Source: Ashley Robinson, MarketsFarm, Commodity News Service Canada, January 22, 2019
Health Canada has unveiled its new food guide, which switches the focus from portion sizes to a balanced diet and includes protein from sources like peas and lentils.
For the Canadian pulse crop industry, it’s a narrative they’ve been sharing for years.
“(The new food guide is) also sort of a realization that there isn’t just one approach to achieving the proper nutrition that ensures a healthy outcome,” said Gordon Bacon, chief executive officer of Pulse Canada.
