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Food, shelter and transportation account for more than 60 per cent of a household’s expenses.

High food prices could have negative long-term health effects on Canadians

Overall health can decline, further stressing the health care system

By Shahidul Islam December 20, 2022

Recent high food price inflation has plagued many Canadian families, especially those on tight budgets. Statistics Canada reported in October that in-store food prices increased at a faster rate than the all-items Consumer Price Index for the 11th month in a row. The Ontario Student Nutrition Program, which feeds 28,000 students at 93 participating schools,

The FAO has lowered its forecast for global cereal production to 2.756 billion tonnes in 2022, marking a three-year low.

News

World food prices ease further in November, says FAO

Cereals meat and dairy down, vegetable oils and sugar up

By Reuters December 12, 2022

The United Nations food agency’s world price index fell marginally in November, marking an eighth straight monthly fall since a record high in March after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) price index, which tracks the most globally traded food commodities, averaged 135.7 points last month, down from 135.9 for October,

Many underestimate the ability of agri-food stakeholders, from farm to consumer, to adjust.

Comment, Op/Ed, Other

Comment: A population of eight billion

Canada is a leader in securing the world’s nutritional future but gets little credit for this contribution

By Sylvain Charlebois November 28, 2022

On Nov. 15, the world population reached a symbolic number: eight billion people. The planet took about 11 years to add one billion more humans to its population. By 2058, it’s estimated that the planetary population will reach 10 billion. That’s a lot of people. Whenever humanity is reminded that our population is increasing, we

“This program increases access to healthy, local food for those who need it most while supporting our local farmers and farmers markets...” – Kristie Beynon.

News

New life for Community Food Currency Program

Provincial funding breathes new life into farmers market voucher program

By Don Norman November 28, 2022

The province has thrown a lifeline to a struggling food currency program. In a recent announcement, the government said it would provide $1.1 million over the next three years for Direct Farm Manitoba’s Community Food Currency Program. “We are thrilled to see the program expand, building on its previous success, with this support from the

Grain ships carrying Ukrainian grain are seen in the Black Sea, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, near Ukrainian port of Odesa, Ukraine Oct. 30, 2022. (Photo: Reuters/Serhii Smolientsev)

Crops

Black Sea grain export deal extended

Deal's terms unchanged; Moscow to still seek removal of obstacles to grain, fertilizer exports

By GFM Network News November 18, 2022

Reuters — A deal aimed at easing global food shortages by helping Ukraine export its agricultural products from Black Sea ports was extended for four months on Thursday, though Russia said its own demands were yet to be fully addressed. The agreement, initially reached in July, created a protected transit corridor and was designed to

According to the World Bank, for every one percentage point rise in food costs, 100 million people are pushed back into poverty.

Editorial, Op/Ed

Editorial: Food security hurt by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

By Laura Rance-Unger November 10, 2022

The only clarity to emerge in the eight months that have passed since Russia invaded Ukraine is that there is no end in sight. Everyone can agree this war has profound implications for grain markets and global food security. However, our understanding of how fundamentally this conflict is changing the geopolitics of food is just

Commercial vessels including vessels which are part of Black Sea grain deal wait to pass the Bosphorus strait off the shores of Yenikapi during a misty morning in Istanbul, Turkey, October 31, 2022. Photo: Reuters/Umit Bektas

Markets

U.N.’s Black Sea grain deal continues without Russia

By GFM Network News, Nigel Hunt October 31, 2022

London | Reuters – Grain was flowing out of Ukraine at a record pace on Monday under an initiative led by the United Nations aimed at easing global food shortages despite Russia’s decision to suspend its participation in the scheme. Russia said on Saturday it was pulling out of the deal, which ensured safe passage

A man looks through piles of trash on a stream in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Oct. 13, 2022. (Photo: Reuters/Ricardo Arduengo)

Crops

Haiti gang blockade causing catastrophic hunger, U.N. says

Situation "close to breaking point," WFP rep says

By Brian Ellsworth, GFM Network News October 15, 2022

Miami | Reuters — Haitians are experiencing catastrophic hunger because of gangsters blockading a major fuel terminal, U.N. officials said on Friday, with more than four million facing acute food insecurity. A coalition of gangs has prevented the distribution of diesel and gasoline for over a month to protest a plan to cut fuel subsidies.

With higher food prices, more than 40 per cent of Canadians are wasting less than they were a year ago, according to a recent study.

Op/Ed, Opinion

Opinion: Canada’s food affordability problem

Rising prices will surely continue to contribute to food insecurity

By Sylvain Charlebois October 11, 2022

Did you know there is a global food security index? The well-known magazine The Economist has just published the 11th edition. The Global Food Security Index comprises a set of indices from more than 120 different countries. Since 2012, it has been based on four main pillars: food access, safety, sustainable development and food affordability.

A farmer drives his tractor near cracked and dry earth at the Marais Breton in Villeneuve-en-Retz, as a historic drought hit France in August.

International news, News

Droughts, Ukraine war push global grain stocks toward worrying decade low

Stocks will be lower than in 2012, the most recent year that saw food riots

By Tom Polansek October 11, 2022

Reuters – The world is heading toward the tightest grain inventories in years despite the resumption of exports from Ukraine, as the shipments are too few and harvests from other major crop producers are smaller than initially expected, according to grain supply and crop forecast data. Poor weather in key agricultural regions from the United

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Hogs rise ahead of ‘Hogs and Pigs’ report

U.S. grains: Wheat leads grains higher with Russian strikes in focus

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