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Feds pledge funds for organic standards review

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News January 26, 2018

A review and update of Canada’s organic standards for compliance with international norms will get federal funding to make sure it’s complete by its 2020 deadline. Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay on Friday announced the government will foot the “necessary funds” to the Canadian General Standards Board (CGSB) to cover the cost of the 2020 Canadian […] Read more

Pâte sucrée with spiced butternut squash mousse and pea shoots. This gluten-free pâte sucrée is made with ‘BEST’ Certified-Organic Precooked Navy Bean Flour and ‘BEST’ Certified-Organic Pea Hull Fiber 200. Photo: Chef Sean Audet.

Pulses

Best Cooking Pulses named finalist for ‘Organic Champion’ award

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News November 6, 2017

Best Cooking Pulses, Inc., a Canadian family-owned company that has been active in the international pulse trade for 81 years, has been named as a finalist in the Fi Europe 2017 ‘Organic Champion’ Innovation Awards for its range of ‘BEST’ Certified-Organic Pea Hull Fibers. The Fi Europe Innovation Awards honours professionals and companies for their […] Read more

A Whole Foods store in Omaha. (WholeFoodsMarket.com)

General, Markets, Reuters

Whole Foods slashes prices on some produce

By GFM Network News August 28, 2017

Los Angeles/Chicago | Reuters — On its first day as part of Amazon.com, organic grocery chain Whole Foods Market slashed prices on popular items like avocados and apples on Monday by a third as it bid to shake off its “Whole Paycheque” reputation for high prices. In another sign of changes to come, a display […] Read more

Crops, Fruit/Vegetables

‘Natural’ food firm to buy cold-pressed juice maker

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News August 19, 2017

The owner of Life Choices Natural Foods and Rolling Meadow Dairy is set to expand its share of the Canadian juice market with a deal for the Toronto maker of Cedar organic and cold-pressed juices. GreenSpace Brands announced Thursday it has signed a cash-and-stock deal by buy the Cold Press Corp. for between $5.385 million […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

Amazon moves into real-world stores with Whole Foods deal

By GFM Network News June 16, 2017

Reuters — Amazon.com said Friday it would buy grocer Whole Foods Market for US$13.7 billion in a move that gives the online retailer a physical network of stores to distribute fresh food and other goods to millennials and wealthy consumers. Amazon, which is known for squeezing suppliers and has been experimenting with its own outlets, […] Read more

Crops, Livestock

OPR threatened, organic industry officials say

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News April 24, 2017

The organic industry is mounting a protest against pending changes for its Organic Products Regulation (OPR) that it says has potential to “undo the entire Canadian organic supply chain.” In 2012, the passage of the Safe Foods for Canadians Act resulted in a number of regulations, including the OPR, being combined into a single document […] Read more

Crops, Dairy Cattle, Reuters

Danone wins antitrust approval to buy WhiteWave

By GFM Network News April 3, 2017

Washington | Reuters — French food group Danone has won U.S. antitrust approval to buy U.S. organic food producer WhiteWave Foods, the Justice Department said on Monday. To win approval for the US$10.4 billion deal, Danone agreed to sell its leading U.S. organic yogurt business Stonyfield Farms, the department said. Danone did not immediately reply […] Read more

Crops

Study finds organic’s sustainability ‘context-dependent’

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News March 11, 2017

When weighed for sustainability, the purported benefits and costs of organic agriculture can actually “vary heavily” from case to case, a new University of British Columbia study finds. The UBC study, titled “Many shades of gray: The context-dependent performance of organic agriculture,” published Friday in the U.S. journal Science Advances, sets out to “systematically review […] Read more

Cereals, Crops

Canada Bread buys into organic craft bread market

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News March 7, 2017

A Toronto baking firm that grows and contracts its own organic grains in eastern Ontario is going to be an entry point in the craft bread market for Canada Bread. Canada Bread, the Canadian arm of Mexican baking giant Grupo Bimbo, announced Monday it had completed its deal to buy Stonemill Bakehouse Ltd. for an […] Read more

Organic B.C. blueberries. (Falconglen.ca)

Crops

Incentives urged to match organic supply to demand

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News March 2, 2017

Canadian governments will need to come up with incentives for farmers going organic if they want domestic supply to keep up with domestic demand, a national organic sector group warns. The Canada Organic Trade Association on Wednesday released data showing 5,053 certified organic operations in Canada, accounting for 2.43 million acres of land, at the […] Read more

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Selling GMO tomato seeds to Canadian gardeners ‘reckless’ say advocates

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