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Recognized for its product quality and environmentally sustainable manufacturing practices, Frito Lay Canada, a division of PepsiCo Canada ULC, is investing more than $2 million in its New Minas operations to upgrade production equipment and make the facility more environmentally sustainable. Frito Lay New Minas was recently recognized as the first Canadian facility to send less than 1% of its waste to landfills.
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The Honourable Gerry Ritz, Minister of Agriculture, announced a round of bilateral technical discussions between the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and Colombia's Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario. A meeting in the coming weeks, will map out the resolution of the remaining outstanding technical issues between the two countries. For more information, please visit the Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement website.
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Monsanto Canada, part of St. Louis-based Monsanto Co., says it will invest more than $14 million to expand and upgrade its existing hybrid canola seed manufacturing plant in Lethbridge, Alberta. The company is investing in its canola seeds business at a time when farmers are planting more of the plant, which is used to make healthy cooking oil and livestock meal and as a raw material for biofuel.
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Canadian lawmakers recently approved a free trade agreement with Colombia. This move may give its agricultural producers an advantage over U.S. competitors in the Latin American country. Canada's House of Commons voted 188 to 79 in favor of the accord, which now moves to the Senate for final approval. "In adopting this free trade agreement, Canada will be in a very strong competitive position vis-à-vis our other competition around the world and this will mean a great deal to our agricultural sector," Canadian Trade Minister Peter Van Loan said.
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Broyce Jacobs, Parliamentary Assistant for Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development will promote Alberta's agriculture and food trade interests at a conference hosted by the Canadian American Business Council on June 10 in Washington, D.C. The conference brings together policy makers and business leaders from Canada and the U.S. to engage in high-level discussions on the current economic climate and issues that may be impacting our integrated North American market.
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India signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Canada for co-operation in processing food, also involving the exchange of students and faculty. Signed by the Food Processing Minister Subodh Kant Sahai and the Canadian Education and Law Minister Rob Norris, the cooperation will offer research and training.
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The government of Ontario is helping Nestlé Canada, a business segment of Switzerland-based Nestlé, improve production, create jobs and strengthen the highly established local food industry sector in eastern Ontario. Nestlé Canada said it will invest over $14.6 million to purchase and install new equipment along with food safety items needed for the equipment. The investment will help create 13 new jobs and retain 298 existing positions.
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A new report by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans says Canada's aquaculture industry generates $2.1 billion for the economy each year and contributes thousands of jobs in coastal and rural communities. The report also found aquaculture production more than quadrupled between 1990 and 2006. Of the $2.1 billion generated in 2007, more than $960 million was triggered by B.C. fish farms and about $415 million was generated in New Brunswick, while Ontario had the third-most at just under $170 million.
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Mazzetta Company of Illinois will open a fish processing plant in Beach Point, Prince Edward Island, which could create up to 165 jobs. Mazzetta is a frozen seafood distributor, specializing in shrimp, but has been buying processed P.E.I. lobster. The company wants to process 1.5 million pounds of P.E.I. lobster and ship in even more from Nova Scotia and Maine.
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A delegation of 22 businesses and organizations from Atlantic Canada’s seafood industry will head to the International Boston Seafood Show. The annual industry trade show attracts 16,000 top-tier buyers and sellers of seafood from more than 90 countries. The trade mission delegation includes representatives from fisheries, seafood and aquaculture companies and organizations from across Atlantic Canada. The delegates will exhibit in one Atlantic Canadian pavilion to attempt to gain international exposure for their seafood products and services.
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Saskatchewan's Agriculture Minister Bob Bjornerud will travel to the United States January 27-29 to raise awareness of Saskatchewan's agriculture industry. Bjornerud will meet with grains and meat processing companies in Colorado, Iowa and Minnesota to highlight Saskatchewan's potential and promote investment opportunities in the province.
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Organizations from Atlantic Canada are headed to India to drum up investment from one of the world's largest emerging markets. The trade mission will bring leaders from the life sciences, digital media, education and food processing sectors to the Indian marketplace. The delegation will target India's upper-and middle-class population, which is as big as the population of the U.S.
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The Government of Alberta will focus on promoting the province's agricultural interests and participating in discussions on cross-border issues at the Legislative Agricultural Chairs (LAC) Summit and the State Agricultural Rural Leaders Board meetings in Orlando, Florida. The annual event brings together U.S. state legislative agriculture chairs and provincial ministers of agriculture to broaden understanding and cooperation between the U.S. and Canadian jurisdictions. The summit will cover a variety of agriculture issues affecting both sides of the Canada-U.S. border, including agricultural trade, food safety regulations, water supply, invasive plants, and rural development.
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The Government of Canada has joined an international network as a founding member of the Global Research Alliance on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases to drive agricultural research that will deliver practical benefits for both the environment and Canadian farmers. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada will invest up to $27 million towards the Global Research Alliance on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases. In addition to environmental benefits, reducing greenhouse gases emissions in agriculture brings direct economic benefits to the farm gate, including increased efficiency of livestock production and nutrient use, as well as more economical land use.
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Danish company, Aqualife Logistics, is ramping up its operations in Halifax to increase exports of live shellfish from Nova Scotia to expanding European markets. Aqualife is making Halifax its transportation hub and is working with a local trucking/logistics firm to either use present infrastructure or erect its own facilities. The company also wants a direct service out of Halifax to Europe.
