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Mike von Massow

Aug 20, 2020
3 min

A Blog on KFC? Meet the New Meat

If you had told me that I would be writing a post about KFC at some point I would have laughed, but here we are. KFC is getting a lot of...

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An Integrated Beef Market Offers Protection from Plant Closures

Mike von Massow

May 11, 2020
4 min

An Integrated Beef Market Offers Protection from Plant Closures

Post by Brendan McDougall As scary as COVID-19 is, the potential for secondary consequences such as wide-scale food shortages are equally...

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Mike von Massow

Apr 30, 2020
1 min

No meat shortages expected in Canada

This news article was originally posted on the University of Guelph's news page on April 20th, 2020 and can be found here. Although...

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Mike von Massow

Dec 31, 2019
3 min

Reflecting on Past Trends Reports

The Food Focus team generates an annual Food Trends Report to highlight key factors that will be front and center in the food discourse...

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Is the “Meat” and “Milk” Battle Worth Fighting?

Mike von Massow

Dec 13, 2019
2 min

Is the “Meat” and “Milk” Battle Worth Fighting?

There has been considerable debate about using the words “meat” or “milk” to describe plant-based alternatives. The battle has spread...

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China and trade: easy to criticize but not much Canada can do

Mike von Massow

Jul 5, 2019
2 min

China and trade: easy to criticize but not much Canada can do

China continues to put up new barriers to trade for Canadian food products. Each action is built on the pretence of a technical issue,...

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My Vegan Mistake – misunderstanding a label

Mike von Massow

Apr 4, 2019
3 min

My Vegan Mistake – misunderstanding a label

We recently wrote an article titled “Meat Demand is changing but its not because of the vegans.”. Our primary point was that there are...

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Meat consumption is changing but it’s not because of vegans

Mike von Massow

Mar 13, 2019
4 min

Meat consumption is changing but it’s not because of vegans

A piece that my colleagues Alfons Weersink, Molly Gallant and I published in the conversation.com on March 11th, 2019. Meat consumption...

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Vegan virtue signalling complicates trend interpretation

Mike von Massow

Mar 4, 2019
2 min

Vegan virtue signalling complicates trend interpretation

Vegans and vegetarians have been getting considerable attention. The move to increasingly plant-based diets was reinforced by the newly...

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Mike von Massow

Jan 15, 2018
4 min

Meat tax will not significantly lower emissions and might just prevent reductions

This is a piece that I wrote with my colleague John Cranfield in the Conversation. Published on January 14th, 2018. Will taxing meat...

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Mike von Massow

Jan 4, 2018
4 min

Less Meat, More Choice: A look at key food issues in 2018

A piece from the Conversation Canada that I co-authored with colleagues Alfons Weersink and Bruce McAdams. Published on January 3rd,...

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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