Sylvain Charlebois says the negative effects of the coronavirus on the ag industry could outlast the pandemic without federal help.

'Italian by Night' co-owner and chef Michelle Hooton says patrons often ask her for her recipes. Now, while closed due to COVID-19, she's sharing them.

Would you eat bugs? It all depends on how they're marketed, say experts, because the health benefits of eating certain types of insects are hard to deny.

Sylvain Charlebois, the director of Dalhousie University's Agri-Food Analytics Lab, says much of the food on shelves makes it's way to the East Coast by rail.

The survey, which was released by Dalhousie University, also found that 53 per cent of Canadians were looking to change their food shopping habits in 2020 to offset the costs of food inflation.

In 2017, before legalization, 46 per cent of survey respondents said they were interested in trying edibles, but in a new poll, that number had dropped to 36 per cent.

While Canadian officials say a suspension of pork exports to China is an administrative issue, one academic specializing in food distribution says it's all politics.

The study points to a level of general confusion among the Canadian public towards genetically-modified foods, and heavy support for mandatory labelling.

The study found that 61 per cent of Canadians say there were fewer than 50 food recalls in Canada during 2017. There were actually 155.

Younger Canadians are far more likely to be vegetarians or vegans than older generations, according to a survey that a researcher says is among the first of its kind.