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Agriculture employers can receive up to 50 per cent of the cost of hiring a Canadian youth up to $14,000 through the expanded Youth Employment and Skills Program.
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Starting May 29, temporary foreign workers will be allowed to enter New Brunswick. Incoming workers will have to self-isolate for 14 days upon arrival, adding to the already month-long delay caused by the provincial ban.
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B.C. Food and Beverage launched a short-term program to help the agri-food industry source personal protective equipment that has been difficult to obtain through normal channels.
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The demand for new flavors continues to rise. Today’s consumers want interesting, healthy, pleasurable, and exciting taste experiences, creating new challenges for today’s food and flavor scientists. Fortunately, they can turn to this comprehensive reference on the flavor science and technology of fruits, vegetables, spices, and oils for guidance on everything from basic science to new technologies to commercialization.
Each of the chapters has been written by one or more leading experts in food and flavor science. The authors represent more than ten countries, giving food and flavor scientists a unique global perspective on the latest flavor science, technology, and applications.
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In a normal season, northeastern B.C. farmers discuss and swap climate-specific seed in person. This year, the Northern Co-Hort ran its Seedy Saturday event virtually sharing knowledge on composting, food forests and seed saving. Seed swap boxes were set up in front of a closed office to continue to facilitate access to seed despite a pandemic.
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Seedy Saturdays are part of a larger effort from B.C. seed producers and supporting organizations to encourage farmers to take back the control of local seed. B.C. farmers and seed growers alike have recognized the benefits of local seed in its adaption to the local environment, but accessing large volumes has often been the challenge.
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What started as a healthy way to eat has grown into a hearty operation of nearly 100 sprouting seed varieties.
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Fox Seeds, a private firm formed by the Asparagus Farmers of Ontario, continues to grow sales in Canada and beyond.
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Polyploidy is one more tool that scientists can use to learn about the genetics of crop plants.
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