Defining Sustainability with Our Dollars
Should we feel guilty about our grocery decisions? Consumers are getting louder about the types of products expected to be on grocery store shelves. No …
Food
2025 Year End
Trade, Tariffs, and Turmoil It’s been a T3 year: trade, tariffs and the resulting turmoil. It’s increasingly clear that the globalization era that has existed …
Nog and Nostalgia: A Toast to Taste, Time, and Tradition of Eggnog
A Cup of Tradition The season is fast upon us, or eggnog has been lining the shelves since mid-October. Eggnog tastes like tradition poured into …
Food Price Predictions for 2026
Canada’s Food Price Report, 16th edition Canada has faced trade and tariff threats from both the south and west this year. The USA, China and …
What’s in a Name?
An Overview of Generic Pesticides Product familiarity helps speed up decision-making. No one wants to do extensive research on all market options, so having a …
Canadian Food Focus: Connecting Consumers to Farming & Food
Penny Eaton Canadian Food Focus, Stakeholder Relations Today, less than 2% of Canadians have a direct tie to farms and everyone has questions about their …
Canadian Horse Meat is Quietly Successful
Global diversity means a diversity of food sources; from those we consider staples to those we believe should disappear entirely. As a result, preferences and …
Conjuring Monsters to Scare Consumers
In a previous post, From Mad Scientists to Maddening Science Perceptions, Stuart discussed how society’s fear of science has deep cultural roots. This post takes …
Where Nutrition North Canada Falls Short
Part 2: …and How to Fix it More than a decade after its launch, Nutrition North Canada (NNC) continues to fall short for many Northern …
Why Averages Fall Short in Emissions Accounting
By Dr Saulé Burkitbayeva Measuring Agri-food products’ carbon footprint A little while ago, it was considered impossible to measure emissions in agriculture, especially at the …