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One thing is clear: wildfire smoke is not just an air quality or community threat issue. It is also an agricultural issue.

What Causes Food Price Increases - Beef and Anchovy Biology is a Factor in Supply

The most important takeaway is that not all Canadian claims mean the same thing. By understanding the distinction between "Product of Canada," "Made in Canada," and ingredient-specific claims, consumers can make choices that better reflect their values and provide meaningful support to Canada's food system.

But if we’re asking the simple question—will this reduce food prices for consumers in the near term?—the answer is much less clear.

We need to develop Canada's aquaculture opportunity.

The cottage cheese “shortage” isn’t really a shortage. It’s what happens when a product suddenly becomes popular, demand moves faster than the system can respond, and supply needs time to catch up. The system isn’t broken. It’s adjusting.

carbon tax is not making any significant contribution to food prices in Canada

so expect your coffee fix to cost you more in the coming months

There are real reasons to believe that size lowers costs and moderates price increases.

The Parliamentary Report on Food Affordability came out after the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food held hearings earlier...

A TikTok video went viral this week in which a Canadian dairy farmer was complaining about dumping milk and the system that caused it. It...

There has been an uproar about chicken pricing due to a twitter post by a CTV News Reporter. In the post she has a photograph of a...

By Reanna Braeker and Alfons Weersink Farm numbers in Canada have been falling since the Great Depression and the numbers continue to...

Statistics Canada released the food price index for April 2022 and the news continues to be concerning. Year over year food prices have...

The rhetoric around inflation generally and food prices specifically is growing louder. It is a point of emphasis for politicians,...

The COVID-19 pandemic caused supply chain disruptions which included the food sector. Some of these disruptions were short term - lack...

The news this week that JBS, one of the largest meat processors was hacked was being subject to a ransomware attack has generated many...

Nicholas Bannon, Alfons Weersink, and Michael von Massow At the beginning of June, a Food Focus blog post spoke about the significant...

In recent days both the provincial government (in Ontario) and the federal government have committed to investing in rural broadband...

Our food system has adapted remarkably well to the pressures of the COVID pandemic. We have also seen some adaptation to the change in...