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Ironically, those who carry “the burden of impact of these costs are disproportionately borne by communities that are marginalized and underserved…”
Op/Ed, Opinion

Opinion: ‘The true cost of food’

Study says nearly two-thirds of food costs aren’t properly accounted for

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Like any chain, today’s ubiquitous “supply chains” are only as strong as their weakest links. We again learned this elemental lesson last year, when the rapidly exploding Covid-19 pandemic swept the nation’s streets, sidewalks, and pantries clean of cars, people, and groceries. Less evident are today’s still-broken links in the global food supply chain. For
Vegetable oil prices declined to a five-month low from June.
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World food prices fall for second month in July

Prices still remain higher than last year, despite monthly declines

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Reuters – World food prices eased for a second month in a row in July, reflecting declines for cereals, vegetable oils and dairy products, but remained up nearly a third over the past year, the United Nations food agency said Aug. 5. The Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) food price index, which tracks international prices
“Maybe we don’t want a system that requires $300 million of money going into charitable food banks in order to be resilient to the next shock.” – Evan Fraser.
Comment, Op/Ed

Comment: Is food ok?

Widely diverging views on the pandemic’s impact on food supply are a pickle for the casual observer. What lessons can we learn?

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It’s a jarring read on a morning scroll through Twitter: “Plant all the food you can… we’re headed this season and next several into some massively different circumstances for food availability.” Around Manitoba, early-planted crops are sprouting. In grocery stores, prices feel a little higher but the shelves are full. Is doom really coming, as
Packing concentration was tipped as a growing concern in the MP’s examination of food processing in Canada.
News, Other

MPs recommend more money, less red tape for food processing

Eighteen key recommendations come in committee’s report on the sector

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A federal agricultural committee report is recommending more investment and less regulation to spur the Canadian processing sector. Between November 2020 and February 2021, the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food studied measures to increase Canada’s processing capacity, hearing from dozens of witnesses. The result is 18 recommendations largely focusing on financial investments and policy
Comment, Op/Ed, Other

Comment: In praise of processed foods

A new study shows there’s no clear-cut consensus on what ‘processed’ means

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Processed foods exist so we can save time, money, and energy. It has made our food systems more efficient over the years. It is all about convenience. In recent years though, the health attributes of processed foods have increasingly come under scrutiny for a variety of biased and unbiased reasons. Many reports by professional and
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Early-pandemic calls to localize supply chains unfounded

With a year's worth of data, three agriculture economists revisit early-pandemic predictions on the food supply chain

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With a year's worth of data, three agriculture economists revisit early-pandemic predictions on the food supply chain

A year of data shows early-pandemic calls for radical changes to food systems and risk management programs were unfounded, say some economists. Particularly in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, food supply chains struggled to adapt to changing consumption patterns and processors shut down due to virus outbreaks. “Into that void of uncertainty came
File photo of Ontario cropland from the air. (IMNATURE/iStock/Getty Images)
Crops, Weather

Federal NDP introduces soil health bill

Proposal calls for a National Soil Health Advocate

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The federal New Democrats propose to set up a plan they say could help build up Canadian agriculture from the ground down. The NDP’s agriculture critic, British Columbia MP Alistair MacGregor, on Monday introduced a private member’s bill in the Commons to create a national soil health strategy for Canada. The strategy as proposed in
A total of 46 per cent of Canadians, almost half, consider the cost of housing to be the largest obstacle to food affordability.
Comment, Op/Ed, Other

Comment: Food affordability. The perfect economic storm

The cost of housing is now the biggest contributor to food unaffordability in Canada

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The two necessities in life are food and shelter. It looks like both are getting much more expensive these days. For a few years now, the cost of food has been the most important food affordability barrier. Not anymore. The cost of housing is now seen by Canadians as the most significant barrier. A recent
Letters, Op/Ed, Other

Letters: Buying carbon indulgences

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I find David McInnes’s gushing about Canada’s record in food sustainability appears to be suspect. I duly note that he is under contract to 22 various and sundry special interest groups seeking some sort of good agribusiness seal of approval for food sustainability. You report Maple Leaf Foods, of listeriosis infamy, buying indulgences in response
EU agriculture plan uneconomic, USDA model concludes
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EU agriculture plan uneconomic, USDA model concludes

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[UPDATED: April 19, 2021] If implemented, the European Union’s (EU) Farm to Fork Strategy and Green Deal will cost the EU and the world, according to an economic model run by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). The EU is aiming to make agriculture more sustainable by cutting farm inputs such as pesticides and

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