Insights and Stories on Food

New China import rules bring headaches for food, beverage makers

Dec. 13, 2021 at 5:33 pm CST

Beijing | Reuters — Makers of Irish whiskey, Belgian chocolate and European coffee brands are scrambling to comply with new Chinese food and beverage regulations, with many fearful their goods will be unable to enter the giant market as a Jan. 1 deadline looms. China’s customs authority published new food […]

Panicked shoppers clear out flood-hit B.C.’s grocery stores

Nov. 18, 2021 at 7:17 pm CST

By Nia Williams Rod Nickel

China proposes new rules to ease GMO approvals

Nov. 14, 2021 at 7:29 pm CST

By Reuters

wheat being loaded onto a bulk vessel at port in Russia.

‘Containergeddon’ drives sugar, rice shippers back to bulk vessels

Oct. 22, 2021 at 8:04 pm CDT

By Marcelo Teixeira

Mexico won’t limit GMO corn imports from U.S., ag minister says

Oct. 22, 2021 at 7:12 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

More acres seen needed worldwide to meet mounting crops demand

Oct. 19, 2021 at 1:15 pm CDT

Geneva | Reuters — Farmers need more space to grow crops to meet mounting demand for food and renewable fuel at a time of slowing growth in yields, consultancy AgResource said on Tuesday. A renewable fuel push under U.S. President Joe Biden’s climate agenda is set to trigger a boom […]

By Reuters

Iqaluit confirms ‘exceedingly high levels’ of fuel in water supply

Oct. 15, 2021 at 8:03 pm CDT

Reuters –– The Canadian city of Iqaluit said lab results confirmed that fuel had entered its water supply, officials announced Friday. Analysis of samples from one of the city’s water tanks found “exceedingly high levels of various fuel components,” Amy Elgersma, Iqaluit’s chief administrative officer, said, adding it was likely […]

By Moira Warburton

U.N. urges Ethiopia to allow unhindered aid as hunger kills

Oct. 6, 2021 at 4:52 pm CDT

Reuters — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on Ethiopia’s government on Wednesday to allow the urgent delivery of humanitarian aid to millions in the country’s north “without hindrance” as U.N. officials report deaths from hunger. During a U.N. Security Council meeting, Guterres urged Ethiopia’s government to allow “unrestricted movement of […]

By Michelle Nichols

Canary seed prices rise as production drops

Oct. 4, 2021 at 3:47 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — This year’s canary seed crop in Canada will be smaller than expected, according to Darren Yungmann, board chair of the Canary Seed Development Commission of Saskatchewan. “Overall, canary seed is one of the most susceptible to the drought when compared to other crops,” he said, noting it’s shallow-rooted […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.N. looks for recipe to tackle global food dysfunction

Sep. 23, 2021 at 8:05 pm CDT

Reuters — Billions of people are overweight, millions are hungry, one third of food is wasted and the way the world produces, processes and consumes food generates one-third of greenhouse gas emissions, U.N. chief Antonio Guterres said on Thursday at the first global summit on the future of food. The […]