{"id":1547,"date":"2014-02-26T15:33:57","date_gmt":"2014-02-26T22:33:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/69.27.112.238\/?p=1547"},"modified":"2014-02-28T15:37:15","modified_gmt":"2014-02-28T22:37:15","slug":"northlands-launches-alberta-flavour-local-from-the-ground-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northlands.com\/?p=1547","title":{"rendered":"Northlands launches Alberta Flavour. Local. From the ground up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Local food initiative will support agri-food business in Alberta<\/em><br \/>\n<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>EDMONTON, AB<\/strong> \u2013 Northlands is proud to launch Alberta Flavour. Local. From the ground up \u2013 an initiative that helps bring more local food to the plates of Albertans. Northlands starts by helping local<br \/>\nagri-food companies field test their products and ingredients, then will work with other organizations to get these products on their menu.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith a 135-year history as an agriculture society, we\u2019re continuously looking for opportunities to support the agri-business in Alberta and beyond,\u201d said Sharilee Fossum, acting President and CEO of Northlands. \u201cRecognizing that people want sustainable, local and environmentally responsible food without compromising flavour, freshness and nourishment \u2013 we know this can be challenging. That\u2019s why we\u2019re proud to support agri-food companies in Alberta and we look forward to their successes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Alberta Flavour program has four key components:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Newly developed food products are tested at Northlands.<\/li>\n<li>Northlands provides feedback to the manufacturer on how the product can be improved for a commercial kitchen.<\/li>\n<li>When the product is ready, Northlands integrates it into its operations.<\/li>\n<li>Northlands then helps build relationships with foodservice organizations to get Alberta Flavour food products on menus across the province.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Northlands, together with Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development, have already cultivated Alberta Flavour success stories. And it couldn\u2019t happen without collaboration. Passionate agri-food companies, forward thinking food services organizations, and a state-of-the-art food processing development centre have all come together to create more local food choices for Albertans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Local food initiative will support agri-food business in Alberta EDMONTON, AB \u2013 Northlands is proud to launch Alberta Flavour. Local. From the ground up \u2013 an initiative that helps bring more local food to the plates of Albertans. Northlands starts by helping local agri-food companies field test their products and ingredients, then will work with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1172,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/northlands.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Northlands-1.jpg?fit=800%2C125&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/northlands.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1547"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/northlands.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/northlands.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northlands.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northlands.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1547"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/northlands.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1547\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1549,"href":"https:\/\/northlands.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1547\/revisions\/1549"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northlands.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/northlands.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northlands.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northlands.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}