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How secure is Canada’s food supply? | Conversations Live Episode 39

In this episode of Conversations Live, we dive deep into the rising cost of groceries, the impact of U.S. tariffs, fragile supply chains, wasted farmland, food waste, and the national-security implications of how we feed ourselves.

Stuart McNish brings together a powerhouse panel of experts to explore the future of food in British Columbia and across Canada: James Donaldson (BC Food & Beverage), Dr. Lenore Newman (University of the Fraser Valley), Dr. Sylvain Charlebois (Dalhousie University), John Anderson (Oppy), David Guthrie (KPMG), Dr. Tammara Soma (SFU, Food Waste & Sustainability).

Plus: Mario Canseco (Research Co.) reveals new polling on grocery prices, food literacy, and how little Canadians know about where our food comes from.

In This Episode:
🍎 What happens if American food disappears from Canadian shelves?
🍞 Why over 50% of what we eat is imported—and what tariffs could do to prices.
🥕 Food literacy is low: most Canadians don’t know how the food system works.
📉 A shocking $58 billion of food is wasted every year in Canada.
🏭 Why food processing has become our biggest bottleneck.
🌱 How indoor farming, vertical agriculture, and innovation could transform supply.
🚜 Why young people can’t access farmland—even though 55% of ALR land sits unfarmed.
🚚 How fragile supply chains leave us vulnerable to disaster, drought, and politics.
🍁 Why experts say food security is national security—and the window to act is closing.

This urgent conversation explores what governments, producers, and communities can do to ensure Canadians have access to affordable, reliable, locally produced food.

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