Food Supply Chain

• How extreme weather can drive food prices up: ‘Cascade of challenges’

  Extreme weather events like fires, floods, heat waves and droughts pose an increasing risk to Canada’s food supply chain, say experts.

  Consumer

  Aug 12, 2024
  
• Climate change is already affecting food security. How can Canadians prepare?

  Experts say that while Canada is not invulnerable to extreme climate events, it can work on reducing its reliance on imported food to guard against external shocks.

  Canada

  Jul 30, 2023
  
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• Coronavirus: Should food processing workers get vaccine priority?

  'If you look at the entire (food) supply chain, I would say the most vulnerable workers are right in the middle — in processing — because things are tight, things are intense.'

  Health

  Mar 5, 2021
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• Grocery store employees are essential during coronavirus, but they’re scared

  Every day, grocery workers are restocking toilet paper, eggs, produce and canned goods as fast as the items fly off the shelves amid the coronavirus pandemic.

  Health

  Apr 6, 2020
• ‘We have plenty of food’: Ontario government urges calm amid pandemic panic buying

  "Rest assured, we have plenty of food that will continue to reach grocery stores on a regular basis," Ontario's health and agriculture ministers said Saturday.

  Health

  Mar 14, 2020