Reading Time: 3 minutes Potatoes are 20% more expensive in grocery stores than they were last year, and they could get even more expensive in 2020. Our craving for this food staple is likely to blame
Tag: Agriculture
CN strike exposes Canadian infrastructure flaws
Reading Time: 4 minutes Most of Canada’s transportation system, from Halifax to Vancouver, has been undercapitalized for years
Behind Maple Leaf Foods’ bold call to become carbon neutral
Reading Time: 4 minutes The company is showing what environmental stewardship in agri-food should look like in the 21st century
We need more women driving agri-food innovation
Reading Time: 4 minutes A new report shows women are much more adept at driving change and managing results in startups, yet they struggle to find funding
The red meat merry-go-round
Reading Time: 4 minutes The protein war isn’t about the amount of meat we should eat, but rather about how studies on nutrition should be interpreted. It’s messy
Going bananas for a threatened fruit
Reading Time: 4 minutes A deadly fungus is spreading all over the world, so we can expect to pay more for bananas. But our world-class scientists could help solve the problem
Lab-grown coffee – agriculture’s rising revolution
Reading Time: 4 minutes We are at the dawn of a dramatic change in agricultural that’s drawing acute attention to the true cost of bringing food to our plates
Lab-grown coffee – agriculture’s rising revolution
Reading Time: 4 minutes We are at the dawn of a dramatic change in agricultural that’s drawing acute attention to the true cost of bringing food to our plates
Welfare program for dairy industry won’t save it
Reading Time: 4 minutes The program announced by the Trudeau government has no plan or strategy, just payments for eight years and a hope that things will improve
Holy guacamole! Avocados are expensive
Reading Time: 3 minutes Until Mexico ramps up production, we’ll pay higher prices. And corruption in the Mexican avocado industry could force suppliers to more socially-acceptable sources