Food Security in Question

October 6, 2024

Key Points:

• Canada produces more food than it consumes.
• Few households have backyard vegetable gardens.
• Even Farms rely heavily on grocery stores for food.
• Brazil supplies 85% of the world's orange juice.
• Trade disruptions can impact food supply chains.
• Political changes can affect international trade agreements.

When you live in Canada it's difficult to envision grocery store shelves being empty. Even at the height of the COVID crisis, food was always there - albeit some brands and specific items missing or in limited supply. Realistically, when you live in a country which has long been a major agricultural producer and has had to export massive amounts of foodstuffs because we outproduce domestic consumption, food supplies are not a concern. Certainly, we've embraced that reality as consumers.