Three Foodtech Startups Receive $294K from The Canadian Food Innovation Network

Adapted from original post The Innovation Booster funding will help the Canadian companies accelerate food safety, processing, and emissions-reduction projects. GUELPH, ON — The Canadian Food Innovation Network (CFIN) is awarding $294,497 to three foodtech projects through the organization’s Innovation Booster Program. Industry will match these funds, resulting in a total of $588,992 in funding across the three projects.   The Innovation Booster funding recipients are:  Project Lead: Bliq Photonics (Quebec)  Project Title: Coagulation Measurement Probe for the Cheese Industry  Funding: $99,992  Bliq Photonics is proposing a significant advancement for […]

Harvest Systems and Pizza Pizza Establish Commercial Relationship

HAMILTON, ON  – Harvest Systems Inc. is proud to announce that they have secured an initial order commitment from Pizza Pizza Limited for its POWER (Pizza Oven Waste Energy Recovery) system following a successful demonstration of the product within the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area. Harvest’s clean technology system, installed and commissioned at three Pizza […]

Restaurants are having their biggest year ever

By Jennifer A. Kingson, author of Axios What’s Next (Adapted from original post) 2024 will be the U.S. restaurant industry’s biggest year ever in sales — $1.1 trillion by the end of December, per National Restaurant Association estimates. Why it matters: The COVID-19 pandemic devastated the restaurant industry, but sales are now far higher than before […]