Food loss and waste is only a problem in restaurants and people’s homes
AT EACH POINT ALONG THE JOURNEY TO THE CONSUMER FOOD IS LOST. IN FACT, FOURTEEN PERCENT OF THE WORLD’S FOOD IS LOST AFTER A CROP IS HARVESTED AND BEFORE IT REACHES THE…
People cannot change their behaviours in response to carbon pricing.
A carbon price is all about encouraging people and businesses to find innovative ways to avoid paying the carbon price. A carbon price says “Come at me, bro,” and that works. In…
Is Declining Size of Indian Farmland Leads to Low Production-
China and India with most of their little and minor land possessions are first and second on the planet farming creation individually. The total yield/ha/year in little farms is higher by virtue…
Is organic food as good for the climate as perceived?
…As perceived? With all that strong of a halo effect, certainly not! However, is organic food better for the climate? It is definitely beneficial to biodiversity [6]. But regarding climate impact, we…
Pesticides don’t help reduce food loss and waste
PESTICIDES HELP FARMERS PROTECT CROPS FROM INSECTS, WEEDS AND DISEASE, BOTH DURING FARM PRODUCTION AND DURING TRANSPORTATION AND STORAGE AFTER HARVESTING. WITHOUT PESTICIDES, IT’S ESTIMATED THAT FARMERS GLOBALLY WOULD PRODUCE ABOUT HALF AS MUCH…
Supply management only makes some farmers rich.
We have supply management in Canada because farmers and governments recognized that it was hard for farmers to make a living in the marketplace. There’s a paradox that makes food different from…
There is no need to reduce Canada’s emissions.
Canadians can toast each other smugly over hot tea and pretend that either climate change can only benefit us or that we are not the problem anyway. We can point to what…
Grocery shopping is time consuming
Disorganization is time consuming One of the most common complaints we hear from our nutrition-counselling clients is that grocery shopping takes too much time. As a result of this thought pattern, two…
Apples turn brown and go to waste and there’s nothing we can do about it
APPLES TURN BROWN WHEN SLICED AND BRUISE EASILY, WHICH RESULTS IN A LOT OF TOSSED APPLES. IN FACT, ABOUT 1,225,000 APPLES ARE WASTED EVERYDAY IN CANADA[9] . NEW GENETICALLY MODIFIED NON-BROWNING APPLES…
Supply management stands in the way of a free market.
Compare the way milk is produced in the United States to in Canada. Here, supply management ensures farmers’ costs of production are covered by the price they get for what they produce.…
