Should we be crying over dumping milk?
Canada’s dairy industry is dumping milk In early October, a paper was published that shed light on waste in Canada’s milk industry, which for us non-dairy …
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Grocery Store Price Exposé
Two years ago, food price inflation was rampant, with monthly year-over-year increases in excess of 10%. Statistics Canada’s Consumer Price Index for March 2024 indicated …
Keeping Above Water: How Canada Regulates its Seafood
The regulatory oversight typical of Canadian fish production is designed to maintain safety and promote quality uniformity among foods. Seafood is no exception and yet, …
A Supply Chain on Autopilot: The Drivers Behind Agricultural Automation
Help Wanted Recent advancements in artificial intelligence have spawned much concern surrounding the stability of labour demand as robots begin to replace human jobs. Simultaneously, …
Record Beef Prices, Record Cattle Prices
The implications for supply chain profitability Judson Christopherson Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, beef prices on store shelves across North America reached record highs. As …
Thanksgiving Celebrates All That Is Agriculture
Honouring those that keep everyone fed We celebrate a variety of holidays throughout the year, but it is Thanksgiving that is specifically focused on recognizing …
Bioeconomy and Food Systems Transformations
Summary of contribution to the UN’s Food Systems Summit On September 23rd, the United Nations held the first Food Systems Summit. This involved the creation …
Should Products of Cloned Animals be in the Human Food Supply Chain?
By: Shelby Robinson, University of Saskatchewan student Are Products/ By-products of Cloned Animals Allowed in the Human Food Supply Chain? Cloning technology has many aspects, …
Teetering on the knifes edge
Why Canada’s robust, but fragile, beef supply chain needs a revamp By: Judson Christopherson, University of Saskatchewan student Loads of Local Beef, A Lack of …
Impact of Global Food Waste on Food Security
By Makenna Laventure, University of Saskatchewan Student Food security Food security is defined in terms of people having access to nutritious, safe food, that allows …