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“We still don’t know what this pandemic will cost, but we do know it’s trillions,” says one rancher. “The next one will cost us even more — maybe everything.”

Comment: Don’t chain me down

Food chains are too unreliable, the coronavirus reveals

By Alan Guebert May 13, 2020

For over a month now, nearly anyone who can lift a fork has asked what the “new normal” in agriculture will be. Six weeks later, we now have a pretty good idea that ag’s new normal will look like ag’s old normal. That should give everyone deep concern. If no food supply chain is strong

Farmit Manitoba, News, Other

Video series busts hunger myths

The short, educational videos tell individual stories of food insecurity, and offer solutions

By Geralyn Wichers May 6, 2020

A new video series seeks to bust myths about Manitobans facing food insecurity while highlighting causes and solutions. “The release of these videos could not be timelier,” said Rob Moquin, executive director of Food Matters Manitoba in a news release. “Even before the current COVID-19 crisis, food insecurity among Manitoba’s families was on the rise,” he added.

News, Other

Pandemic a threat to global food supply: FAO

Supply chains are the weakest link and require massive collaboration

By D.C. Fraser May 4, 2020

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) says COVID-19 is a threat to global food security that must be mitigated by ensuring supply chains are not disrupted. Agriculture ministers from G20 countries held a joint meeting, where FAO director general Qu Dongyu said preserving access to safe food and nutrition is an essential health response to the pandemic. “We need to

Beyond the human-health issues associated with the pandemic, there are several concerns that transcend Canadian food and agricultural markets.

News, Other

Food and agricultural markets during a pandemic: Insights from economists

By Ryan Cardwell May 1, 2020

The global spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus is an unprecedented event that will affect Canadians’ lives in many ways. The effects of the pandemic are difficult to predict, but there are serious concerns about the effects of the pandemic on Canada’s economy. This has included concerns about food production, distribution, and food security (for example

Editorial, Op/Ed, Other

Editor’s Take: Stress cracks but no fractures

By Gord Gilmour April 30, 2020

Now is when the systemic shortfalls are beginning to show. It’s only when a complex system is put under stress that underlying and underappreciated issues start to appear. Think of the 2008 global financial crisis as an example. Prior to it being revealed as the precarious house of cards that it was, housing in the

“When Canadians are unavailable or unwilling... farmers need international workers to help grow and harvest food for our tables.” – Canadian Horticultural Council.

Farmit Manitoba, News, Other

A temporary foreign worker solution

With tens of thousands of Canadians laid off due to COVID-19, people may wonder why farmers are hiring foreign workers. That’s a good question

By Geralyn Wichers April 28, 2020

Mid-March, amidst the initial panicked onset of a COVID-19 pandemic, Canadian borders closed to most international travellers and a swath of the ag sector panicked. They were counting on foreign workers — tens of thousands of them — to fill their ranks for the busy season ahead of them. Without workers from countries like Mexico

Comment, Op/Ed

Comment: COVID-19 and the Canadian food supply chain

Canada’s food security isn’t threatened but supply chains will see substantial adjustment

April 27, 2020

Your bread and salad dressing will still be on the shelves, but that does not mean that everything is normal. Food supply chains are long, complex and certainly could be impacted by COVID-19. Fruits and vegetables Imported sources appear to be stable and the refrigerated trucking industry continues to supply adequate transport. It is likely

An employee takes inventory at a grocery store amid coronavirus fears spreading, in Toronto March 13, 2020.

News, Other

Is Canada food secure?

One farm group says without government support for farmers, domestic food supplies aren’t guaranteed

By Allan Dawson April 23, 2020

COVID-weary Canadians have something else to keep them up at night — the spectre of a domestic food shortage. “(W)ithout immediate assistance from the federal government, the Canadian agriculture sector cannot ensure our domestic food supply will remain secure for the immediate and long-term benefit of all Canadians (because of COVID-19),” the Canadian Federation of

Editorial, Op/Ed

Editorial: Farmers should tread carefully when seeking more aid

By Laura Rance-Unger April 23, 2020

There is one stabilizing force for agriculture amidst all the uncertainties as the effects of pandemic management ripple through the food chain like an electrical shock to everything it touches. The recently released Farm Credit Canada report on land values, based on 2019 transactions, shows the value of farmland in Canada continues to rise, albeit

News, Other

Locust swarms raise food security concerns

Widespread crop damage could put 25 million in famine situation

By Phil Franz-Warkentin April 22, 2020

MarketsFarm – Locust swarms reaching levels not seen in decades are raising concerns over food security from Africa to as far east as India, according to reports from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations. The locust crisis has intensified since the beginning of 2020, but got its start in 2018 when

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Tag Archives food security

Comment: Don’t chain me down

Pandemic a threat to global food supply: FAO

Food and agricultural markets during a pandemic: Insights from economists

Editor’s Take: Stress cracks but no fractures

A temporary foreign worker solution

Comment: COVID-19 and the Canadian food supply chain

Is Canada food secure?

Editorial: Farmers should tread carefully when seeking more aid

Locust swarms raise food security concerns

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