Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau (Compton-Stanstead, Que.) announced three reappointments to the Farm Products Council of Canada: Brian Douglas, Chairperson, as of June 11, 2022, reappointed for a four-year term. Ron Bonnett, Vice-Chair, as of June 2, 2022, reappointment for a term ending December 4, 2022. Morgan Moore, Member, as of June 19, 2022, reappointed for … Read more
Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau (Compton-Stanstead, Que.) announced the 12 finalists of the Business Models Streams for the Food Waste Reduction Challenge. Each finalist will receive $400,000 and move on to the final stage of the Challenge. Over the next 12 months, finalists will accelerate and scale up the commercialization of their solution. Finalists are competing … Read more
Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau (Compton-Stanstead, Que.) and Manitoba Agriculture Minister Derek Johnson announced that Great Tastes of Manitoba will receive $60,000 through the Ag Action Manitoba program under the Canadian Agricultural Partnership toward the production of Season 33 of its television series. The full release is available online. Call 343-541-9229.
Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau (Compton-Stanstead, Que.) announced an investment of up to $2,731,384 over two years for Group Export Agri-Food Québec-Canada to help Canadian exporters increase the value of agriculture and agri-food exports. With funding under the AgriMarketing Program, the organization will undertake market development activities to meet the needs of Canadian food exporters, from those just starting … Read more
Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau (Compton-Stanstead, Que.) announced an investment of up to $2,038,092 for Quality Cheese in Vaughan, Ont., under the Dairy Processing Investment Fund. The investment is enabling the company to meet growing consumer demand for its products with the introduction of new production lines, cheese cutting, conditioning and ripening equipment, and packaging and storage … Read more
Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau (Compton-Stanstead, Que.) announced an investment of over $700,000 for four projects in British Columbia’s fruit sector that will increase exports and help to grow the economy. The projects include: The British Columbia Blueberry Council – up to $335,169 to expand global demand for highbush blueberries with the aim of diversifying markets outside the … Read more
Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau (Compton-Stanstead, Que.) announced an investment of $1,577,028 to Fromagerie La Chaudière in Lac-Mégantic, Que., under the Dairy Processing Investment Fund. This funding has helped the locally owned cheese processor increase its production by 25 per cent while reducing its environmental footprint. The full release is available online. Call 343-541-9229.
Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau (Compton-Stanstead, Que.) announced an investment of up to $734,806 to help five organizations increase the participation of under-represented groups in the Canadian agriculture and agri-food industry. The full release is available online. Call 343-541-9229.
Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau (Compton-Stanstead, Que.) and Saskatchewan Minister of Agriculture David Marit announced $3.2 million in funding for research on carbon sequestration in perennial forage and pastures. The project, jointly undertaken by Dr. Angela Bedard-Haughn of the University of Saskatchewan and Dr. Cameron Carlyle of the University of Alberta over the next five years, will … Read more
Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau (Compton-Stanstead, Que.) announced an investment of over $15.2 million under the Agricultural Clean Technology Program to support the adoption of clean technologies for 47 projects throughout Canada. The full release is available online. Call 343-541-9229. Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau (Compton-Stanstead, Que.) announced an investment of up to $2 million from the Local Food Infrastructure Fund for … Read more
