Reading Time: 3 minutes The pet economy represents tremendous growth potential for the food service industry. Pets are already influencing the market
Tag: Food safety
Synthetic meat is the new frontier of food
Reading Time: 4 minutes If our livestock farmers were threatened by the plant-based revolution, they haven’t seen anything yet
Chinese Covid-19 propaganda an attempt to placate its own citizens
Reading Time: 3 minutes Unfortunately, some Canadians have come to believe some of the false claims coming out of China
Five ways COVID-19 will change the food business
Reading Time: 4 minutes New eating and shopping habits likely here to stay as pandemic measures ease, U of A food economist predicts
Don’t be fooled by the COVID-19 cons
Reading Time: 3 minutes Food-related businesses must adjust to COVID-19 but some may cut corners. Consumers need to be more vigilant than ever
The meat of the matter: don’t expect shortages
Reading Time: 4 minutes Packing plant closures can be disruptive and, for farming, disastrous. But they can be necessary to protect the public
Serving fearful customers a big challenge for grocers
Reading Time: 3 minutes While grocers have coped well with the need to serve a more fearful consumer, the post-COVID-19 era will be challenging
COVID-19 will change how we buy food, forever
Reading Time: 4 minutes Convenience now has a different meaning. It’s less about saving time and more about survival and safety
What’s in a name? Plenty, if it’s a disease
Reading Time: 4 minutes To suggest the disease naming process of an international agency may have affected sales of a beer carrying a similar name tells us something about our risk-averse society
Consumer trust in agriculture is waning
Reading Time: 4 minutes Organized, well-funded groups condemning farming practices on social media are winning the consumer trust battle