This Week on YODL: Week of June 10

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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 – Acadia University: Acadia University's Nutrition and Dietetics programs emphasize food science, food product development, current nutrition, and dietetics issues to prepare students for diverse careers throughout the food and healthcare industries.

  1. Explained – Food Processing Skills Canada: This article profiles Food Processing Skills Canada (FPSC), a non-profit organization dedicated to professionalizing the food and beverage manufacturing industry by providing leadership on labour, skills and workforce development.

  1. Turn Leftovers Into Profit: Check out this awesome tool built by CFIN member Andrew Tait. It helps food processors calculate the potential upcycled value of byproducts from fruits, vegetables, herbs, spices, and other plant materials.

Last month, we launched our new and improved Resource Finder. This interactive tool is the fastest and easiest way to search for Canadian resources to grow your food business.

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 two more Food & Beverage Programs, along with the latest and greatest discussions happening on YODL. 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!

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Super cool tool by @Andrew Tait. I was lucky to see a quick demo of it at SIAL.