Author: Owen Roberts

Canadian federal agriculture and agri-food minister Marie-Claude Bibeau wants to talk about Canada’s first-ever food policy with agricultural media. The policy’s been in the works since public consultations were held in 2017, but we all know how much the world has changed since then. The question is “ will the policy help build a more competitive and sustainable agri-food for Canadians? Photo: highriveronline.com

Food availability hasn’t been a problem for most Canadians, even during the first wave of the COVID-19 when many other essentials vanished from store shelves. But food affordability continues to be a challenge, especially for those now struggling on reduced wages. Canadians pay less for groceries than most other nations, and farmers aren’t making a bundle. Manufacturers need to share what they’re doing to try to keep food prices down. Image: favpng.com

AgScape, as Ag in the Classroom is called in Ontario, tripled its student reach in 2019, but still has more requests for lessons from teachers than it can fulfill. Moving on-line as they’ve done in 2020 will help, but there’s still far too many students who won’t get the chance to hear about the science behind this multi-billion industry in Ontario, the successful steps it’s taken toward environmental sustainability, and the tremendous range of skilled career opportunities it offers. Photo: agscape.ca

Culinary giant Anita Stewart’s passing last week was a huge loss for all Canadians, and especially for our food producers. Anita was considered the champion of the local food movement in this country and she’d want us to continue to advocate on behalf of Canadian food . Photo: Guelph Today