Reading Time: 3 minutes Canada cannot afford to replicate the EU strategy that ended its dairy quota regime
Author: Sylvain Charlebois
Dr. Sylvain Charlebois conducts research in the broad area of food distribution, security and safety. He has written four books and many peer-reviewed and scientific articles - over 500 during his career. His research has been featured in media outlets that include The Economist, New York Times, Boston Globe, Wall Street Journal, Foreign Affairs, Globe & Mail, National Post and Toronto Star.
3D printing could fundamentally change our relationship with food
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France’s food waste law off target
Reading Time: 3 minutes Targeting food retail stores ignores the fact it is consumers are the main culprits when it comes to food waste
The new normal in the price of beef
Reading Time: 3 minutes But even with the price hikes, the future of the cattle industry couldn’t be brighter
Realism and transparency taking over food industry
Reading Time: 3 minutes Twitter’s haiku-like restrictions, where brevity is key, are starting to dominate ingredient labels
The revenge of the food consumer
Reading Time: 3 minutes The USDA has decided to act on growing pressure and establish a voluntary program to label food products with non-GMO content
Monsanto’s ambitions face a public wall
Reading Time: 3 minutes The company has learned that trust actually has more currency than science
Global farmland grab should be resisted
Reading Time: 3 minutes Canada ought to play an increased role in providing guiding policy principles to impoverished nations to prevent it from happening
Major corporations bending to the food ingredients revolution
Reading Time: 3 minutes Social media is leading to a more democratic food system
California drought an opportunity for Canadian agriculture
Reading Time: 4 minutes But banking only on a lower currency and inexpensive input costs not enough to build our competitive advantage