Working in agriculture can feel like a cross between playing The Game of Life, The Settlers of Catan and The Farming Game (with a little poker thrown in for fun). No matter how well you plan or how go...

The last thing grain farmers want to read is that “glutenfree”(GF) is the nation’s number-one food trend according to Restaurants Canada (formerly the Canadian Restaurant and Foodservices Association)...

A well-known Irish folk song, “Whiskey in the Jar,” ends with its doomed subject wistfully reminiscing about life’s simple pleasures, especially beer. He certainly doesn’t long for a glass of Pinot No...

Fermentation is one of the oldest methods of preparing and preserving food....

One of Western Canada’s best-kept secrets is in plain sight at the University of Alberta campus in Edmonton. This unassuming building is a development centre for food products and ingredients, includi...

An evolution in customer demand is driving the changing face of Canada's baking industry, from research to sales....

The digital era is both a blessing and a curse. Everywhere you turn there is information overload, but the quality and reliability of the data can be underwhelming. That’s OK when you’re looking for ...

While no one can argue that mothers’ often-heard advice—“eat it, it’s good for you”—was necessarily wrong, it takes far more than that home kitchen assurance to convince Health Canada a Canadian food ...

Look carefully. Nestled among the whiskies in Edmonton’s Chateau Louis Liquor Store, you might spot a frosted white bottle with Japanese lettering, labelled “iichiko.” Peer at the fine print and you c...

It is four kilometres from David and Barb Wedman’s farm to the south edge of the City of Edmonton’s corporate limit. When the family homestead was first settled in 1892, the city was a full day’s trav...