One of Eastern Canada’s largest apple packaging and storage operations has received a funding boost from the federal government.
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada has invested up to $1.75 million in Scotian Gold Cooperative to support the company’s new packing facility in Coldbrook.
The federal government told in a statement that the investment would help the company expand its facility and purchase and install two new-to-Atlantic high efficiency production lines.
The two new lines, which will nearly double the company’s capacity, are replacing the “1990s technology” the co-operative had been using, says an article on HantsJournal.ca (“Scotian Gold already benefitting from federal government cash,” on Oct. 31, 2017).
The company built a new 28,000-sq.-ft. addition to the existing plant to house the lines.
The total budget for the project was $5.5 million. The co-operative also received $500,000 from the Atlantic Canada Opportunity Agency and the rest came from its member growers, says the Hants Journal article.
Source: foodincanada.com
