Reading Time: 5 minutes Changing eating habits are creating both risks and new opportunities for Canadian farmers and processors.
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The changing landscape of Canadian food demand
Changing eating habits are creating both risks and new opportunities for farmers and processors
Canadian trade tribunal to examine imports of frozen, canned vegetables
Reading Time: 2 minutes Canadian officials will look into whether global imports of frozen and canned vegetables are threatening Canadian growers and processors.
Canada December retail sales down 0.4 per cent; seen up 1.5 per cent in January
Reading Time: < 1 minute Canadian retail sales decreased by 0.4 per cent in December to $70 billion on a monthly basis, led by a drop in sales at motor vehicle and parts dealers, Statistics Canada said on Friday.
GMO food labelling review opens questions on gene editing
Reading Time: 2 minutes Canada is wrestling with how gene-editing should translate to voluntary genetically modified food labels, or whether it even should
Growing pains: An Ontario city’s urban agriculture efforts show good policy requires real capacity
Reading Time: 4 minutes London, Ont., adopted Canada’s first stand-alone Urban Agriculture Strategy in 2017. Yet, almost eight years later, many of the strategy’s goals remain unrealized.
World food prices fall for third month in November, UN’s FAO says
Reading Time: 2 minutes World food commodity prices fell for a third consecutive month in November, with all major staple foods except cereals showing a decline, the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization said.
Canada’s Food Price Report shows meat, pantry goods prices expected to rise “a lot” in 2026
Reading Time: 4 minutes Food prices are 27 per cent higher now than they were in 2020, the new Canada’s Food Price Report shows. Meat prices are particularly to blame for the rise.
Trade tensions boosted confidence in Canadian food system, report shows
Reading Time: 2 minutes U.S. tariff threats have boosted Canadians’ view of the nation’s food system according to the 2025 public trust report from the Canadian Centre for Food Integrity. Trust in Canadian farmers remains high but has been eclipsed by trust in scientists.
CFIA raw poultry policy to tighten food safety
Reading Time: 3 minutes Canadian poultry slaughterhouses will have to test carcasses for pathogens before chilling when the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s new pre-chill policy comes into force Dec. 1, 2025.
Canada’s retail sales shrink as tariffs bite, June expected to improve
Food and beverage saw declines, led declines in beer, wine and liquor sales and declining convenience store transations
Reading Time: 2 minutes Canada's retail sales shrank by 1.1 per cent in May as consumers curtailed car purchases and spent less at supermarkets, convenience stores and on alcohol, data showed on Thursday.