The country aims to develop a more sustainable food system that relies on plant-based foods instead of animal agriculture.
A federal program in Canada will soon invest approximately $150 million in the country’s plant-based food industry. Canada created a $950 million Supercluster Initiative that is intended to fund innovation in the food and manufacturing sector, and a portion of that fund was secured last month in the growing area of plant-based food innovation. Frank Hart, chairman of Protein Industries Canada Group (an alliance of 120 companies working to develop plant-based foods), told CTV News Canada that the funds will go toward developing new foods from flax seeds, hemp, oats, and pulses—Western Canada’s largest crop. "It's a market that's expected to expand in a significant way,” Hart said. Pulse Canada CEO Gordon Bacon explained that consumers are increasingly interested in plant-based food. “It's a combination of a shift in processing, it's a shift in consumer awareness, and it's also a shift in cost,” Bacon said, “where meat companies (and) dairy companies are looking for plant-based protein to complement their product line. It's not one versus the other.” The shift Bacon described is evident in recent acquisitions made by Canadian companies, including meat brand Maple Foods, which acquired two plant-based brands, Field Roast and Lightlife Foods, for $120 million and $140 million, respectively.
United Kingdom to Ban Wild-Animal Circuses
The British government will ban the exploitation of wild animals in traveling circuses by 2020 after a 20-year-campaign by animal-rights group Animal Defenders International.
Read More »
SeaWorld CEO Resigns as Profits Continue to Plummet
Joel Manby has resigned as the troubled aquatic park continues to face backlash from animal-rights documentary Blackfish, resulting in 1.2 million fewer guests in 2017.
Read More »
Vegans Now Have Their Own Cryptocurrency
New app VeganNation unites vegans on the world's first decentralized vegan ecosystem with its own digital VeganCoin currency.
Read More »
LUSH Debuts Vegan Bath Line for Easter
The new collection includes a variety of vegan bath bombs in shapes such as carrot bunches, glitter-covered Easter eggs, and baby chicks.
Read More »
Vegan Beyond Burger Now at All 38 Bareburger Locations
Beyond Meat has sold 11 million Beyond Burgers since its launch in 2016.
Read More »
More Flashbacks
0 Response to "Canada to Invest $150 Million in Plant-Based Food Sector"
Post a Comment