Category: Canadian Food Heritage & Chicken Culture

Canadian chicken labelling is regulated by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), but the terms on packages are often misleading. “Grain-fed” means the bird was fed grain (not just grass).

When Dixie Lee opened in Belleville in 1964, fast food in Canada looked different. There was no coast-to-coast Canadian fried chicken brand. Ramon Leon and Douglas Walmsley saw that gap