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With operations in more than 100 countries worldwide, the Louis Dreyfus company is expanding its Yorkton facility to add 80 people to its 100 staff. Working with the government's investment-friendly climate, skilled workforce, and sustainable growers, the company is optimistic about the future of food, feed, and energy security.

Saskatchewan, a province with a natural resource-dependent economy, is now facing the implementation of the Clean Fuel Regulations, which took effect on July 1, 2023. These regulations present unique challenges and potential negative impacts for our province.

SREDA’s Board of Directors, through its CEO Selection Committee and supported by an executive search firm, is pleased to announce the appointment of Erin Lawson as the organization’s new Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. This appointment marks a significant milestone for SREDA as Erin becomes the first female CEO in the organization’s history.

Saskatchewan’s emerging rare earth element (REE) industry has the potential to grow the provincial economy within the next 10 years, according to an expert at the Saskatchewan Research Council (SRC).“The impact will be huge,’’ says Dr. Muhammad Imran, Vice-President Rare Earth Element Division at SRC. “It will mean jobs. There will be indirect impacts in terms of supplies of equipment from manufacturing industries, the piping industry, the electrical industry, the trucking industry. It will have a very solid impact on the growth of all those industries.’’

Saskatchewan Food Industry Development Centre Inc's Dr. Mehmet Tulbek and Dr. Pooba Ganeshan talk about the Canadian province's alternative protein innovations.Ahead of the Future Food-Tech Alternative Proteins Summit June 27-28 in New York, we caught up with President, Dr. Mehmet Tulbek and Principal Scientist, Dr. Pooba Ganeshan of the Saskatchewan Food Industry Development Centre.

SREDA is proud to announce Katrina German as the 2023 Wanda Hunchak Leadership Award recipient. Katrina is an award-winning entrepreneur, speaker and mentor, and generous and enthusiastic community leader. She has served on the Greater Saskatoon Chamber of Commerce Board, is currently an active Board Member for UNICEF Canada, and is a founding member of Seeds for Dreams