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Plant-based food and ingredients on display at international conference

Toronto played host to the plant-based food and ingredients sector at the inaugural Plant Forward conference.

The event, sponsored by Protein Industries Canada (PIC), Pulse Canada, and Plant-Based Foods of Canada, displayed Canada’s strengths as a supplier of plant-based ingredients with a focus on meeting consumer expectations.

The conference welcomed 250 delegates from 11 countries

PIC CEO Bill Greuel said one of Canada’s best-kept secrets is its strong plant-based ingredients and food sector.

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New research chair appointed to accelerate crop variety development

Video: New research chair appointed to accelerate crop variety development

Funded by Sask Wheat, the Wheat Pre-Breeding Chair position was established to enhance cereal research breeding and training activities in the USask Crop Development Centre (CDC) by accelerating variety development through applied genomics and pre-breeding strategies.

“As the research chair, Dr. Valentyna Klymiuk will design and deploy leading-edge strategies and technologies to assess genetic diversity for delivery into new crop varieties that will benefit Saskatchewan producers and the agricultural industry,” said Dr. Angela Bedard-Haughn (PhD), dean of the College of Agriculture and Bioresources at USask. “We are grateful to Sask Wheat for investing in USask research as we work to develop the innovative products that strengthen global food security.”

With a primary focus on wheat, Klymiuk’s research will connect discovery research, gene bank exploration, genomics, and breeding to translate gene discovery into improved varieties for Saskatchewan’s growing conditions.