project for developing a halal digital system received US$2.06 million funding for two years (2021-23) from Serunai Malaysia and the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB), he said.