A Brewed Awakening
Soaring coffee prices are alarming for roasters, distributors, and coffee shop owners in Canada and worldwide. The price of unroasted (or green) coffee has hit …
Supply Chain
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 …
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 …