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Farming in the Era of COVID-19

We are experiencing unprecedented disruption to normal life and commerce in order to flatten the pandemic curve due to COVID-19. Physical...

Mike von Massow

Apr 6, 20205 min read

A Thought on Dumping Milk During COVID-19

I received a sad text from a friend of mine who is a dairy farmer. They are being asked to dump milk as the processors to whom it is...

Mike von Massow

Apr 3, 20204 min read

Farmers' Markets: Not just about the food

Over the past 10 years I have, along with many others it seems, become increasingly enthusiastic about farmers’ markets. This enthusiasm...

Molly Gallant

Nov 4, 20195 min read

Consumers Trust Farmers - So What’s the Problem?

There is a significant effort in Canada (and in fact across North America) to “build public trust in agriculture.” A recent article in...

Mike von Massow

Oct 8, 20193 min read

Apocalypse Cow?

A recent report predicts that the North American beef and dairy cattle industry will be significantly disrupted by the development of...

Mike von Massow

Sep 26, 20193 min read

Canadian fertilizer application rates

This article was written by Nicholas Bannon and Alfons Weersink and was originally posted on farms.com. Rather than simply examining...

Nicholas Bannon

Aug 29, 20193 min read

Fertilizer use on the rise?

This article was written by Nicholas Bannon and Alfons Weersink and was originally posted on farms.com. Our recent article explored the...

Nicholas Bannon

Aug 20, 20193 min read

The family farm is changing - but not dying

One of the greatest myths of Canadian agriculture is that the family farm is dying. If family farms could talk, they’d likely echo Mark...

Mike von Massow

Aug 14, 20193 min read

Crop acres and fertilizer applications

This post was written by Nicholas Bannon and Alfons Weersink and was originally posted on farms.com. Fertilizer use in agriculture is...

Nicholas Bannon

Aug 12, 20193 min read

Canadian food is worth celebrating

August 3rd is Food Day Canada; a day set aside to celebrate Canadian food. Not only does that involve celebrating food planted, grown and...

Mitchell Gingerich

Aug 2, 20194 min read

China’s ban on Canadian meat imports could pummel our agri-food sector

This article was originally posted on theConversation.com and was written by Sylvanus Kwaku Afesorgbor, Brendan McDougall and Jiahao Zhu...

Mike von Massow

Jul 2, 20194 min read

The heartbreak of (no) rain

It has been an extremely wet and cool spring in Ontario this year. For those of us who don’t farm, that’s been inconvenient. The...

Mike von Massow

Jun 27, 20193 min read

Are farm numbers declining across Ontario?

This post was written by Nicholas Bannon and Alfons Weersink and was first published on farms.com. While farm numbers have dropped at the...

Nicholas Bannon

Jun 3, 20193 min read

Produce price trends: comparing current prices and historical averages

There is no doubt that food prices have been increasing on average in 2019, mostly driven by the cost of fruit and vegetables.

Mitchell Gingerich

May 15, 20193 min read

Nebraska floods may lead to an increase in beef price

We pay a lot of attention to food prices. The reality is that food prices are increasing at a relatively steady rate over time. Increases...

Mike von Massow

Apr 8, 20192 min read

The weaponization of trade will hurt Canadian ag and food industry

Export trade has been an important part of Canada’s agriculture and food economy. Half of what we produce in this country is sold in...

Mike von Massow

Apr 1, 20193 min read

Are all of the eggs in your basket the same?

The infamous egg has been through it all with us – the ups, the downs and the altogether scrambled. The rollercoaster ride of...

Molly Gallant

Mar 11, 20194 min read

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UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH SUSTAINABLE RESTAURANT PROJECT

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Keep up with the conversation here.

Farming in the Era of COVID-19

A Thought on Dumping Milk During COVID-19

Farmers' Markets: Not just about the food

Consumers Trust Farmers - So What’s the Problem?

Apocalypse Cow?

Canadian fertilizer application rates

Fertilizer use on the rise?

The family farm is changing - but not dying

Crop acres and fertilizer applications

Canadian food is worth celebrating

China’s ban on Canadian meat imports could pummel our agri-food sector

The heartbreak of (no) rain

Are farm numbers declining across Ontario?

Produce price trends: comparing current prices and historical averages

Nebraska floods may lead to an increase in beef price

The weaponization of trade will hurt Canadian ag and food industry

Are all of the eggs in your basket the same?

RELATED PROJECTS

Considering the complexity of food, it is no surprise that conversations about it can be broad and diverse. In order to better understand how people think about food, Mike is involved in several projects. Learn more about each project below.

UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH SUSTAINABLE RESTAURANT PROJECT