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From panic-buying, to quarantinis and now health and immunity, Canadians are more focused on the how, where and availability of their food thanks to the covid pandemic.
Consumers are adopting vocabulary that’s normally reserved for processors (remember the French Fry fiasco?), and greater interest in local food is shaking up the retail supply model.
Kahntact president Len Kahn and Jo-Ann McArthur, president of Nourish Food Marketing, discuss how the pandemic has accelerated production and consumption trends in this presentation from Canada’s Digital Farm Show.
As food production evolves with the continuation of the covid pandemic, watch to find out what they are hopeful for in the near future.
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