Faced with food supply disruptions due in part to geopolitics and political instability in its traditional food source … - plans to identify a set of alternative markets that can assure it of a stable food supply chain and food security. This … study develops a set of preferences and import substitution elasticities for the country's four most important food …

a mechanism for fostering sustainable local food systems by financing local food initiatives with support from local and … supplemented the money raised by crowdfunding campaigns for innovative short food supply chain projects.The results highlight the … potential of CiC/MF for helping local food projects to raise financial resources, as well as learn marketing skills and build up …

Canada’s food system has evolved under pressure to constantly produce more and do so more efficiently. However, the … drive for increased productivity has also led to rising levels of food loss and waste. In Canada, over half of our annual … food supply is discarded. Wasted resources, economic costs, pollution and growing numbers of citizens who are food insecure …