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The latest recommendations are based on improved science, but one can only assume Canadians won’t take them seriously.
Comment, Op/Ed

Comment: Is Canada drinking too much?

Group that issued recent call for reductions is a lobby organization first and foremost

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It looks like Canadians are drinking way too much alcohol. According to a recent report from the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA), which includes the assessment of more than 5,000 different past studies on alcohol consumption from around the world, our country’s alcohol drinking guidelines need to be significantly reduced. The report
“If we want certain outcomes to change in the food system, we have to make sure that the incentives and programs are designed to make that transition possible so that we don’t just have a winner- take-all scenario.” – Michael Mikulak, Food and Beverage Manitoba.
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Industry ponders stalled grocery code

Canada’s Grocery Code of Conduct is overdue, and local industry is skeptical about its progress

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The organization representing food and beverage companies in the province says it is not confident that a national grocery code of conduct will meet its deadline this November. Michael Mikulak, executive director of Food and Beverage Manitoba, said the code has already missed two deadlines since development started in summer 2021. “What sort of bubbled
Egypt to require wheat suppliers to register in new exchange
Markets, News

Egypt to require wheat suppliers to register in new exchange

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Egypt’s state grains buyer will require wheat suppliers to register with the country’s commodities exchange before November, according to a document seen by Reuters. The General Authority for Supply Commodities (GASC) added in a letter sent to traders that it will not buy from unregistered suppliers from the start of November onward. Traders contacted by
Internally displaced Ethiopians queue to receive food aid in the Higlo camp for people displaced by drought, at the town of Gode in Ethiopia’s Somali region on April 26, 2022. (Photo: Reuters/Tiksa Negeri)
Crops, Weather

Nearly a million people face starvation in hunger hotspots, U.N. agencies report

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London | Reuters — Nearly one million people in Afghanistan, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Somalia and Yemen are starving or will face starvation this year in the absence of aid, as the global food crisis worsens, United Nations agencies warned on Wednesday. Local conflict and weather extremes remain the primary drivers of acute hunger, aggravated this
Unlike synthetic meat, which can struggle to match the complexity and texture of animal meat, synthetic milk is touted as having the same taste, look and feel as normal dairy milk.
Comment, Op/Ed

Comment: Synthetic milk not like the udders

‘Synthetic milk’ made without cows may be coming to supermarket shelves near you

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The global dairy industry is changing and among the disruptions is competition from alternatives not produced using animals, including potential challenges posed by synthetic milk. Synthetic milk is produced without animals. It can have the same biochemical makeup as animal milk, but is grown using an emerging biotechnology technique known as “precision fermentation” that produces
In volume, beer sales are 8.3 per cent below pre-pandemic levels and have dropped for a variety of reasons.
Comment, Op/Ed

Comment: Canadian brewers having a hard time staying afloat

The industry hoped for a post-COVID bounce, but instead sales continue to sag

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With recent reports that people are out enjoying the weather, we could assume that everything is back to normal after the pandemic. But that’s not entirely true, especially for the beer industry. Total beer sales have dropped 7.3 per cent from last year, according to Beer Canada. Total beer sales are up in Newfoundland and
The Stepplers raise tropical house crickets, not the black crickets Manitobans might see outside.
Farmit Manitoba

VIDEO: Traditional and alternative proteins peacefully coexist in ‘Stepplerville’

Prairie Cricket Farms began in a tent in a basement. Now, it’s making its way into grocery stores across the province

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Inside the barn, it’s always a hot summer night. It’s 34 C, and a million crickets sing a soft but steady chorus. Outside the barn, it’s a textbook, idyllic early-harvest day on a Manitoba farm. A handful of cattle chew their cuds in a nearby pasture. The wheat across the drive is in the late
Markets, News

Brazilian food processor BRF CEO resigns

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Reuters – Brazilian food processor BRF said Aug. 29 that chief executive Lorival Luz had resigned and will be replaced by Miguel Gularte, a top executive at beef-packer Marfrig Global Foods. Shares in the poultry and pork processor were mixed as BRF investors digested the news. “To some extent, Miguel Gularte can be described as
As consumers, we should expect more rebates, discounted products and loss leaders. It’s easier to offer deals when market conditions are more stable.
Op/Ed, Opinion

Opinion: Food inflation seems to be concluding

More stability and predictability are leading to a slower inflation rate

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Statistics Canada is reminding Canadians every month how painful their trips to the grocery store have been recently. The retail inflation rate is still at an astonishing 9.9 per cent, its highest point since 1981. In fact, our food inflation rate has exceeded the general rate since December of last year, which is why food
Vegan Burger And Meat Burger
Comment, Op/Ed

Comment: Is fake meat healthy? And what’s actually in it?

It can be more environmentally sustainable but not all effects are clear

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The popularity of plant-based proteins, or “fake meat,” has increased in recent years as consumers look to eat fewer animal products. Many consumers believe these fake meats are better for their health, as well as better for the environment, but is that right? It may sound obvious, but the first thing to say is that

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