In Your Bin August 11th: Some Analysis!
There are structural forces in agribusiness that continue to drive up food prices across Canada. The “Grocery Code of Conduct” rolled out by the government January 1st of this year is meant to address the corporate power behind this. But does it? Once again the National Farmers’ Union has done a great analysis of this policy and find it lacking. We hope you will take a moment to read the about complexity of the situation in the grocery sector. A key sentence:
“Evidence shows a persistent and widening gap between what farmers receive for their products and what consumers pay at the store. Retail prices have increased substantially, while farm-level returns have stagnated, a dynamic driven in large part by corporate concentration and profit extraction across the supply chain”
Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) packs way more punch in addressing some of the root causes of inflated pricing than the Code of Conduct. Your support makes a difference and can effect change!
Read the NFU’s brief at: Canada’s voluntary Grocery Code of Conduct doesn’t change much
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