Cargill and its customers have renewed a program that would ensure beef producers receive at least $400 for being certified under the Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef (CRSB).
Cargill renews top-up payment for CRSB-certified beef
Sustainable beef program brings framework up to date
Includes focus on transparency, clarity and consistency
Reading Time: 2 minutes A leading industry-run sustainable beef program is touting a new and improved update of its guiding framework. The Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef (CRSB) has released a “fulsome” rethink of the Certified Sustainable Beef Framework (CSBF) prioritizing transparency, clarity and consistency. It comes on the heels of the the framework’s first scheduled five-year review in […] Read more
Updated Certified Sustainable Beef Framework released
The program, launched in 2017, came up for its five-year review in 2022
A new and improved Certified Sustainable Beef Framework has been released following its first, five-year review announced the Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef (CRSB) today.
U.K. firm to process meats in Canada for Walmart
Plant would be Hilton Foods' first in North America
A British-based firm processing proteins for the retail and foodservice sectors plans to set up shop somewhere in Eastern Canada, after reaching a deal to supply meat products to Walmart’s Canadian grocery business. Hilton Food Group announced Thursday it plans to open a new manufacturing plant in that region to supply Walmart Supercentres in Canada […] Read more
Program sets a floor price for certified sustainable beef farms
BeefUp Sustainability aims to ensure certified farms get their funding, no matter where they are in the beef chain
Reading Time: 3 minutes Glacier FarmMedia – A new pilot program will ensure producers will receive at least $400 annually if they are certified under the Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef program. Previously, if cattle moved through a non-certified player in the value chain, (for example, the cow-calf and feedlot operators were certified but not the backgrounder) they couldn’t […] Read more
Montana’s restaurants commits to sustainable beef
Reading Time: < 1 minute Montana’s BBQ & Bar says that at least 30 per cent of the steaks it buys will come from farms certified by the Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef. An official with the restaurant chain, which has about 100 locations across the country, says buying certified sustainable beef is part of its effort “to minimize the […] Read more
SUSTAINABLE BEEF: A tale of two different numbers
In less than four years, one in five ranches has been certified sustainable — but market penetration is still low
Reading Time: 5 minutes When it comes to making Canada a leader in the certified sustainable beef movement, two numbers stand out – one very large and the other (in relative terms) very small. As of June 30, nearly one-fifth of the country’s beef cattle were raised on farms certified under the standards of the Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable […] Read more
Sustainability means a lot of things on this Alberta farm
Reading Time: 4 minutes Sustainable ag has been a popular term for many years but on Blue Ridge Farms, it goes beyond just farming practices. “We have four kids who will hopefully take it over, or whoever takes it over next, we want to pass it over in really good condition,” said Jillian Byers who farms with husband Brett […] Read more
FCC offers boost for sustainable beef
Reading Time: < 1 minute Livestock producers who have loans from Farm Credit Canada can get a rebate of up to $2,000 if they are certified under Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef protocols. The initiative (called the FCC Sustainability Incentive Program) was hailed by roundtable chair Anne Wasko, who said more beef buyers are looking for beef produced under the […] Read more
Loblaw to increase sustainable beef buying
Reading Time: < 1 minute Loblaw is tripling its purchase of beef produced under sustainable beef protocols. One year after pledging to buy one million pounds of certified sustainable beef, the Canadian grocery giant now says it will buy three million pounds by 2023. To be certified, the cattle must be raised on farms and processed under protocols established by […] Read more
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