The governments of Canada and Manitoba are celebrating the 12th annual Farm and Food Awareness Week from September 20 to 25, an opportunity for Manitobans to learn where their food comes from and recognize the work local producers do to bring safe, healthy food from farm to table, federal Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Heath MacDonald and Manitoba Agriculture Minister Ron Kostyshyn announced today.
This year’s theme, ‘Community and Agriculture: Growing Together,’ recognizes the important connections between agriculture and communities.
Throughout the week, Manitoba Agriculture will share videos, resources and partner activities through social media and other communications channels. Manitobans can follow along at @MBGovAg and share photos of local food, farms and agricultural experiences using the hashtag #FarmFoodAwarenessWeek.
In support of agriculture awareness, the governments of Canada and Manitoba are investing $260,000 through the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership (Sustainable CAP) to support seasons 37 and 38 of the digital and broadcast series Great Tastes of Manitoba, which connects Manitobans with food grown and produced in the province.
The Manitoba government has also formalized a five-year strategic framework to strengthen co-operation across agriculture, research and agri-food innovation with the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) Food. As Europe’s largest food innovation community with over 200 partners dedicated to accelerating innovation and business creation in the food sector, EIT Food leverages Horizon Europe funding program (€95-billion budget for 2021 to 2027) to enable and advance innovation and entrepreneurship across the food value chain in Europe and internationally.
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