The Canadian Centre for Food Integrity (CCFI) has named Lisa Bishop Spencer as its new executive director, effective March 4th, 2024. “The opportunity to make a meaningful impact to the CCFI’s by fostering transparency and confidence in our nation’s food production is both a privilege and a responsibility that I wholeheartedly embrace. I am proud… Read More
Category: Public Trust
John Jamieson has announced his departure from the Canadian Centre for Food Integrity (CCFI), effective the end of September, after serving as president and CEO since 2019. The organization says that Jamieson’s extensive network and expertise within the industry have been instrumental in driving positive change. In the four years with CCFI, Jamieson helped… Read More
It’s been 10 years since Farm & Food Care Ontario hosted its first Breakfast on the Farm. Over the past decade, an estimated 30,000 people have attended the events at farms across Ontario with many visiting a farm for the first time to learn about where their food comes from and how it’s produced. On… Read More
Earlier this week, the House of Commons unanimously passed at third reading Senator Rob Black’s bill that seeks to establish a Food Day in Canada, thus ensuring it will become law. Twenty years after it was established, Food Day Canada officially becomes enshrined in legislation with Bill S-227, an act to establish Food Day in… Read More
Misinformation is nothing new. Humans have been stretching the truth since the beginning of time, but the growing amount of misinformation generated today and the speed at which it moves is one of the defining issues of our time, says academic and author Dr. Timothy Caulfield. As a member of the University of Alberta’s Faculty… Read More
This week, Farm and Food Care Saskatchewan hosted the Ag Awareness Summit at Saskatoon where they announced the 2022 Champion Award winner, Alanna Koch. The Farm and Food Care Champion Award recognizes an individual who has connected consumers with agriculture and built public trust in farming and food in Saskatchewan and beyond. Koch farms along… Read More