Some will say the food prices we are about to experience –and the crisis it will create– was deliberate. Others will say this was the cumulative outcome of major failures on the part of the government. At this point the former makes more sense, and the latter looks like a justification and excuse, because if government entities were really serious about food prices and shortages, they would be taking pragmatic steps to mitigate the problem; they are not.
#BareShelvesBiden became a leading Twitter trend on Sunday evening as social media users across the country took aim at President Joe Biden and his administration for failing to address the ongoing supply chain crisis.
The mandates regarding trucking between the USA and Canada will be going into effect between the middle of January and early February. Combined with the shipping crisis, this could (ha!) cause shortages and prices to rise. Both the USA and Canada have also enacted dictates to punish domestic trucking, beginning within the next couple weeks. Seriously, stock up.
The 2022 Canada’s Food Price Report says food prices will see the highest increase in twelve years. In dollars, next year’s price increase is also the highest predicted increase by Canada’s Food Price Report since its inception.
Dong Jianyi uses only materials and the laws of thermodynamics to grow cucumbers, peppers, lettuce, tomatoes, and more—even in the frigid Alberta winter—all without using a single watt.
The invasion may proceed!
Sky-high food prices were one of many negative impacts that Canadians felt during the pandemic-plagued year of 2021. And a new report suggests that problem is only going to get worse next year.
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A new poll indicates that inflation and the rising cost of living is a top priority for Canadians as they face the prospect of not being able to provide for their families.
The EU Commission has approved the European migratory locust as a food. The grasshopper is offered in powder form, dried or frozen as a food and can be added as a snack or other ingredient in food, the commission said today.
Local farmers are struggling with sharply increased costs. Nitrogen fertilizers currently cost almost three times as much as in the previous year, said the President of the Austrian Chamber of Agriculture, Josef Moosbrugger, at the APA. Significantly increased prices for animal feed, energy, building materials, spare parts, machines and other operating resources would also put a “considerable” strain on the balance sheets of agricultural and forestry operations.
North American beef prices are soaring as a labour crunch squeezes meatpackers and supply-chain snarls add to freight costs. In Canada, prices for a prime rib roast have risen 20 per cent in the past year and are the highest since at least 1995, Statistics Canada data show. Sirloin and round steaks have surged as much as 10 per cent in the last year and in the U.S. beef steaks are fetching record prices.
The single-minded officials in charge of combatting black racism at the city of Toronto have used the pandemic as an excuse to put together a special food plan for the city’s black families.
As we’ve previously noted, parts of South America and the Western half of the US are in a drought, affecting future harvest yields. Especially in the US, a megadrought is crushing farmers as reservoirs dry up, with many unable to water their crops.
Meanwhile, the Biden administration set the 2030 greenhouse gas pollution target aimed at increasing biofuels – this means the agricultural product is being diverted for fuel rather than food, driving up prices.
Many of us can’t imagine popping a cricket into our mouths as a snack. But studies show that eating insects could be good for you and the planet.
Insects are a great source of protein and minerals, such as iron, zinc and magnesium. They include a protein called chitin that encourages healthy bacteria to grow in your stomach.
Also, 100 grams of insects (crickets, beetles, red ants and grasshoppers) contains almost the same amount of protein as meat, but with less fat and fewer calories.
