This Week on YODL - Week of August 5, 2024

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Happy Friday YODLers!

One of the benefits of becoming a CFIN member is that you get access to YODL. In addition to daily original content, YODL helps CFIN Members find new partners, resources, and funding opportunities to grow their food business.

Here are some highlights from this week on YODL!

Top Posts

Some themes of interest included:

  1. 50 Food & Beverage Programs – Vancouver Island University: Learn more about the Wine Business Program at Vancouver Island University. This comprehensive one-year certificate course is designed for those passionate about pursuing a career in the BC wine industry. The program combines practical experience with academic learning in viticulture, wine business practices, marketing, and tourism.

  1. Food Packaging Life Cycle Challenges: In this guest article, Carol Zweep, a Plastics Researcher at Conestoga College, examines the key challenges in moving toward a circular approach to plastic food packaging, along with some of the innovative processes and technologies that are helping us get there.

  1. The Food Tech Innovators Podcast: This new podcast from Icicle Technologies is seeking food innovators to be featured in upcoming episodes. Learn more in this YODL post, then listen to the inaugural episode featuring CFIN's own Lavina Gully!

If you missed this week's articles, don't fret – you can catch up on them here!

We also looked at some awesome opportunities and events that may benefit your food and beverage business. You can find the full list here.

Contributors

YODL is home to the likes of food and beverage processors, distributors, retailers, funders, innovators, regulators, and researchers from across Canada. We'd like to welcome these new members to YODL this week:

Get Involved

Perhaps you want to engage with some insightful discussions from fellow members? Don't see a topic that's been on your mind? Start a discussion of your own here and prepare to be amazed at how great it is to be a YODL member!

Looking Ahead

Next week, we will explore another Food & Beverage Program, along with an article on the future of "food as medicine" in Canada. We look forward to making more connections and telling more stories.

That's it for us this week – we'll see you again on Monday!