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Alberta Food Centre virtual tours

Tour the facility 2 ways by viewing drone footage and 3D walking tours.

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Lab, culinary kitchen and pilot plant tours

Take a drone flight and 3D walking tours to see the laboratory, culinary kitchen and pilot-scale processing plant.

Drone tour

See all areas quickly through a drone flight.

3D walking tours

Navigate through interactive 3D models to see the lab and culinary kitchen on the first floor and the processing areas on the first and second floors.

Matterport 3D image of the Food Processing Development Centre interactive 3D model

First floor

Explore the laboratories and processing areas.

Matterport 3D image of the Food Processing Development Centre interactive 3D model

Second floor

View the processing areas.

Leasable processing suite tours

Take a drone flight to view leasable processing suites, shared staff amenities and common areas in the incubator space. Then take a closer look at a leasable suite through a virtual 3D walking tour.

Drone tour

See the leasable processing suites, shared staff amenities and common areas quickly through a drone flight.

3D walking tour

Navigate through an interactive 3D model to see a leasable processing suite in the incubator space.

Photo of 2 3D walking tour of a building

Leasable processing suite

Explore the areas within a suite.

Contact

Connect with the Alberta Food Centre:

Hours: 8:15 am to 4:30 pm (open Monday to Friday, closed statutory holidays)
Phone: 780-986-4793
Toll free: 310-0000 before the phone number (in Alberta)
Email: [email protected]

Address:
Food Processing Development Centre (Alberta Food Centre)
6309 45 Street
Leduc, Alberta  T9E 7C5

Meet the team

  • Management

    Ken Gossen
    Executive Director
    Food and Bio Processing Branch
    Phone: 780-980-4860
    Email: [email protected]

    Elizabeth Melnichuk
    Director
    Operations
    Phone: 780-980-4872
    Email: [email protected]

    Michelle Sigvaldson
    Director
    Food Science and Development
    Phone: 780-980-4820
    Email: [email protected]

    Sasa Subasic
    Manager
    Facilities
    Email: [email protected]

    Cody Cunningham
    Manager
    Business Development
    Phone: 403-340-7089
    Email: [email protected]

  • Food scientists

    Arie Vandermeer
    Specializes in fresh and processed meat products, meat analogues, and protein-portion ready meal components.
    Email: [email protected]

    Craig Bansema
    Specializes in confectionery, sauces, condiments, beverages, and ready-to-eat meals.
    Email: [email protected]

    Haihong Wang
    Specializes in fresh and processed meat products and protein-portion ready meal components.
    Email: [email protected]

    Jay Han
    Specializes in dry- and wet-fractionation of plant proteins, extrusion, milling, snack bars, baked products and fresh produce.
    Email: [email protected]

    Jingqi Yang
    Specializes in dry- and wet-fractionation of plant proteins, extrusion, milling, plant-based products, fresh produce, freeze dried products.
    Email: [email protected]

    Stuart Johnston
    Specializes in plant protein functional profiling, dry- and wet-fractionation of plant proteins, beverages, sauces and condiments.
    Email: [email protected]

    Zeb Pietrasik
    Specializes in dairy and egg-based foods, condiments and sauces. 
    Email: [email protected]

  • Business development

    Business development officers

    Flavio Salinas
    Email: [email protected]

    Janet Henderson
    Email: [email protected]

    Margurite Thiessen
    Email: [email protected]

    Farmers’ market specialist

    Eileen Kotowich
    Email: [email protected]

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