The CFIA has mandated a new pre-chill microbiological monitoring program to enhance safety in Canadian poultry. Photo: Stephen Ausmus/ARS/USDA

CFIA raw poultry policy to tighten food safety

Canadian poultry slaughterhouses will have to test carcasses for pathogens before chilling when the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s new pre-chill policy comes into force Dec. 1, 2025.

Photograph of fresh pickle chips.

How counter-tariff policy cans Canadian choice

Op-Ed: The cross-border travels of Bick’s pickles turn sour for consumers and producers

The unavailability of the storied Canadian pickle brand Bick’s, now processed and jarred in the U.S., shows how well-intentioned counter-tariff policy can turn sour on Canada’s consumers and cucumber growers.

An exterior photo of the sign on Baldio restaurant in Mexico City.

Restaurant blends zero waste, ancient farming

The Mexico City establishment has found ways to reuse every scrap of food and leftovers for other purposes

A Mexico City restaurant has become a draw for its zero-waste kitchen, which means that every scrap of food and leftovers is reused for other purposes.





Left to right: Fred Greig, Cathey Day and Kim McConnell, recipients of this year's Certificate of Merit awards from the Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences at the University of Manitoba. Photo: Submitted

University of Manitoba honours three agricultural alumni

Cathey Day, Fred Greig and Kim McConnell recently received certificates of merit from the University of Manitoba

Cathey Day, Fred Greig and Kim McConnell were chosen for the University of Manitoba’s 2025 certificates of merit from the agricultural and food sciences faculty.

A few of the jarred product offerings that Rebekah Sandford sells from Prairie Winds Garlic Farm. Photo:

Growing garlic by the thousands in Manitoba

How does this Manitoba farm grow garlic? Row by row to the tune of 28,000 plants, and sometimes more

Grower holds a planting party day every fall as a crowd gathers to help put 28,000 plants, and sometimes more, into theground

Laura Mock and Mehmet Tulbek announce Cultivator-Food Centre partnership on July 8, 2025. Photo: Janelle Rudolph

Saskatchewan initiative hopes to expand agri-food sector

Cultivator by Conexus and Food Centre work together to increase opportunities for ag-tech and agri-food entrepreneurs

Laura Mock and Mehmet Tulbek hope that the partnership will help to grow Saskatchewan’s agri-food manufacturing.


A stock photo of various plates on a table, each holding a different Asian-style food.

Food scientist comes to MSG’s defence

The food ingredient has gained an unsavoury reputation over the years, but an Alberta researcher says the bad rap isn’t deserved

A Northern Alberta Institute of Technology food scientist says it’s not MSG that makes people feel sick after eating Chinese food - it’s over-consumption.