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Retailers set the price
Retailers set prices, not supply management Dairy cows are pictured at the Kooyman family dairy farm in Chilliwack, B.C., Tuesday, June, 10, 2014. (Jonathan Hayward/The Canadian Press) PETER CLARKE Contributed to The Globe and Mail Peter Clarke is chairman of the Egg Farmers of Canada. It’s as regular as the seasons – trade talks ramp […]
How China’s Taste for Milk Actually Hurt the Value of New Zealand’s Cows
• By Jon Hilsenrath and Rebecca Howard New Zealand’s milk industry shows how commodity-producing countries across the world are struggling after having overestimated demand from China’s fast-growing economy. As with sugar producers in Brazil, rubber farmers in Thailand and iron ore miners in Australia, New Zealand’s milk producers are coming to grips with the reality […]
The Future Of Food Is On The Table
At World’s Fair In Italy, The Future Of Food Is On The Table May 31, 2015 7:34 AM ET Sylvia Poggioli Carlo Ratti of MIT designed this “supermarket of the future” exhibit. If you move a hand close to a product, a digital display lights up, providing information on origin, nutritional value and carbon footprint. […]