# Minister MacDonald to announce investment to support Canadian agri-food businesses Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/bc-food-news-7062911/minister-macdonald-to-announce-investment-to-support-canadian-agri-food-businesses Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/bc-food-news-7062911/minister-macdonald-to-announce-investment-to-support-canadian-agri-food-businesses.md Podcast: [BC Food News](https://stenobird.com/podcast/bc-food-news-7062911) Published: 2026-07-27T19:10:28+00:00 Episode link: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/minister-macdonald-to-announce-investment-to-support-canadian-agri-food-businesses--73198092 Audio file: https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73198092/20260727_1_thi3gl.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/bc-food-news-7062911/episodes/minister-macdonald-to-announce-investment-to-support-canadian-agri-food-businesses Duration seconds: 217 ## Resource In this episode of The-Food-&-Wine-Radio-Network's B-C-Food-Newscast, host Jennifer English reports on the upcoming announcement of a significant investment to support Canadian agri-food SMEs, set to take place on July 28, 2026. The declaration of this strategic investment will be made by Heath MacDonald, the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food on behalf of Mélanie Joly, the Minister of Industry. The event will be held in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. English encourages media personnel to contact Natural Products Canada for event details. English guides listeners to stay updated via Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada's website and social media channels. She continues with providing listeners with the primary contacts for any queries, Gabrielle Landry, Deputy Director of Media Relations, and Kim Cumpson from Natural Products Canada. The podcast ends with a note to check for additional details in the show notes, reminding listeners to stay informed and inspired. POST data https://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4739339-1&h=25517726&u=https%3A%2F%2Fised-isde.canada.ca%2Fsite%2Fised%2Fen&a=Innovation%2C+Science+and+Economic+Development+Canada https://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4739339-1&h=2257200194&u=https%3A%2F%2Fx.com%2FISED_CA&a=X%C2%A0(Twitter)%3A%C2%A0%40ISED_CA https://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4739339-1&h=1723546122&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FCanadianInnovation&a=Facebook%3A%C2%A0Canadian+Innovation https://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4739339-1&h=4272654720&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Fcdninnovation%2F&a=Instagram%3A%C2%A0%40cdninnovation gabrielle.landry@ised-isde.gc.ca media@ised-isde.gc.ca https:/… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/bc-food-news-7062911/episodes/minister-macdonald-to-announce-investment-to-support-canadian-agri-food-businesses/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/bc-food-news-7062911/minister-macdonald-to-announce-investment-to-support-canadian-agri-food-businesses.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.