agri-food
Noun
Meaning
agri-food (countable and uncountable, plural agri-foods)
(chiefly Canada, also US and Ireland) the business of producing food agriculturally (as opposed to through hunting, fishing, gathering, and so on); food so produced
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It is not only the major pharmaceutical corporations which the Gates Foundation is firmly in bed with (along with the big agri-food players), it is also embedded with Wall Street financial interests.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau dedicated $252 million in federal aid for the agri-food industry on Tuesday, in order to help struggling producers and sustain the country’s food system during the COVID-19 pandemic.
All-island agri-food firm Lakeland Dairies - which took over Northern Ireland dairy processor Fane Valley - has reported a 33% jump in sales to £683m.
Even before the expansion, Nestle was a leading employer in London’s agri-food sector, with about 750 workers in the peak spring and summer seasons.
Employers in the agri-food sectors indicated a demand for co-op programs and experiential learning.
Budget 2018 firmly puts us on the path to balance the books in 2023 while putting more Albertans back to work in a more diversified economy with the potential to be leaders in growing sector, such as agri-food and high tech.