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Alberta Gives Funds for Siwin Foods’ Edmonton Expansion

The Alberta government is investing $2.85 million in an expansion of Siwin Foods’ food processing facility in Edmonton, Alta., a Dec. 1 news release said. The funds are coming from Alberta’s Investment and Growth Fund.

“I am so pleased that an Alberta-based success like Siwin Foods has chosen to continue expanding here, creating jobs and delivering high-quality products to the tables of customers around the world,” Brian Jean, Alberta minister of jobs, economy and northern development, said in the release.

Siwin Foods plans to build a 70,000 square foot, state-of-the-art facility in Edmonton. The release said the new 70,000 square foot facility is designed to be an energy-efficient and waste-reducing processing facility. Siwin Foods has a growing customer base ranging from Costco to Sobeys to Walmart.

“Moving into a new facility will allow Siwin Foods to expand its production footprint and provide better access to the global market for its ready-to-eat and quick-cooking meal solutions,” the release noted.

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Our hope is that the series can help with the mental health issues the agriculture sector is grappling with right now. Farming and ranching are stressful businesses, but that’s brought to a whole new level when drought hits. By equipping cow-calf producers with information and words of advice from colleagues and peers in the sector on the best ways to get through a drought, things might not be as stressful in the next drought. Things might not look so bleak either.

In this final episode of the series, we are talking to Ralph Thrall of McIntyre Ranch who shares with us his experience managing grass and cows in a pretty dry part of the province.