Insights and Stories on Food

High food prices hurting India’s poor

Nov. 15, 2020 at 5:46 pm CST

New Delhi | Reuters — India’s retail inflation may stay elevated for at least three more months after hitting a six-year high in October, as excess rain has damaged standing crops and seedlings, while edible oils that the country imports have become expensive. The high prices are a particular cause […]

Louis Dreyfus to gain first outside investor

Nov. 11, 2020 at 4:03 pm CST

By Gus Trompiz

Food retail order boom may ease after big quarter, Conagra says

Oct. 1, 2020 at 4:46 pm CDT

By Reuters

Feds pondering more self-reliance in Canada’s food

Sep. 28, 2020 at 1:22 am CDT

By D.C. Fraser

Olymel’s Red Deer plant holds at one COVID case

Aug. 20, 2020 at 7:54 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

Feds line up projects for surplus food program

Aug. 14, 2020 at 1:22 am CDT

The federal government has lined up eight projects to source and distribute perishable produce, meat, eggs and seafood piling up across Canada due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As part of the federal pandemic response, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced in early May that Ottawa would budget $50 million for a […]

By Dave Bedard

Mexico to phase out use of glyphosate

Aug. 13, 2020 at 2:56 am CDT

Mexico City | Reuters — Mexico will gradually phase out use of the herbicide glyphosate by the time the current administration ends in late 2024, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Wednesday, following a ministerial spat over the product. Acknowledging differences between his agriculture and environment ministries over the […]

By Reuters

Louis Dreyfus adds venture capital unit

Jun. 18, 2020 at 1:59 pm CDT

Paris | Reuters — Agricultural commodities trader Louis Dreyfus Co. has launched a venture capital program to invest in food and farming firms while also announcing a change of head for its innovation business. “Over the coming months, we will invest in early-stage companies with the potential to transform the […]

By Reuters

Details on federal food surplus program expected in ‘days’

Jun. 12, 2020 at 8:56 pm CDT

Ottawa — Detailed plans of the federal government’s food buyback program are expected soon, according to Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau. Ottawa tabbed $50 million of its COVID-19 response funds for agriculture to buy surplus food from farmers and redistribute it to communities in need. The challenge Bibeau and her federal […]

By D.C. Fraser

Two national campaigns launched for food supply chains

Jun. 1, 2020 at 2:32 am CDT

Ottawa — The Canadian Centre for Food Integrity is launching a new campaign to inform consumers on how the food system works. “It’s Good, Canada” will share personal stories of Canadians working across the food supply chain and provide information about farming, transportation, processing, retail and production on its website. […]

By D.C. Fraser

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