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Agriculture Needs a Social Contract with Consumers

Jan 26, 2021
3 min

Agriculture Needs a Social Contract with Consumers

I had several interactions this week that raised the issue of trust or social license for agriculture to me again. I continue to be...

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Revisiting Canadian Beef Processing: Is Everything Back to Normal?

Mike von Massow

Dec 17, 2020
3 min

Revisiting Canadian Beef Processing: Is Everything Back to Normal?

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

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A Little Bit Sustainable? No! Fostering Progress.

Mike von Massow

Dec 12, 2020
2 min

A Little Bit Sustainable? No! Fostering Progress.

McDonalds launched their advertising campaign recently highlighting the introduction of beef certified under the Canadian Roundtable for...

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Is Regulating Delivery Company Fees the Answer to Save Restaurants?

Mike von Massow

Dec 3, 2020
5 min

Is Regulating Delivery Company Fees the Answer to Save Restaurants?

The pandemic has been extremely hard on the restaurant industry and its not over yet. Numbers continue to rise and the weather is...

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The Critical Importance of Rural Broadband

Mike von Massow

Nov 9, 2020
2 min

The Critical Importance of Rural Broadband

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

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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

Our team is a group of students, faculty and community partners that are committed to working towards a more sustainable future for the restaurant industry. Every year we hold a forum, bringing prominent speakers to the University of Guelph to discuss issues in the Canadian Restaurant Industry.

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Keep up with the conversation here.

Agriculture Needs a Social Contract with Consumers

Revisiting Canadian Beef Processing: Is Everything Back to Normal?

A Little Bit Sustainable? No! Fostering Progress.

Is Regulating Delivery Company Fees the Answer to Save Restaurants?

The Critical Importance of Rural Broadband

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