Food safety
The Saskatchewan Food Industry Development Centre has released a training video called Sanitation – A Defensive Approach.
Centre communications director Carmen Ly said proper cleaning and sanitation are key steps in reducing the risk of contaminating food during processing.
The video covers a variety of sanitation issues and offers advice on steps that can be taken to protect against food contamination, including the appropriate use of chemicals in the cleaning process.
The video was developed with funding from Saskatchewan Agriculture.
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Saskatchewan food processors can obtain the video free of charge by contacting the food centre at 306-933-7555 or by e-mail at info@foodcentre.sk.ca.
Grazing advice
Extending Alberta’s Grazing Season is a new publication that shows how 10 Alberta producers have implemented systems that enable their cattle to graze longer into winter.
The producer profiles outline ways to manage the winter feeding season, which is the highest cost production season for cow-calf producers.
The publication is intended for farmers and ranchers in Alberta.
The 10 producers who are profiled have operations ranging in size from 45 to 6,000 cows and are located in different areas of the province, making the publication practical to all producers.
The free publication is available at all Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration offices in Alberta or by calling Alberta Agriculture’s Ag-Info Centre at 866-882-7677 or 310-FARM.
Ag marketing award
4-H Canada took a first place award in the National Agri-Marketing Association’s regional competitions held recently in Minnesota.
4-H and its agency partner, AdFarm, won the award in the public relations category for a project in which 4-H members developed a national advertising campaign aimed at increasing awareness of the youth development program.
Members included Diane Aarts of Thorndale Ont., Marianne den Haan of Loretto, Ont., Katie MacMillan of Asquith, Sask., Jerrid Driedger of Calgary, Allena Cave of Qualicum Beach, B.C., Amanda Miller of Calmar, Alta., Avaleigh Eastman of Kinburn, Ont., and Mary Forsyth of Port Williams, N.S.
NAMA’s annual award ceremonies recognize groups that specialize in marketing agricultural-related pro-ducts.
First place regional winners advance to the national Best of NAMA competition to be held in Dallas, Texas, in April.
The national advertising campaign called Make Your Escape was launched last November and runs to the end of March.
It features print and radio ads, as well as a micro-website at www.make
yourescape.ca.
