Wednesday, September 20, 2023

Nova Scotia poultry processor getting $3 million


Eden Valley Poultry in Nova Scotia is getting almost $3 million from the Supply Management Processing Investment Fund to update its processing and wastewater facilities. 


Some of the investments will involve automation which will increase the plant capacity.


Eden Valley Is the only federally-inspected poultry plant in Nova Scotia, has been in operation since 2012 and processes fresh whole chicken boneless chicken breasts and frozen whole turkeys.


The plant is a joint venture of Maple Lodge Farms of Brampton and the province’s poultry producers.


The Supply Management Processing Investment Fund was set up by the federal government to compensate the poultry industry for import concessions made in trade deals with the United States, Europe and the Trans-Pacific Partnership