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Holiday Showcase Winner Announced
Thank you to everyone that celebrated Made in Alberta food & beverages this holiday season.
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The Holiday Showcase CONTEST is Live!
You can win a $200 Grocery Gift card while supporting local this holiday season.
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Alberta-made app helps consumers shop for locally made goods
A new application has launched in Alberta to help consumers find local goods amid tariff challenges.
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Edmonton Chamber of Commerce: Made in Alberta Goes Digital
New App and Website help Albertans discover local food and beverage favourites.
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The Holiday Showcase is just around the corner
The Holiday Showcase is back for 2025!
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The Made in Alberta App Has Arrived
Download today on iOS and Android
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Big Changes Coming to Made in Alberta
Our Exciting New Mobile App is Launching Soon!
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AFPA Wraps Up 10 Action-Packed Days at the Calgary Stampede Celebrating “Made in Alberta”
The 2025 Calgary Stampede kicked off with Alberta pride on full display, as the AFPA celebrated the province’s thriving food and beverage industry. It was a delicious showcase of innovation, connection, and community spirit highlighted by the Made in Alberta Lounge.
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Winners Announced at the 2025 Alberta Food & Beverage Awards
The 2025 Alberta Food & Beverage Awards featured Alberta's Best in 17 categories.
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Alberta Food & Beverage Awards Submissions are Now Open
Submissions are now open for the 2025 Alberta Food & Beverage Awards—an annual celebration recognizing the innovation, craftsmanship, and excellence of Alberta-made food and beverage products.
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Canadians and Danes are boycotting American products – BBC News
Bianca Parsons, Executive Director of Alberta Food Processors Association spoke to the BBC about Albertans choosing local.
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Made in Alberta aims to help shoppers buy Albertan with website
Shoppers are looking to spend their hard-earned dollars on Canadian-made products and Alberta Food Processors Association has taken the buy-local movement a step further with its Made in Alberta website.
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Buying Made-in-Alberta amid trade uncertainty
As U.S. imposed tariffs loom, Alberta businesses are hoping they'll see a rise in customers looking to keep it local. Watch the story featuring Calgary's YYC Beeswax.
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Website showcases Made in Alberta foods as tariffs push Canadians to buy local
madeinalberta.co launched in 2023 as the Alberta Food Processors Association (AFPA) and the provincial government sought to promote local items. It features hundreds of foods and beverages including cereals, condiments, meat, dairy, pasta, prepared meals, sweets, and more.
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Why supporting locally made products is important beyond tariffs
The Alberta Food Processors Association says supporting local businesses is important to the economy, regardless of whether tariffs are put in place or not
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AFPA Calls for Strong Support of Local Products Amid Evolving Trade Challenges
The food and beverage industry is Alberta’s second-largest manufacturing sector, generating $28 billion annually. AFPA, a non-profit organization established in 1974, proudly represents all segments of this vital sector, including growers, processors, retailers, food service buyers, and suppliers.
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Made in Alberta Holiday Countdown
Follow along as we announce new products every day between December 1st & 24th.
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Introducing the Holiday Countdown Contest
You can Win a $100 Grocery Card and a Made in Alberta Gift Basket!
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The Made in Alberta Holiday Countdown Launches December 1st
Our "Holiday Countdown" social media promotion will showcase Made in Alberta products available to shoppers this holiday season. Each day from December 1-24, we will feature a participating product on our website and social media channels, encouraging consumers to 'keep it local' this holiday season.
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Made in Alberta Update
The Made in Alberta movement is growing, and you can be a part of it.
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Shop Local – Government of Alberta
The Made in Alberta labelling program helps shoppers identify local products more easily. The program supports Alberta’s agriculture sector and helps producers and processors sell and market products across the province. Enjoy these Made in Alberta videos from Alberta Agriculture and Irrigation.
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Fields to Forks – Broken Tine Orchard
Situated southwest of Beaverlodge, Broken Tine Orchard is a family-owned farm that grows Haskaps to turn into wine, mead, and more!
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Fields to Forks – El Gringo
Fields to Forks brings you an inside look at the industry that feeds us. From farms to manufacturers to distributors, the journey of food production is told in the features from CTV. El Gringo Foods was featured on CTV's Fields to Forks in September of 2023.
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Welcome to Made In Alberta
Welcome to Made In Alberta, an initiative that celebrates and promotes Alberta-made foods and beverages.
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Message from the Minister of Agriculture
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Official Press Release
The Made in Alberta voluntary labeling program will help consumers easily identify Alberta-made products. Alberta producers and processors will be able to use the new label on their locally-made products.
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