APAS director
The Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan has a new director.
Greg Marshall, who has farmed near Semans, Sask., for 33 years, will represent District 5 in central Saskatchewan.
He has served on the board of directors of the Saskatchewan Life Insurance Council and the Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Corp. He is also past-chair of the Raymore Agricultural Marketing Group and has participated in the Canadian International Grains Institute’s farm leaders course.
Ag West Bio VP
Lisette Mascaren is Ag West Bio Inc.’s new vice-president of health and nutrition.
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Mascaren has a PhD in applied microbiology and an MBA from the University of Saskatchewan. She is currently managing a Genome Alberta project that focuses on the identification and development of diagnostics arising from genomics-based research.
Before this project, she worked at the U of S’s College of Medicine and with Agriculture Canada in Saskatoon.
As well, Ag West Bio has named Janice Tranberg as regulatory affairs director and Krista Dennis as communications director.
Ag-West Bio promotes the biotechnology sector in Saskatchewan.
POS gets licence
Saskatoon’s POS Pilot Plant has received a site licence for manufacturing natural health products for sale in Canada.
The licence from Canada’s Natural Health Products Directorate is required under the Natural Health Product Regulations. It is granted based on a review of items such as the facility’s premises, equipment, sanitation, personnel, training, hygiene, pest control procedures, transportation and storage practices, material and process controls, and recall systems including traceability and distribution records.
The POS Pilot Plant is a contract research and development organization that specializes in process and product development, analytical services for bioprocessing industries such as nutraceuticals, food and ingredients, cosmetics, pharmaceutical, industrial bioproducts and agricultural biotechnology.
Farm plan workbook
A new edition of Alberta’s Environmental Farm Plan workbook has been published and will be in use in EFP workshops later this summer.
Farmers that are registering an environmental farm plan must use the workbook as the primary tool to complete an EFP.
It contains colour illustrations and more options for laying out charts and visual elements. The layout has also been altered to make the workbook more user friendly and some chapters have been enhanced to improve clarity and references, such as updating new resource material, publications and fact sheets.
For more information, visit www.albertaEFP.com.
Award nominations
Nominations are being sought for the sixth annual Canadian Agri-Food Awards of Excellence.
The national awards were launched in 2001 to recognize outstanding achievement in Canadian agriculture. Awards are available for excellence in innovation, environmental stewardship, export performance, agricultural awareness and education and volunteerism.
Nominations will be accepted until Sept. 8. The awards will be presented Nov. 6 at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in Toronto.
For more information, visit www.agr.gc.ca/cb/awards-prix or call 416-263-3406 or 613-759-7780.
