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‘Calling this a challenging environment for investment would be an understatement. But going elsewhere is not an option, as that’s where hunger reigns.’ – Paul Hagerman, CFGB.

Comment: Dear Elon Musk – A Foodgrains response to Tesla founder

Just what would it really take to end world hunger?

By Paul Hagerman November 19, 2021

Dear Elon Musk, Thanks for your Twitter offer of $6 billion to solve world hunger. Like the World Food Program (to whom you made the offer), Canadian Foodgrains Bank has a solid track record on overcoming hunger. Last year, nearly a million people affected by hunger in 33 countries ate better as a result of

Delivery vans from the Save-On-Foods grocery store chain wait for a police escort to cross through a landslide near Hope, B.C. on Nov. 18, 2021 to restock the local grocery store after rainstorms caused flooding and landslides in the region. (Photo: Reuters/Jesse Winter)

Weather

Panicked shoppers clear out flood-hit B.C.’s grocery stores

By GFM Network News, Nia Williams, Rod Nickel November 19, 2021

Reuters — Shoppers in British Columbia have emptied grocery shelves following catastrophic flooding, although the shortages are as much down to panic buying as disrupted supply chains, industry associations said on Thursday. Even as flood waters start to recede, some parts of the province are expected to face to temporary shortages of dairy supplies, with

Weather

Thousands in B.C. still stranded by flood waters

'We are not out of this by a long shot'

By GFM Network News November 18, 2021

Abbotsford | Reuters — Rescuers and workers in British Columbia were still trying to reach 18,000 people stranded on Thursday after floods and mudslides destroyed roads, houses and bridges in what could be the costliest natural disaster in the country’s history. Receding flood waters were helping rescue efforts, but the downpour blocked off entire towns

Do you know what it costs to make a batch of cookies lately? A popular meal-kit company took a look at exactly that. So, where does Canada stack up compared with countries around the world, and why?

Editorial, Op/Ed

Editorial: Cookie context

By Laura Rance-Unger November 18, 2021

The folks at HelloFresh, a meal-kit company, probably didn’t intend to wade into the latest dairy debate in Canada when they released their global Christmas Cookie Price Index Study this week. The company compared the cost of ingredients — flour, eggs, butter, sugar and baking powder to bake a standard batch of Christmas cookies in

Cows that were stranded in a flooded barn at Abbotsford, B.C. are rescued on Nov. 16, 2021 by people in boats and on a jet-ski after rainstorms lashed the province, triggering landslides and floods and shutting highways. (Photo: Jennifer Gauthier/Reuters)

Other, Weather

B.C. calls emergency, expects more deaths from 500-year flood

Some livestock die, more are expected to be euthanized

By GFM Network News November 17, 2021

Abbotsford | Reuters — The death toll in Canada from massive floods and landslides that devastated parts of British Columbia is set to rise, with the province declaring a state of emergency on Wednesday. Authorities have so far confirmed one death after torrential rains and mudslides destroyed roads and left several mountain towns isolated. At

“If you don’t have observations, then you are not able to provide good forecasts.” – WMO Secretary General Petteri Taalas.

News, Other

Climate change extremes spur UN plan to fund weather forecasting

Large weather data gaps exist around the world, particularly in poorer nations

By Andrea Januta, Kanupriya Kapoor, Katy Daigle November 17, 2021

Reuters – As climate change triggers deadly heat waves, droughts and floods, three UN agencies will roll out funding plans to improve weather forecasting in vulnerable countries. The initiative, announced at the UN climate summit in Glasgow, aims to plug gaps in weather monitoring and data collection so developing countries can better prepare for possible

Floodwaters cover the Trans Canada Highway near Abbotsford, B.C. in an aerial view taken Nov. 16, 2021. (Photo courtesy BC Hydro via Reuters)

Crops, Markets, Weather

Grain flow uncertain as floods halt B.C. rail, road traffic

By Adam Peleshaty, GFM Network News November 17, 2021

MarketsFarm — It’s too early yet to determine the effect of massive floods in British Columbia’s Lower Mainland on grain movement, according to the company monitoring Canada’s grain handling and transportation system. Up to 200 millimetres of rain earlier this week have triggered mudslides and cut access to rail lines and highways east of Vancouver.

Farmers and community members help to rescue stranded cattle from a farm at Abbotsford, B.C. on Nov. 16, 2021, after rainstorms caused flooding and landslides in the area. (Photo: Reuters/Jesse Winter)

Dairy cattle, Livestock, Weather

Road closures mean disposal for B.C. milk

Dairy farmers in Kootenays can still move milk east to Alberta

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News November 17, 2021

Many of British Columbia’s dairy producers can expect to have to dump raw milk for the near future as highways and other roads are rendered impassable. The B.C. Milk Marketing Board on Tuesday said milk won’t be picked up until further notice in several areas where roads are closed and/or trucks can’t enter the Lower

Food banks are anyone’s CERB, outside a pandemic. It’s as simple as that.

Comment, Op/Ed

Comment: The hungry Canada we don’t see

There’s always going to be need, and the pandemic has increased it

By Sylvain Charlebois November 16, 2021

Hunger is cruelly invisible in our society. Even though it may surround us, we hardly see it. But it’s always there. With the latest Hunger Count published by Food Banks Canada, we now have a better idea of how the pandemic has affected Canada’s food insecurity landscape. The news isn’t great. According to an internal

File photo of ice cream cones. (Ahirao_photo/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops

Loblaw parent Weston sells cookie and cone business

'Ambient' bakery plants include Kitchener site

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News November 16, 2021

The parent company for Canadian grocery and retail giant Loblaw is stepping the rest of the way out of the baked goods business. George Weston Ltd. said Monday it has signed a deal to sell its Weston Foods “ambient” bakery business — which produces cookies and crackers, along with cones and wafers for ice cream

Daily Network News

ICE weekly: War news driving canola markets

War is increasing food prices, insecurity say IMF, World Bank and UN food agency

B.C. agrochemical startup gets $1.2M in federal funding

Food