Scarce fertilizer.
Rising interest rates.
Skyrocketing fuel prices.
And yet commodity prices are still strong.
There are a lot of issues at play in the food and farm economy. How do the current trends and world news affect food and agriculture marketing? Len Kahn, founder, Kahntact, and Jo-Ann McArthur, president and founding partner, Nourish Food Marketing, try to make sense of the topsy-turvy news cycle and its effect on farmers and the food economy. Watch their presentation to Canadian Agri-Food Marketers Alliance (CAMA), “The changing face of agri-marketing – 2022 and beyond.”

“They shaved the freaking barley!” That was the opening of a call I received from an industry colleague in early 2007. She was the Canadian communications manager for one of the major global crop protection companies, and was in the middle of a photo shoot for a cereal herbicide. The problem? The creative director of … Read More
Food waste is definitely a ‘thing’ – a recent U.N. study found that the average Canadian wastes 79 kilograms of food per year. And as Jo-Ann notes in her May article, we may be wasting 13.5% more food at home since the start of the pandemic. A recent article by Reynold Bergen in Country Guide notes … Read More
Every August long weekend, Canadians across the land celebrate Food Day Canada. It’s a time to explore and enjoy the diverse flavours of our great country. For many of us, this year’s celebration will be bittersweet. On October 29, 2020, Food Day Canada founder and Canada’s first and, so far, only Food Laureate, Anita Stewart, … Read More