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September 03, 2019

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Speaker Announcements: Slips, Trips, and Falls Prevention with WorkSafeBC

We are incredibly excited to announce the addition of 4 amazing panel speakers to the mainstage at our joint event with WorkSafeBC: Slips, Trips and Falls Prevention on October 3.

#1: Craig Ogilvie is the Plant Manager with Conagra Foods Canada and has more than 20 years of experience within the Food & Beverage, Pharmaceutical and Construction industries. OSSE certified since 2015,...

August 27, 2019

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10 ways to promote safety for people, products and planet

Written by Cargill

We are grateful and proud to be recognized as a finalist for the 2019 BC Food & Beverage Award in the People First category.

At Cargill, the safety and well-being of all our employees is our top priority. So we are particularly honored to be acknowledged in this category. It is a testament to the quality of our safety programs – but most of all a recognition of our dedicated employees who demonstrate safety every day.

Of course, a strong safety culture doesn’t...

August 20, 2019

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Finalists for the 2019 BC Food and Beverage Awards Announced

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For immediate release: August 20, 2019

Finalists for the 2019 BC Food and Beverage Awards Announced

Celebrating the Best of BC’s top manufacturing industry.

Vancouver, BC – The BC Food Processors Association is pleased to unveil the list of the 2019 BC Food and Beverage Award Finalists. These finalists represent the companies, products, and leaders who inspire impactful initiatives that reflect our award categories. BC Food Processors Association will commend these achievements at the Awards Gala on September 17 at the...

August 19, 2019

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5 THINGS TO CONSIDER BEFORE ENTERING THE B2B MARKET

Written by Oumar Barou Togola of Farafena, 2019 BC Food and Beverage Sustainability Award Finalist

Since our inception, Farafena’s goal has been to share the ancient grains and superfoods of Africa with the rest of the world. Through our equitable direct partnerships with women farmers in Mali, we have grown our Business-to-Consumer (B2C) model from (quite literally) the ground up. There comes a time, however, when a growing business must evaluate the market in which they are operating and decide if there are other opportunities that will help them...

August 09, 2019

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