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Accounting, Funding, Legal
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Branding, PR, Marketing
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Consultant Services
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Engineering, Construction
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Equipment, Energy, Automation
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ERP, Technology
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Export
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Facility Services
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Group Benefits, Insurance
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Human Resources, Executive Search
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Ingredient Suppliers
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Non Profit Industry Support
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Printing, Packaging
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Product R&D, Food Safety, Testing, Contract Manufacturing
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Sales Support, Distribution
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Supply Chain, Storage, Logistics
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Training, Certification
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AC C O U N T I NG , F U NDING , L E G AL ACCOUNTING Grant Thornton LLP grantthornton.ca/ Peter Veerman peter.veerman@ca.gt.com 604-687-2711
KPMG Management Services LP kpmg.com Leo Wilson leowilson@kpmg.ca 604-691-3461
LFG Partners lfgpartners.ca Rob Adamovsky rob.adamovsky@lfgpartners.ca 778-990-6674
CIBC Commercial Banking cibc.com/en/commercial.html Jason Potter jason.potter@cibc.com 604-220-1740
Marrelli Trust marrellitrust.ca Andrew Moncur amoncur@marrellitrust.ca 403-437-3484
Royal Bank of Canada rbc.com Katie Yu katie.yu@rbc.com 778-227-3746
Scotiabank scotiabank.com/ca/en/ Mike Dunnigan mike.dunnigan@scotiabank.com 778-995-0694
The Toronto-Dominion Bank td.com Brandon Ekholm brandon.ekholm@td.com 604-312-1385
Vancity vancity.com Krista Loewen krista-loewen@vancity.com 604-877-7620
Business Development Bank of Canada bdc.ca Austin Nairn austin.nairn@bdc.ca 604-658-8358
FCC fcc.ca Joti Dhesi joti.dhesi@fcc.ca 1-888-332-3301
Granted Consulting granted.ca/get-started Stephanie Sang ssang@granted.ca 778-653-5575
Investment Agriculture Foundation iafbc.ca TJ Schur tjschur@iafbc.ca 250-940-6150
Pioneera Ventures pioneeraventures.com Sam Pirzadeh sam@pioneeraventures.com 604-800-2844
MNP LLP mnp.ca Eva Tone eva.tone@mnp.ca 604-830-4396
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L EGA L Fasken Martineau fasken.com/en Ally Bharmal abharmal@fasken.com 604-631-4987
Mogan Daniels Slager LLP mdslawyers.com Natalie Leon nleon@mdslawyers.com 604-689-8000
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B R A N D I N G , PR, M A RK E T ING Brand Natural brandnatural.ca Johanna Israel-Duprey johanna@brandnatural.ca 778-863-8589
Crew Marketing Partners crewmarketingpartners.com Kaela Napier knapier@crewmp.com 888-499-4235
Ethical Food Group ethicalfoodgroup.com Corwin Hiebert corwin@ethicalfoodgroup.com 604-803-2019
Mercury Publications westerngrocer.com Melanie Houssin mhoussin@mercurypublications.ca 204-954-2085
Overtime Marketing overtimemarketing.ca Taimoor Syed tsyed@overtimemarketing.ca 778-344-4678
Pendo pendo.ca Don Cleland don@pendo.ca 604-398-8822
Picnic Creative picniccreates.com Steffen Janzen steffen@picniccreates.com 604-300-1259
Samantha Falk Communications samfalk.com Samantha Falk sam@samfalk.com 604-307-3219
Shervin Communications goshervin.com Sherrin Western sherrin@goshervin.com 604-422-0174
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CON S U LTA NT S B USINESS Incrementa (un)consulting incrementa.ca Mike Knapp mknapp@incrementa.ca 604-219-1918
Clock Builders clockbuilders.co/ Jay Evanow jay@clockbuilders.co 604-346-8783
I N DUSTRY Erik Eide Erik Eide eeide88@gmail.com 778-677-3935
Foodwest Resources Robin Smith robinsmith.bc@gmail.com 604-671-1429
Good to Grow goodtogrowproducts.com/ Andrea Gray-Grant andrea@goodtogrowproducts.com 604-454-8806
Karen Barnaby Karen Barnaby karen.barnaby@gmail.com 604-253-6288
Karen Ann Davidson karenanndavidson.ca Karen Davidson karen@karenanndavidson.ca 604-786-6654
QUmai SA Dave Eto daveeto62@gmail.com 604-315-2640
This Commerce Life thiscommercelife.com Kenny Vannucci kenny@thiscommercelife.com 778-838-7053
Wiseop Business Partners Ltd. wiseop.ca Ali Samei wiseop.ca@gmail.com 604-760-1010
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E N G I N E E R I N G , C O NST RU C T IO N Enginuity Consulting enginuity-consulting.ca Alex Osborne alex.o@enginuity-consulting.ca 778-347-4572
Eurocrete eurocrete.com James Sleightholme jamess@eurocrete.com 604-513-5855
Fusion Projects www.fusion-projects.com Dean Harris dharris@fusion-projects.com 604-834-6284
GHD ghd.com Rodrigo Santana rodrigo.santana@ghd.com 1-778-980-6593
Knack Industrial Contracting knackindustrial.com Keith Van Delft keith@knackindustrial.com 604-744-8961
LAPORTE Engineering Inc laporteconsultants.com/en Taraya Middleton TMiddleton@laporteconsultants.com 604-568-0180
SIDMAC Engineering & Manufacturing sidmac-mfg.com Paul Feaver info@sidmac-mfg.com 604-850-7799
E Q U I P ME N T, E NE RG Y, AU TO M ATION ABB Inc. new.abb.com/ca Anas Waris anas.waris@ca.abb.com
Centrifuges Unlimited Inc centrifuges.net Mark Fawcett mark@centrifuges.net
Evergreen Pacific evergreenforklifts.ca Jeff Wylie jwylie@evergreen-pacific.com 604-341-1899
Fortis BC fortisbc.com Thomas Montgomery Thomas.montgomery@fortisbc.com 604-999-1687
Handtmann Canada Limited handtmann.ca Rafal Rusiniak rafal.rusiniak@handtmann.ca 519-725-3666
Multivac Canada Inc. multivac.com/ca Marcy Howe sales@ca.multivac.com 905-264-1170
Pemberton & Associates pemcom.com Riley Fitzpatrick rileyf@pemcom.com 403-803-3531
Prime Boiler Services primeboiler.com Mike Wiens mike.wiens@primeboiler.com 604-855-8797
RGE Sales & Service / Fortress Technology RGE-InspectionSystems.ca Ron Gallie rongallie@telus.net 604-798-9346
Smith Industries Ltd. smithindustriesltd.com Dan Adkins sales@smithindustriesltd.com 604-874-6110
Steep Hill Equipment Solutions Inc. steephillequipment.com Brent Larsen blarsen@steephill.ca 604-425-2002
E R P, S O F TWARE , C E L L U L A R Baka Communications Inc. www.baka.ca John Andrada jandrada@baka.ca 604-679-7577
Icicle Technologies Inc icicletechnologies.com Steven Burton sburton@icicletechnologies.com 604-231-1650
TLC Solutions tlcsolutions.ca Aaron Toplician aaron.toplician@tlcsolutions.ca 1-888-354-5002
Vision33 vision33.com Rushika Dave rushika.dave@vision33.com 604-473-2100
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TELUS Agriculture & Consumer Goods Roddy Campbell roddy.campbell@telusagcg.com
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EX P O RT Export Development Canada edc.ca Yasmine Fouad yfouad@edc.ca 604-235-4726
Export Navigator exportnavigator.ca Romina Donoso info@exportnavigator.ca 604-637-1010
PCB Customs Brokers pcbglobaltrade.com Lisa Stevenson lisa.stevenson@pcb.ca 604-538-1566
Alsco Uniforms alsco.com Craig Sherlock csherlock@alsco.com 604-454-4189
Ecolab Co ecolab.com Michael Ng michael.ng@ecolab.com 1-800-465-1914
Fraser Valley Biogas evergeninfra.com Dayton Skei dayton@evergeninfra.com 778-899-2658
Sani Marc - Food & Beverage Division sanimarc.com Jose Livia Jose.Livia@sanimarc.com 604-340-8815
Swirltex Inc. sanimarc.com Mary Okafor mokafor@swirltex.com 403-300-7989
FACI L I TY S E RV IC E S
GROUP BENEFITS, INSURANCE Acera Insurance acera.ca Hugh Badger-Forand hugh.badger-forand@acera.ca 604-235-1858
InsureLine insurelineselect.com Ken Veach ken.veach@insureline.com 236-867-5414
Reliance Insurance reliance.ca Mark Johnson mjohnson@reliance.ca 604-251-8360
The Reframe Group reframeinsurance.ca Brian Cole brian@thereframegroup.com 877-778-8455
H U MA N R E SO U RC E S, E XE C U T IVE SEARCH De Lacy Executive Recruitment delacyexecutive.com Erin Stuart erin.stuart@delacyexecutive.com 236-818-2648
Egon Zehnder egonzehnder.com Anne-Laure Brault Anne-Laure.Brault@EgonZehnder.com 604-780-8681
Elite Leadership Search locksearchgroup.com Sandy Dennis sdennis@elitesearch.ca 778-846-5374
Grizzly Force grizzlyforce.ca Sandro Ferrari sandro@grizzlyforce.ca 604-767-2084
HR West Consulting hrwest.ca Chantel Wellman chantel@hrwest.ca 604-546-7674
MacDonald Search Group macdonaldsearchgroup.com Trevor Baker trevor@macdonaldsearchgroup.com 604-687-6464
Thrive Recruitment Inc. thrive-recruitment.com Melanie Wilk melanie@thrive-recruitment.com 604-790-1375
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INGREDIENT SUPPLIERS Avafina Organics avafina.com/learn Laura Cuñer laura@avafina.com
Carmi Flavor and Fragrance Co. Inc. carmiflavors.com Sarah O’dell sarah@carmiflavors.com 905-658-1380
Crush Dynamics Inc. crushdynamics.com Kirk Moir kirk@crushdynamics.com 877-652-7874
Everland Natural Foods everland.ca Simran Kaur simran@jivaorganics.ca 236-668-2455
Fresh Direct Produce freshdirectproduce.com Steve Chan steve.chan@freshdirectproduce.com 604-639-1363
Ingredients Plus Distribution ingredientsplus.ca Madison Burk madison@ingredientsplus.ca 604-468-7146
Island West islandswest.com Robert Wallace rwallace@islandswest.com 1-250-727-0744
Left Coast Naturals leftcoastnaturals.com Coby Palidwar coby@leftcoastnaturals.com 604-879-9100
North of 49 Naturals northof49naturals.com Adam Small Asmall@northof49naturals.com 604-980-3999
NutraEx nutraex.com Harvey Martens harvey.martens@nutraex.com 888-978-8249
Pacific Blends pacificblends.com Frank McCormac jfmccormac@pacificblends.com 604-945-4600
Snow Cap snowcap.com Tony Llewellyn tony@snowcap.com 604-515-3202 ext. 151
Hugh Badger-Forand 604.235.1858
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NON P RO F I T INDU ST RY SU PPORT National Research Council Canada, IRAP nrc.canada.ca/en Shuanghui Liu shuanghui.liu@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca 604-355-7739
Manufacturing Safety Alliance of BC safetyalliancebc.ca Wayne Arondus w.arondus@safetyalliancebc.ca 604-798-2944
Protein Industries Canada proteinindustriescanada.ca James Street james@proteinsupercluster.ca 1 (306) 949-0049
WeBC we-bc.ca Brandi Ripel brandi@we-bc.ca 1-800-643-7014
New Zealand Trade and Enterprise nzte.govt.nz Sasja Smit Monahan sasja.smit@nzte.govt.nz 604-722-3330
PR I N T I N G, PAC K AG ING , L A B E LLIN G Applied Plastics Technology Inc. appliedplastics.ca Serge Paiement sales@appliedplastics.ca 604-856-6880
Associated Labels and Packaging associatedlp.com Liz Siemens liz@associatedlp.com 604-525-4764
Boxmaster boxmaster.com Geoff Nickerson gnickerson@boxmaster.com 604-521-4715
FoodPak foodpak.com Nick Pike sales@foodpak.ca 1-833-FOODPAK
Glenmore Custom Print & Packaging glenmorecustomprint.com Rachel Abma rachel@glenmoreprinting.com 604-273-6323
Great Little Box Company Ltd. Ideon Packaging glbc.com Luigi Scaglione lscaglione@glbc.com 604-301-3700
Jivapack Canada Inc. jivapack.com Hussain Kherodawala hussain@jivapack.com 778-321-9597
Norlands Box Company norlands.com Mahna Naemi mahna@altrolabels.com 604-923-8286
Rayacom Group of Companies rayacomgroup.com Richy Escolar Chua richy.chua@rayacom.com 604-254-4488
TricorBraun tricorbraun.ca Shelley Keller shelley.keller@tricorbraun.com 604-349-1454
Valcraft Printing valcraftprinting.com Sulabh Mehra sulabh@valcraftprinting.com 604-856-4911
Vancouver Premium Packaging Ltd. vanpkg.com John C john@vanpkg.com 604-728-7225
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PRO D UC T R & D, T E ST ING , F O O D SAFETY, CON TR ACT MAN UFACTURI N G BC Food Connection bcfoodconnection.ca Alisa Hutton info@bcfb.ca 604-371-4245
BCIT - Natural Health & Food Product Research Group bcit.ca Hong Sy hong_sy@bcit.ca 604-456-8001
CSN Pharma csnpharma.com Pooja Gawade marketing@csnpharma.com 604-544-5958
Cultivated Food Labs cultivatedfoodlabs.com Joel Gfeller hello@cultivatedfoodlabs.com 604-456-8001
FTC International Consulting Ltd. ftcinternational.com Eva Savova eva@ftcinternational.com 604-288-2719
Passionate Food Safety Consulting Ltd passionatefoodsafety.com Helen Xie helen.xie@passionatefsconsulting.com 778-320-9566
Prairie Research Kitchen rrc.ca Mavis McRae 204-632-3993
RebelCPG rebelcpg.com Lara Tiro lara@rebelcpg.com 778-227-2241
Rhema Health Products rhemamade.com Erika Silden eriks@rhemamade.com 604-777-7247
SGS Canada Inc. sgs.com Mohit Mclaren mohit.mclaren@sgs.com 604-366-7420
S AL E S S UP P O RT, DIST RIB U T ION Brand-Mart brand-mart.com Omid Qashqai qashqaiomid@gmail.com 778-682-1194
Hook & Herd hookandherd.ca Stanley Kwok stanley@hookandherd.ca 604-968-3918
International Pacific Sales Ltd. internationalpacificsales.com Laura Driscoll laurad@intlpac.com 1-604-273-7035
Legends Haul legendshaul.com Craig Sheridan craig@legendshaul.com 694-961-5805
Repso repso.ca Brenden Fatt hello@repso.ca
Sevco Foods sevcofoods.com Marlies Krueger customerservice@sevco-foods.com 604-301-3070
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Bellingham Cold Storage bellcold.com Jose Roques jose.roques@bellcold.com 360-733-1640
Express Lumper Solutions Ltd. expresslumpers.com Mehul Sharma smehul@expresslumpers.com 1-833-652-4084
Novem novemcanada.com Benjamin Rodd ben@novemcanada.com 778-363-2088
Pacific Coast Distribution Ltd. pacificcoast.ca Chris Funk chris.funk@pacificcoast.ca 604-888-8489
Pacific Pallet Ltd pacificpallet.ca Garry Sharma graham@pacificpallet.ca 604-856-5176
BC Food & Beverage Growth Hub bcfb.ca/growth-hub Alisa Hutton growthhub@bcfb.ca 604-371-4245
Food Processing Skills Canada fpsc-ctac.com Jennefer Griffith jgriffith@fpsc-ctac.com 613-237-7988
Playbook Logistics Inc playbooklogistics.com Patricia Rietveld patriciac@playbooklogistics.com 604-372-2070
T R A I N I N G, C E RT IF IC AT IO N Catalyst Training Services Inc. catalysttraining.ca Dan Monteiro dan@catalysttraining.ca 604-298-5505 FOODSAFE Secretariat foodsafe.ca Nannette Plant plant@camosun.ca 250-370-4683
U P CYCL I N G , F O O D RE C OV E RY Food Mesh foodmesh.ca Jessica Regan jessica@foodmesh.ca 778-840-8600
Food Stash Foundation foodstash.ca Carla Pellegrini director@foodstash.ca 236-866-5227
Quest Outreach questoutreach.org Theodora Lamb tlamb@questoutreach.org 778-773-3811
West Coast Reduction Ltd. wcrl.com Derek Quan dquan@wcrl.com 604-255-9301
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