Sustainability

ANAC was in Montreal on October 12 to support the Global Feed Lifecycle Assessment Institute (GFLI) in delivering a workshop on Improving Transparency and Data Quality by Facilitating the Integration of Regionalized Data on Feed Impacts. As a founding member of the GFLI, ANAC was energized by the opportunity to discuss data quality and the feed industry’s role in the agri-food sustainability journey with leading feed LCA experts.

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization Livestock Environmental Assessment and Performance Partnership (UN-FAO LEAP) is inviting qualified experts to apply to participate in a new Technical Advisory Group (TAG) that will revise the Environmental Performance of Animal Feeds Supply Chains: Guidelines for Assessment.

This fall, Farm Credit Canada (FCC) launched the Agri-food Project Finance Fund to support Canadian businesses in building infrastructure that will increase domestic processing and manufacturing capacity. Members with relevant projects are encouraged to submit an expression of interest (EOI) by November 13.

The Government of Canada invites you to share your views to help inform the development of Canada’s first national water security strategy by participating in an upcoming virtual engagement session and/or by filling out a four-question survey.

The University of Saskatchewan is looking for funding partners to support their development of a new, state-of-the-art laying-hen teaching and research facility.

In July 2023, Quebec enacted extended producer responsibility (EPR) legislation requiring companies that market packaged goods in the province to have a plastics and packaging recovery program in place or to join an organization accredited by Recyc-Québec that will manage such a program of their behalf. Entitled Règlement sur la récupération et la valorisation de produits par les entreprises (RRVPE) [Regulation respecting the recovery and reclamation of products by enterprises], this regulation applies to businesses in all sectors.  

Advise ANAC on your environmental sustainability priorities before May 29.

The newly launched federal Market Diversification program is designed to support small and medium-sized enterprises in the Canadian agriculture and agri-food sector weather current market instability through greater market diversification.

The Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute’s (CAPI) third annual Agri-Food Risk Report Survey is now live. The survey is an important tool for identifying the most significant and emerging threats facing Canada’s agri-food system.