6 history lessons for eating through COVID-19 pandemic
Guelph food historians share insights from disruptions during the last century.
Upcycling for a Food Secure Community
Meaningful work and skill development bring volunteers to food security work.
While At Home…
This is an unprecedented time of global uncertainty.
Governments around the world, including Canada, are instructing everyone to stay home if they can. We wanted to share resources and materials that we are using to learn more about food and agriculture at this time and to share the sources that we are going to for information and updates on COVID-19.
Keep scrolling to view them all!
Robustness of Canada’s Food Supply Chain
Arrell Chair in Food Business, Simon Somogyi reflected on the disruption that viruses can cause in Canada’s supply chain.
Here is what he wrote…
COVID-19: The perils of a ‘just enough, just in time’ food system
We live in an age when global supply chains seamlessly link farmers & consumers using the principles of “just enough, just in time.” But with this abundance comes a hidden cost: a loss of resilience.
Time for Action: Critical next steps to create a National School Food Program
The need for a federal school food program is clear; in 2017, UNICEF ranked Canada as 37th out of the 41 wealthiest nations for access to healthy food.
Climate change to reveal more global farmland at steep environmental cost
The research team modelled prospects for growing major food crops in potential new farmland that may come available as climate change alters growing seasons worldwide.
Rapport en faveur d’un nouvel indice de durabilité pour le secteur agroalimentaire canadien, un outil clé contribuant à la compétitivité, à la valeur ajoutée et à l’amélioration des résultats sociétaux
A Canadian Conversation on Global Diets
Diets that are intentionally curated for healthy people and planet are being referred to around the world as ‘global diets’.
Winners of the 2019 Arrell Global Food Innovation Awards
An organization that reduces hunger in South Africa and a plant scientist are the recipients for 2019.