By Alice McFarlane

Agriculture Roundup for Thursday August 13, 2020

Aug 13, 2020 | 10:17 AM

An Agriculture Canada research scientist based in Lethbridge is being honoured for work in animal nutrition and environmental science.

Dr. Karen Beauchemin was presented with the 2020 Canadian Beef Industry Award for Outstanding Research and Innovation.

She has worked with producers, veterinarians, nutritionists, and other researchers for more than two decades publishing 390 peer reviewed scientific papers.

Beauchemin was also praised for actively engaging with producers and researching new ways to reduce greenhouse gas produced by cattle.

The award is presented in conjunction with the Beef Industry Conference which is being held entirely on-line this year.

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More than one million dozen eggs will be redistributed via an emergency federal program designed to help farmers faced with too much food and nowhere to sell it.

The $50-million surplus food program was announced by the Liberal government earlier this year as one way to help the agriculture sector cope with some of the pressures created by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The near shutdown of the hospitality industry has meant a sharp decline in the number of places to sell perishable foods, meaning hundreds of millions of kilograms of food are at risk of going to waste.

At the same time, food banks are reporting a sharp increase in the number people seeking assistance as many people have lost their jobs due to the pandemic.

Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau announced the first round of funding will go to eight organizations to try and align their needs with what farmers and producers can supply.

Roughly 12 million kilograms of everything from fish to fowl will be redistributed.

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