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.

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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.



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Public trust in Canadian food system at a low

Research organization says more needs to be done by the agriculture industry to engage consumers and gain influence

The Canadian food system’s reputation has taken a significant hit in the last couple years, said Ashely Bruner of the Canadian Centre for Food Integrity (CCFI) during a recent webinar.




A colourful display of fresh vegetables including asparagus, beans, peas, potatoes, carrots, radishes, celery, cucumbers and tomatoes.

Canadians believe higher food prices on the way: survey

A spring survey to gauge consumer opinions about food pricing, buying habits and values found affordability the top concern

A new report from the Agri-Food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie University has found increasing anxiety about food affordability compared to last fall.

Heather Blewett and her daughter, Madelyn, wearing protective glasses, white lab coats and holding a flask in a lab.

Food facts matter over theories

AAFC researcher working to validate the health benefits of Canadian crops

Theories are interesting fodder over coffee at Tim Horton’s, but data matters.


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Canada can’t afford to let its food sector be snatched in trade war

It will take political will and investment to maintain a sector vital to Canada’s national security

Glacier FarmMedia – Canada’s food sector, which is this country’s largest manufacturing sector and one pivotal to our national security, is about to be kidnapped unless we come up with a strategy to protect it. It was seeping south even before the U.S. declared economic war. Follow all our coverage of the tariffs situation here […] Read more

A woman sits as she watches over a large steel pot with a lid as steam rises and a long line of pails and containers of varying colours and sizes sit on the ground snaking off into the distance.

Donor fatigue worsens hunger crisis

Total humanitarian aid to the UN from wealthy nations is shrinking; relief agencies fear further cuts from Trump-led U.S.

REUTERS — It’s a simple but brutal equation: the number of people going hungry or otherwise struggling around the world is rising, while the amount of money the world’s wealthiest nations are contributing toward helping them is dropping. The result: The United Nations says that, at best, it will be able to raise enough money […] Read more