Economic development executives from the Ontario Food Cluster are attending SIAL Brazil, The Latin American Food Marketplace, and the related Fispal Food Service Trade Show, promoting the new Conestoga College Institute of Food Processing Technology (IFPT) among other strengths to international companies that want to invest in Ontario's expanding $34 billion agri-food sector -- an industry that includes $9.9 billion of exports.
The Ontario Food Cluster currently includes 3,200 food and beverage companies that make up the second-largest food and beverage-processing jurisdiction in North America. They take advantage of Ontario's excellent location and transportation links to 450 million affluent food consumers through the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
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