/osas/taxonomy/term/462/all en /osas/channels/news/quebec-farmers-have-been-protesting-december-anyone-listening-357032 <p>Upset about high interest rates, growing paperwork and heavy regulatory burdens, protesting farmers have become a familiar sight across Quebec since December.</p> Tue, 23 Apr 2024 19:43:13 +0000 admin 2768 at /osas /osas/channels/news/maison-riviera-glass-jars-give-way-plastic-357026 <p>Maison Riviera has abandoned the glass containers that have made its name since their arrival on the market in 2015 in favor of plastic. Fans of Riviera yogurt who have lids sold separately by the company to give a second life to the little glass pots will still be able to use them, however, since the new plastic containers, arriving in the dairy aisle at the end of August, are made in the same format.</p> Tue, 23 Apr 2024 19:22:44 +0000 admin 2767 at /osas /osas/channels/news/price-food-inevitably-volatile-356849 <p>From bad weather to global conflicts, and even the breakdown of supply chains, food prices are subject to unpredictable variations.</p> <p>Here's a look at what's been shaking up the food market in recent years.</p> Wed, 17 Apr 2024 15:18:13 +0000 admin 2762 at /osas /osas/channels/news/quebec-farmers-protest-block-roads-over-cost-business-356741 <p>CBC News interviewed<em> </em>agronomist and economist <a href="/fmt/staff/theriault">Pascal Thériault</a>, Æ»¹ûÒùÔº Farm Management and Technology Program Director, about recent protests by Quebec farmers asking for more government aid as they face rising costs of business and financial hardship.</p> <p>"There's a need to actually start re-thinking programs to be able to better accommodate for the future over the long run," Thériault told journalists.</p> Thu, 11 Apr 2024 19:25:49 +0000 admin 2757 at /osas /osas/channels/news/advantages-regenerative-agriculture-prairies-356552 <p>Æ»¹ûÒùÔº Farm Management and Technology Program Director <a href="/fmt/staff/theriault">Pascal Thériault</a> spoke to Radio-Canada's Le Café Show about what regenerative agriculture is, how it can improve water retention in the soil—an increasingly important consideration as climate change increases the frequency and intensity of drought in the prairies, and its role in carbon capture.</p> Tue, 02 Apr 2024 18:45:28 +0000 admin 2740 at /osas /osas/channels/news/chocolate-home-insurance-climate-change-making-life-more-expensive-356551 <p>Rising costs of cocoa due to drought and disease affecting crop yields is proof of how global warming is hitting our pocketbooks, agronomist and economist <a href="/fmt/staff/theriault">Pascal Thériault</a>, Æ»¹ûÒùÔº Farm Management and Technology Program Director, <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/climate-change-inflation-1.7155668?cmp=rss">told CBC</a>.</p> <p>The food system "relies on stability, and what climate change does is it creates situations where nothing is stable," he said.</p> Tue, 02 Apr 2024 18:16:45 +0000 admin 2738 at /osas /osas/channels/news/shrinkflation-house-brands-356257 <p>Large retailers are reducing their formats to cut production costs in a period of high food inflation.</p> <p>Shrinkflation is not sparing the private labels that consumers love to save money on, <a href="https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2058421/reduflation-epicerie-formats-marques-maison-detaillants">Radio-Canada reports</a>. Already in the spotlight for their record profits, Canada's major food retailers are in turn reducing the formats of their new products.</p> Thu, 21 Mar 2024 17:21:08 +0000 admin 2730 at /osas /osas/channels/news/why-price-bananas-stays-low-and-steady-355742 <p>Although bananas are not immune to price spikes, as seen recently due to poor harvests, the desire of retailers to keep them affordable and an efficient production chain largely explain why the popular fruit remains among the most accessible in the supermarket year round, agronomist and economist <a href="/fmt/staff/theriault">Pascal Thériault</a>, Æ»¹ûÒùÔº Farm Management and Technology Program Director, <a href="https://www.lapresse.ca/affaires/economie/2024-02-24/demystifier-l-economie/le-prix-des-bananes-un-loss-leader.php'">told <em>La Presse</em></a>.</p> Tue, 27 Feb 2024 19:39:57 +0000 admin 2692 at /osas /osas/channels/news/montrealers-denounce-extent-food-waste-grocery-stores-355541 <p>A group of Montrealers, upon seeing a huge truck filled with unsold food from grocery stores each week in their neighbourhood, are raising the alarm about the extent of food waste.</p> Tue, 20 Feb 2024 15:34:29 +0000 admin 2619 at /osas /osas/channels/news/lunchbox-specialist-cook-it-takes-refuge-creditors-be-bought-out-355230 <p>Times are tough in the ready-to-eat and boxed meal industries. In order to be able to continue in business, Cook it has taken steps to protect itself from creditors, and is planning to be bought out by British Columbia-based Fresh Prep Foods.</p> Mon, 05 Feb 2024 22:33:34 +0000 admin 2602 at /osas