Daily Bread Food Bank and Second Harvest announce funding from Walmart Foundation
Funding provided to help in their efforts to rescue and deliver fresh, surplus food to feed people experiencing hunger. Value Chain Management International partners with Second Harvest on the second project to support evidence-based solutions for food recovery – Release – April 19, 2018
2018 – The Year of Recreational Cannabis: What Are the Risks? How Is Industry Managing Them?
January 9, 2018 – SCS Consulting and VCMI release paper on opportunities and risks facing the Canadian cannabis industry. For paper, click here.
OPMA Food Waste Case Study on Gwillimdale Farms – released November 20, 2017
This is the third of four case studies as part of the “Reducing Food Waste in Fresh Produce” project – funded in part through Growing Forward 2 (GF2), a federal-provincial-territorial initiative.
Click here for link to study.
Comparative Analysis of Beef Traceability Capabilities and Practices in Australia and Ontario
June 1, 2015 — VCM International has released a report that compares the relative capabilities and benefits of Ontario’s beef traceability systems with that of Australia’s National Livestock Traceability System. To access the report, click here.
Blade Farming Case Study – A Revolutionary Beef and Veal Production System
August 19, 2014 — The Blade Farming case study has now been updated and is available via the following link: Blade Farming Beef and Veal Production Case Study – August 2014
The case study explains how Blade Farming, a UK company, developed a highly innovative and successful beef and veal production system. The system brings all parties/businesses of the value chain together in such a way that results in them being able to produce, process, and market beef more sustainably and profitably than traditional systems.
Industry Collaboration Needed to Tackle the $27 Billion in Food Wasted in Canada Each Year
“Developing an Industry Led Approach to Addressing Food Waste in Canada”, a study commissioned by Provision Coalition, looks to combat the 30-40 percent of food lost along the Canadian food value chain with much of it finding its way to landfill or composting. For full study, please click here.
The study, managed by the Network for Business Sustainability (NBS) and led by researchers at the Ivey Business School and Value Chain Management Centre (a division of Value Chain Management International), aimed to map the food waste challenge in the context of Ontario’s and Canada’s agri-food industry and develop a coordinated strategy for tackling the food waste challenge in Canada.
For full news release, please click here.
Cut Waste, GROW PROFIT™ Forum 2013 — November 12, 2013
AGENDA ¦ SPEAKERS ¦ SPONSORS ¦ FORUM COMMITTEE ¦ VENUE ¦ DELEGATES ¦ PRESENTATIONS
Cut Waste, GROW PROFIT™ 2013 Forum ¦ November 12, 2013 ¦ Maple Leaf Foods Inc.’s ThinkFOOD! Centre, Mississauga, Ontario
Thank you to the delegates who attended and to the speakers and sponsors. Click on the link above to see the speakers’ presentations.
Developing a roadmap for Ontario’s fresh potato industry
Case study released on December 3 that identifies opportunities for Ontario’s potato industry – for study click here
Increasing the Profitability of Ontario Apple Producers
New study reveals that success rests on cost-effective production, grading and packing — not lower-cost production, grading and packing.
Access CASE STUDY here.
Access PRESS RELEASE here.
College of Management and Economics Appoints Dr. Martin Gooch as HTM Adjunct Faculty
At the University of Guelph.