By Alice McFarlane

Agriculture Roundup for Friday February 18, 2022

Feb 18, 2022 | 12:09 PM

MELFORT, Sask. – The federal government is providing funding to projects that strengthen Canada’s food system from sustainable food production and processing, to less food waste.

Outcast Foods will receive $1.5 million to expand their demonstration plant in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia and commission a new full-scale facility in Burlington, Ont.

The two plants are projected to process up to 35,800,000 tonnes of waste fruit and vegetables by 2024, turning it into more than 4,100,000 million pounds of plant-based, powdered ingredients each year.

The plant-based ingredients created at the facilities are sold as branded health products as well as raw food and beverage ingredients that are high in nutrition, vitamins, phytochemicals and natural flavours.

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Syngenta Canada is providing financial support to the Canadian Agricultural Safety Association (CASA).

The $25,000 will go towards resources, training, and partnerships.

Programs include the On-Farm Agricultural Worker Safety Training for farm owners and supervisors for worker safety training. There is also safety education for children and youth as well as a program designed to improve safety for farm women and families.

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alice.mcfarlane@pattisonmedia.com

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