Insights and Stories on Food

U.S. confirms will boost food stamps by record amount

Aug. 15, 2021 at 8:12 pm CDT

Washington | Reuters –– The U.S. Agriculture Department (USDA) on Monday will announce revised nutrition standards dramatically boosting average food stamp benefits, the agency confirmed Sunday. The New York Times first reported the plan to unveil the largest permanent benefits increase in the history of the government’s primary anti-hunger program, […]

Hemp industry looking forward despite hurdles

Jul. 23, 2021 at 7:03 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

World Food Programme starts distributing food in Venezuela

Jul. 7, 2021 at 8:23 pm CDT

By Reuters

JBS Canada plant up and running after cyberattack

Jun. 2, 2021 at 4:43 am CDT

By Dave Bedard

Agriculture, agrifood wish lists pile up ahead of long-delayed budget

Apr. 16, 2021 at 8:20 pm CDT

By D.C. Fraser

Mexico’s ban on GMO corn imports won’t apply to feed, U.S. says

Mar. 26, 2021 at 7:08 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said on Friday that a Mexican plan to ban imports of genetically modified (GMO) corn would apply to grain used for human food products, not livestock feed, based on recent talks he had with Mexican Agriculture Secretary Victor Villalobos Arambula. Vilsack […]

By Tom Polansek

Would you eat a poutine in a pie this holiday season?

Dec. 23, 2020 at 10:27 am CST

The Conversation – I recently saw a culinary invention that made me think about “tourtine.” The dish, as its name suggests, is a hybrid of tourtière and poutine. Poutine cheese curds and sauce are added to the tourtière’s pie filling, along with festive ingredients such as shredded meat and the […]

By Reuters

U.N. draws on emergency fund in bid to avert famines

Nov. 17, 2020 at 9:21 pm CST

United Nations | Reuters — United Nations aid chief Mark Lowcock said on Tuesday he would use US$100 million from the world body’s emergency fund to help seven countries try to avert famine fueled by conflict, spiraling economies, climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic. Some $30 million will be spent […]

By Reuters

Irritated trade partners push back on China’s coronavirus food tests

Nov. 17, 2020 at 9:09 pm CST

Beijing/Geneva | Reuters — Major food-producing countries are growing increasingly frustrated with China’s scrutiny of imported products and are calling on it to stop aggressive testing for the coronavirus, which some say is tantamount to a trade restriction. China says it has found the virus on the packaging of products […]

By Dominique Patton emma-farge

FCC identifies export, market opportunities for Canadian food

Nov. 17, 2020 at 3:23 pm CST

Canada is already a major exporter of agricultural goods, food and beverages — but increasing food and beverage exports is still one of Canada’s biggest trade opportunities, Farm Credit Canada (FCC) says. And by diversifying exports, farmers will become less dependent on current major markets, reducing their financial risk. “When […]

By Allan Dawson