2. CPMA – Produce Trends 2018

3. Canada’s Food Guide
Release in 2018

4. Veggie Butcher
Plant Butchery: Meat substitutes have graduated from seitan and soy with new options made from chickpeas, legumes, and fungi.
YamChops on 705 College Street are telling consumers that they can enjoy…Extraordinarily great tasting plant-based proteins with extraordinarily great service. Vegans, vegetarians, flexitarians and even meat enthusiasts love visiting our beautifully curated Little Italy location in Toronto. 
Pusatareris Saks Fifth Avenue food hall here in the GTA have a Vegetable Butcher will clean, peel, chop and dice you veggies for free.

5. Middle of the Plate
Plant Butchery: Meat substitutes have graduated from seitan and soy with new options made from chickpeas, legumes, and fungi.
YamChops on 705 College Street are telling consumers that they can enjoy…Extraordinarily great tasting plant-based proteins with extraordinarily great service. Vegans, vegetarians, flexitarians and even meat enthusiasts love visiting our beautifully curated Little Italy location in Toronto. 
Pusatareris Saks Fifth Avenue food hall here in the GTA have a Vegetable Butcher will clean, peel, chop and dice you veggies for free.

6. Ethnic & Worldly

7. "Zero Waste" Restaurants
Food Waste Frenzy: With approximately 40% of food in the U.S. going to waste, restaurants, and innovative food companies will increasingly serve up delicious food options using the whole fruit and vegetable—from seeds to rinds. The same goes here in Canada.
The drive to environmentally accountable foodservice is trending and there are restaurants across the county that address food waste, energy conservation and reduced emissions.
The Sprout in NewFoundland which focuses on waste reduction, composting and even offers a refund of 1 dollar for the recycling of their reuable plastic-to-go containers.
The Craft Beer Market in Ottawa, Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary and Toronto – focus on 100 percent green energy, composting, recycling and green products to reduce emission.
Bistro 67 at Durham College here in the GTA
NU Burger in Winnipeg which is focused on carbon reduction and all their burgers are gluten-free, vegetarian and vegan options are also available. They recycle and compost nearly everything, as their takeout packing and napkins are either recyclable or biodegradable. 
Deck Nibbles- Boost productivity and bring joy to your office by giving your employees and colleagues the gift of delicious snacks. Desk Nibbles delivers healthy, delicious and affordable snack boxes to offices across Canada.
Terra Breads - Eliminating organic waste is a top priority for Terra Breads bakery,located in four different neighborhoods in Vancouver, BC, as most of their waste is generated from food scraps. They use colour coded bins for recycling and composting and truly produce no garbage at all unless customers leave their own personal garbage on the table, because all napkins and cutlery are compostable!

8. Packaged salads Berries Organics
Approximately 3,713 certified organic producers working on 841 thousand hectares of land in Canada.
Certified organic farms account for approximately 1.8% of the total number of farms in Canada.
Organic livestock is a small but growing sector.
There are about 1,200 certified organic processors and handlers in Canada, producing a wide variety of ingredients and consumer-ready products.
Total annual retail sales of certified organic products in Canada are approximately $3.5 billion, with about 46% moving through mainstream supermarkets. In addition, fresh fruit and vegetables account for 39% of all domestic organic food and beverage sales (

9. Food Fraud

10. Almost ½ of all food choices are motivated by health & wellness

11. Daypart Eating
3 square meals a day!

12. Meal Kits and Food Prep

13. Grocerant

14. Innovation
Mushroom Packaging