AFPA has recently received numerous enquiries from people living abroad asking about job prospects with food processors in Alberta and AFPA in particular. Some of these people have paid for immigration services after being assured they have jobs in Alberta. Unfortunately, there are no opportuniti...

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada are now taking applications specific to investment in the Dairy Processing Sector. The Dairy Processing Investment Fund was established to provide funding to dairy processors for investments that will improve productivity and competitiveness, and help them prepa...

Food and Beverage Canada (FBC) is a new national not-for-profit organization developed by industry, for industry. The organization will be launched in early 2018.   Read more...

Proud AFPA member Siwin Foods speaks to the growth they have felt from building a new facility and hiring quality-minded people, both a result of support from Growing Forward 2 (GF2) program funding. Success includes Siwin’s dumplings being picked up nationally by Costco...

By Derryl Kostynuik CGD, President and proud AFPA member Pencilworks Studios Ltd     You have a great product, but you wonder if the packaging of your product is clearly telling your customer how good it is. Is your package really doing the job at selling what’s inside? The j...