/consortium-rita/taxonomy/term/33/all en /consortium-rita/article/turning-cooking-waters-flavor-consortium-ritas-innovative-research-featured-lepicerie <p>During the segment, Dr. Beaulieu emphasizes the importance of wastewater reduction and management. As she puts it, “for crab and lobster production, it’s around 800,000 litres [of wastewater] that is generated per day, for around 20,000 kilograms of cooked product. That’s a lot, considering there are many days in the season.”</p> Wed, 01 May 2024 22:14:35 +0000 Carolyne Dubreuil 831 at /consortium-rita /consortium-rita/article/mapaq-programme-transformation-alimentaire-2024-2026 <p>QUÉBEC, March 19th, 2024 /CNW/ - André Lamontagne, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and Minister responsible for the Centre-du-Québec region, has announced a new version of the "Programme Transformation Alimentaire" (PTA), with a budget of $40 million. The PTA aims to improve productivity, competitiveness and environmental performance in the food processing sector.</p> Wed, 20 Mar 2024 16:30:50 +0000 MAPAQ 694 at /consortium-rita /consortium-rita/article/mapaq-programme-innovation-bioalimentaire-2023-2028 <p>The general objective of the "Innovation bioalimentaire 2023-2028" program is to strengthen innovation in the Quebec biofood sector.</p> <p>More specifically, the program pursues the following objectives:</p> Wed, 22 Nov 2023 20:43:14 +0000 MAPAQ 679 at /consortium-rita /consortium-rita/article/food-processing-qubec-grants-71-m-three-organizations-accelerate-development-our-food-autonomy <p>QUÉBEC CITY, March 26, 2022 /CNW Telbec/ - The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Mr. André Lamontagne, announces the granting of financial assistance totaling $7.1 million to three organizations engaged in the food processing sector.</p> Fri, 20 Oct 2023 22:58:18 +0000 MAPAQ 671 at /consortium-rita /consortium-rita/about-us <p>The Consortium for Research, Innovation, and the Transformation of Agri-Food (RITA), founded in 2017 at ����VR��Ƶ’s Macdonald Campus, aims to support Quebec's food processing sector by catalyzing innovation and knowledge transfer between the research community and the industry.</p> <blockquote> <p><strong><i>"Innovation for the development of a prosperous, sustainable and Quebec-focused food processing sector."</i></strong></p></blockquote> Tue, 29 Aug 2017 15:46:35 +0000 hcrphoto.macdonald@mcgill.ca 607 at /consortium-rita