Earlier this year, Protein Industries Canada announced a project and partnership with agriculture companies to help improve plant-based products including cheese. Partnering with Daiya Foods, Ingredion, Ingredion Plant Based Specialties (IPBPS) and Lovingly Made Flour Mills; the goal is to use Canadian grown crops such as peas and faba beans to help improve the taste, texture, and overall quality of plant-based cheese. Lisa Campbell is the senior director of programs with Protein Industries Canada, and she talks about the excitement of the new partnership and the challenges that face these companies when it comes to producing a high-quality plant-based product. “This is just a really exciting project with some great companies that have the size and scope to really drive innovation. Plant-based cheeses are just a really difficult product to emulate the real thing. We know cheese is delicious, it's got a very complex flavor profile, great texture. Plant-based milk products are very
Bolthouse Fresh Foods has earned the Best Sustainable Packaging Award at the 2024 IFPA Global Produce & Floral Show. The compostable packaging will debut in November at Meijer with one- and two-lb Bolthouse Fresh baby carrots and broaden to organic products in 2025.
Netherlands-based Signify and the University of British Columbia (UBC) have announced new goals in the fourth year of their pepper production trial. This trial focuses on optimizing dynamic lighting conditions and has delivered insights into how pepper plants respond to artificial lighting throughout the year.
Mucci Farms has acquired Greenhill Produce, a state-of-the-art, nearly 150-acre greenhouse facility in Kent Bridge, Ontario. As part of the newly established Cox Farms company, Mucci Farms continues to push the boundaries of sustainable agriculture, surpassing more than 650 acres of greenhouses in Canada and the United States, helping to make Cox Farms the largest owner of greenhouse acreage in North America.
Researchers discovered that pH modification and barrier coating can enhance zinc solubility in fertilizers, leading to improved plant uptake and addressing global zinc deficiency.
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