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At a time when food insecurity affects almost one in five Canadians, the latest funding presumes that food-insecure households are accessing food charities and that doing so resolves their food insecurity. Both assumptions are simply untrue.
Comment, Op/Ed

Comment: Food charity will not fix food insecurity

Canada’s national food policy is at risk of enshrining a two-tiered food system

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Just two days after the release of the latest statistics on household food insecurity in Canada, Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau announced a new phase of the Local Food Infrastructure Fund. Launched in 2019 as part of Canada’s food policy, this program funds infrastructure and equipment for local food charity programs and is the only federal
Rice is the modern-day canary in the coal mine warning farmers and governments alike that climate change carries real consequences.
Op/Ed, Opinion

Opinion: World’s most critical food faces uncertainty

The unsteady future of rice is a ‘singing canary’ for farms in general

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Over 50 percent of the food calories eaten per day across the world comes from grains. In impoverished nations, that percentage is 60 per cent. In the poorest, it tops 80 per cent. The three most important grains are corn, wheat and rice. All are critical to global food security, but all are not equal.
Company executives argued that food price inflation was due to problems with global supply chains in the aftermath of the pandemic.
Comment, Op/Ed

Comment: Grocery Code of Conduct should benefit Canadians and food industry

The code was promised following concerns over grocery inflation

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The cost of filling your grocery cart in Canada increased by 10.3 per cent in 2022 and is projected to increase by an additional five to seven per cent this year. In response to this and other concerns, the House of Commons standing committee on agriculture and agri-food initiated studies on food price inflation and
Muslima and her son Ducale, 2, both residents of Luuq, Somalia. Ducale has been recovering from acute malnourishment since February.
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Grim hunger conditions remain in Somalia

Cuts to the federal aid budget are a step in the wrong direction amid immense need, aid organizations such as the Canadian Foodgrains Bank say

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Hunger among people in Somalia is rampant after years of drought and conflict, and the care offered by relief groups is life-saving, according to a Canadian Foodgrains Bank staff member who is fresh off a trip to the region. “It’s absolutely critical that we can provide this kind of support in this setting,” said Stefan Epp-Koop,
Liberia-flagged bulker K Sukret, carrying grain under the Black Sea Grain Initiative, waits for inspection in the southern anchorage of Istanbul on May 17, 2023. (Photo: Reuters/Mehmet Emin Caliskan)
Crops

Black Sea grain deal extended for two months

Agreement has helped to tackle global food crisis

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Ankara/United Nations | Reuters — The Ukraine Black Sea grain deal has been extended for two more months, one day before Russia could have quit the pact over obstacles to its grain and fertilizer exports. Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan announced the extension in a televised speech and it was confirmed by Russia and Ukraine. The
Vessels are seen as they await inspection under the Black Sea Grain Initiative, brokered by the UN and Turkey, in the southern anchorage of the Bosphorus at Istanbul on Dec. 11, 2022. (File photo: Reuters/Yoruk Isik)
Crops

U.N. efforts to save Black Sea grain deal to continue in coming days

Russia demands include restarting ammonia pipeline

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United Nations | Reuters — The U.N. aid chief said on Monday efforts will continue in coming days to extend a deal allowing the safe Black Sea export of Ukraine grain, a pact Russia has threatened to quit effective Thursday over obstacles to its grain and fertilizer exports. The final two ships are due to
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Bibeau returns from Indo-Pacific trade mission

The federal ag minister visited Japan and Singapore to discuss strategy, sustainability

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Federal Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau has returned from a one-week trade mission to Japan and Singapore. Expansion in the region is considered one of the top priorities for the government’s Indo-Pacific Strategy. Bibeau met with Canadian businesses and Japanese stakeholders in Tokyo. In Miyazaki, she discussed net zero initiatives, sustainable agriculture, resilient agriculture
Editorial, Op/Ed

Editorial: Food and the four-leaf clover

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Today’s teenagers aren’t eating particularly well, and it’s not just those in cities. In fact, according to a recently released study of Grade 9 students by the University of Manitoba, rural kids might be eating worse in terms of things like sugars and saturated fats. And when it came to veggies or certain major nutrients,
The grocery rebate won’t do much for Canadians over time. This is what happens when you politicize food inflation.
Comment, Op/Ed

Comment: Grocery rebate a misguided budget perk

A better plan would be to task AAFC to develop a program similar to the U.S. SNAP program

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The recent federal budget had more leaks than the Titanic. There were so many leaks ahead of its release on March 28 that most of us already knew what was in it beforehand. Many years ago, ministers of finance would be asked to resign if the secrecy of the budget was breached. These are different
Sixty-five per cent of consumers say their behaviours and preferences for shopping and services like grocery have changed.  
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Comment: Food security not all about food price

Addressing social issues also key

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About one in six households in Canada experience food insecurity, but economic barriers are not the only obstacles. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, food security requires not only economic, but physical and social access to food. Physical access is related to infrastructure like roads and availability of transportation. Social

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