In September 2021, the UN Food Systems Summit was held as one of the building blocks on our way to reaching the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. The main idea of this Summit was that we all must work together–farmers and scientists,..
Long lockdowns, strict social distancing rules, and almost no entertainment outside your own house made 2020 a year of reflection for millions of people around the world. As a result, health and wellness, mindfulness and self-consciousness became..
Over the last ten years, the concept of value chains has turned into a new paradigm of delivering valuable products to markets and giving back to the economies, societies, and environment at the same time. Each industry has its own established..
As the world’s population is expected to reach almost 10 billion by 2050, agricultural professionals all over the world know that a deep food system transformation is required on a global scale. However, while each country faces the same..
While the whole world is dreaming about travelling, let’s remember what is so fascinating about visiting other countries. You get a fantastic chance to explore new cultures, meet new people, and try new food. But after several days of trying and..
If there is one lesson we have learned advancing the interests of Sustainable Beef in Canada, it is the importance of standards to the future of Canadian agriculture and agritech solutions. Standards for the industry, its practices, data and..
It’s fair to say that Canada has already achieved tangible sustainability-related results. For example, in 2020, an SDG Index tracking performance of the UN members on the 17 sustainability goals was published. Although Canada still faces..
Setting such goals as reducing food waste, improving food security, and achieving net zero emissions motivated the global community to define the need to transform food production. Today, the global agri-food community is expected to play a more..
On June 9th, a Press Release “Call-to-action to make a new sustainability index a reality for Canada’s agri-food sector” tied to the release of Business Case for establishing the National Index on Agri-Food Performance was published. Here are..
