Food Archives - Page 84 of 139 - Manitoba Co-operator

Opinion: A drier world looms

The window of opportunity to address increasing drought and expanding drylands is vanishing

By Margot Hurlbert May 25, 2022

Chile, Argentina and the American West are in the midst of a decade-long, megadrought — the driest conditions those regions have seen in a century. And many areas in Western Canada and the United States are experiencing extreme drought — a once-in-20-year event. Drought makes agriculture less productive, reduces crop yields and increases heat-related deaths.

Workers fill jerrycans with cooking oil at a distribution station in Jakarta, Indonesia on May 20, 2022. (Photo: Reuters/Willy Kurniawan)

Crops, Markets

Food crisis fuels fears of protectionism compounding shortages

By GFM Network News May 24, 2022

Davos | Reuters — A growing world food crisis is precipitating protectionist moves by countries which are likely to compound the problem and could lead to a wider trade war, business leaders and policymakers at the World Economic Forum said. In a sign of the escalating squeeze on food supplies and rising prices, a government

Dairy cattle, Livestock

Canadian retailers impose limits on baby formula purchases

Canada not as hard hit by shortage as U.S.

By Anna Mehler Paperny, GFM Network News May 18, 2022

Toronto | Reuters — Many Canadian retailers have imposed limits on the amount of baby formula customers can buy amid a shortage following Abbott Laboratories’ February production suspension in the United States, an industry spokesperson said on Wednesday. Canada has not been as hard hit by the shortage caused by the suspension at the Abbott

There are some steps that government can take to help rein in rising food prices.

Comment, Op/Ed

Comment: Few food price solutions

When it comes to food prices, the Canadian government’s hands are tied

By Michael Von Massow May 18, 2022

The rhetoric around inflation and increasing food prices has become a point of emphasis for politicians, particularly for those in opposition to the incumbent government. Even pundits and non-profit organizations are pressuring the government into taking specific actions on food prices. This begs the question: Should governments take steps to reduce food prices? And more

A hemp plant in Alberta. (Jennifer Blair photo)

Crops

Regulations, versatility pull hemp in different directions in West

Crop 'still struggling with reaching its full potential'

By Adam Peleshaty, GFM Network News May 17, 2022

MarketsFarm — Accounting for 60 per cent of Canada’s 1,100 cultivation licenses as of 2020, according to Health Canada, Western Canada is the country’s most important region when it comes to hemp production. But while there are more products on store shelves, more cultivars than ever before and high prices for the crop, demand for

Many nations across the Middle East and North Africa are major wheat importers and buy much of their supply from Russia and Ukraine.

Comment, Op/Ed

Comment: The humanitarian fallout of war

War in Ukraine is pushing global acute hunger to the highest level in this century

By Daniel Maxwell May 17, 2022

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has produced a terrible humanitarian crisis in eastern Europe. It also is worsening conditions for other countries, many of them thousands of miles away. Together, Russia and Ukraine account for almost 30 per cent of total global exports of wheat, nearly 20 per cent of global exports of corn (maize) and

A still image from a video allegedly showing a Russian strike on a grain elevator in Ukraine.

Farmit Manitoba, News

One step away from world hunger

Ukraine’s woes will soon spill over its borders affecting the globe

By Ihor Pavliuk May 17, 2022

A month ago, a photo of a peasant household in one of the villages of northern Ukraine liberated from Russian troops spread around social networks. The occupiers deliberately scattered the grain over the dirt so that it could not be used. Something similar already happened in Ukraine in 1932-33, when the deliberate genocide of Ukrainians

Markets

Golden arches to go dark in Russia as McDonald’s exits after 30 years

Russia, Ukraine form nine per cent of chain's revenue

By GFM Network News, Uday Sampath Kumar May 17, 2022

Reuters — McDonald’s Corp. on Monday became one of the biggest global brands to exit Russia, laying out plans to sell all its restaurants after operating in the country for more than 30 years following the invasion of Ukraine. The world’s largest burger chain, which owns about 84 per cent of its nearly 850 restaurants

Dairy cattle, Livestock

U.S. eyes baby formula imports amid nationwide shortage

About 40 per cent of formula products out of stock in U.S.

By GFM Network News, Jeff Mason, Susan Heavey May 17, 2022

Washington | Reuters — U.S. health regulators will announce action on baby formula imports as soon as Monday to address a nationwide shortage that has left parents scrambling to feed their babies, the Food and Drug Administration’s chief said. FDA commissioner Robert Califf provided no details, but President Joe Biden said last week he was

Michelle Finley, Roquette Canada communications and public affairs manager, speaks on the company’s role in two ACC programs currently in development.

News

Roquette, Assiniboine Community College pair up to yield diploma programs

Development will be starting on two programs for ACC’s expanded ag catalogue

By Alexis Stockford May 16, 2022

Two upcoming programs for ag students at Assiniboine Community College were aimed at building a skilled workforce for the food-processing industry. The curriculum for chemical engineering technology and food science programs — both three-year diplomas — will be developed in collaboration with plant-protein giant Roquette and with aid from Canada’s protein supercluster, Protein Industries Canada

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