Author: Owen Roberts

As COVID-19 cases increase, food banks are worried they won’t have adequate stocks for workers laid-off for a second time. Even keeping supermarket shelves stocked at reasonable prices is complicated business in Canada’s multifaceted agri-food industry. But’s there’s one thing we can all agree on. Nothing trumps access to safe, quality food for our families.

Canada’s three-year-old trade agreement with the EU really hasn’t turned out as planned. Hopes had been high for Canadian agricultural products to have access to new markets in Europe. But barriers haven’t come down and much of the industry is now pressing Ottawa to take a stronger stance on their behalf.

Canadian pork producers are worried. For the past three years, African Swine Fever has been sweeping across Asia and Europe, wiping out swine herds in its path. Now it’s knocking on Canada’s door.
Photo: Tom Hickmore, Adsdean.

As COVID-19 resurges, it’s a great time of year to boost your immunity with Ontario’s bounty of healthy foods. But government and industry need to do better when it comes to processing that harvest into everyday food products. Less sugar, salt and fat in the products would go a long way to make them more nutritious.