(Photo courtesy Farm & Food Care Ontario)(Photo courtesy Farm & Food Care Ontario)
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Sustainable beef report released

The Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef has released its annual report.

It highlights key achievements over the past year.

Launched in 2018, the CRSB developed the first outcome-based certification program for beef sustainability in the world and uptake is steadily increasing.

Anne Wasko is the Chair of the CRSB and a rancher from Saskatchewan.

In a release Wasko states they're excited to see strong growth in the certification program over the past year, with a 45% increase in the volume of beef that has been sold through the program, and a 16% increase in certified farms and ranches over the past six months.

Adoption of the framework has exceeded expectations with McDonald’s being the first to launch a program sourcing a portion of the beef volume in their Angus burger line-up followed by Harvey’s in their Original Burger.

Both are highlighting their support of sustainable beef production in Canada.

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