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President of a Gourmet Sauce Company
As president of a gourmet food company that sells natural sauces, dip mixes, and antipasto, I love to watch how excited people get and to learn why they get that way when they eat our products.
Canadian Seed Growers’ Association
The Canadian Seed Growers’ Association (CSGA), which represents 4,500 seed growers, provides leadership as the only Canadian organization to monitor and certify pedigreed seed for all agricultural crops in Canada except potatoes.
Seed Industry Partnership (SIP)
The goal of the Seed Industry Partnership and seed.ab.ca is to promote the seed industry in Alberta, providing information about seed cleaning, seed varieties, and industry issues for grain producers, seed processors, seed growers, and other interested parties.
Prairie Malt Limited
Prairie Malt Limited is located in Biggar, Saskatchewan, Canada, in the heart of Canada’s vast prairie region. Some of the best barley in the world is grown within a one hundred kilometer radius of this malt house, which has an annual capacity of 220,000 metric tonnes.
Can-Oat Milling
Can-Oat Milling, a wholly owned subsidiary of Viterra is the largest industrial supplier of oat products in the world with production capacity of over 500 million pounds of oat products per year. We currently operate three oat milling facilities strategically located in the heart of the best oat growing region in North America.
Packaging Association of Canada
Our diverse member base includes suppliers of every kind of packaging product, material, equipment and service. The PAC membership also encompasses the many user sectors that purchase a wide range of packaging technology and expertise for their consumer, industrial, commercial and institutional products.
Viterra
As global demand for agricultural commodities in food, animal feed, fibre and bio-fuels continues to grow, Viterra is well-positioned to meet this demand with the strength to compete globally. The company owns and operates Canada’s largest grain handling network.
Food Engineering Magazine
Food Engineering has been covering the food and beverage industry since 1928. Published 12 times per year, this magazine reports on the latest trends, products, technologies and issues affecting manufacturing in the food and beverage industry.
Springbank Cheese
Springbank Cheese is operated by three generations of the Hemsworth family and is an independent, Canadian company with decades of experience in the cheese business. The family has been in the cheese business since 1960, involved in the grading and selection of approximately 700 cheeses from around the world.
Bestard Agricultural Placements
Bestard Agricultural Placements (BAP) was established in 1990 to provide specialized recruiting services to the Canadian agribusiness market.
Norwest Labs
Norwest Labs is a full-service analytical testing laboratory. They have 12 locations around the world with nine labs located in Canada. Norwest Labs provide a comprehensive list of agriculture, food, environment and energy testing services.
Mushroom Harvester and Grader (General Labourer)
General labourer position would require loading product onto trucks, general equipment safety, maintenance and operation. May require compost turning, boiler operators ticket may be required and general maintenance duties. Harvesting mushrooms by hand and sorted into grades by size and quality.
National Seafood Sector Council
The National Seafood Sector Council (NSSC) assists food and seafood processing companies both large and small, and their workers, from coast to coast, with training, skills upgrading and more. This website is a human resource tool for food processors, manufacturers, employees, educational stakeholders, and anybody that would like to learn more about the Canadian food processing industry, and related human resource tools and training resources.
Alberta HACCP Advantage (AHA!)
Alberta HACCP Advantage ( AHA! ) is a program established by Alberta Agriculture and Food (AAF), in cooperation with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, to recognize HACCP systems implemented by Alberta food processors. Enrollment is by application and is voluntary.
SAIT’s Retail Meat Cutting Program
SAIT’s Retail Meat Cutting program provides students with the comprehensive theoretical and practical knowledge of meat handling, processing, sanitation and management skills required for entry into Alberta’s rapidly growing retail meat cutting trade. Students receive extensive hands on training in the preparation of beef, pork, poultry, lamb and fish in accordance to the retail meat industry’s standards.
University of Alberta, AFNS
The first university department of its kind in North America, AFNS offers programs that integrate teaching and research in plant science, animal science, bioresource engineering, food science and nutrition. No other department in the world offers such a broad range of interdisciplinary interests and skills.
Quality Assurance Manager
“A Quality Assurance (QA) Manager ensures the safety and quality of all processes and products within a production facility,” explains Monique Keultjes at FNA Foods Inc. Quality assurance managers need strong interpersonal, communication and organizational skills. A broad base of knowledge in chemistry, microbiology and statistical analysis is important, as well as the ability to think creatively and find solutions, often under tight timelines and stressful conditions.
Alberta Food Processors Association, Employment Services
Alberta Food Processors Association | Employment Services details a service to help bring employers and job seekers together. The page focuses on “working with employers, individuals, governments and other partners to help meet the recruiting needs of the industry.”
Alberta Food Processors Association
Alberta Food Processors Association is the web site of the not-for-profit “organization representing all segments of the food and beverage industry: growers, processors, retailers, foodservice buyers, and service suppliers.
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