Canada ready for a national or regional food shortage emergency, epidemic? No

For the last two years only, and largely unobserved, two relatively junior people at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada with a limited budget have been studying the food supply issue should there be a flu pandemic crisis.

You're in the grocery store and one of your favourite items isn't there. But what if there was little or no food at all, or, that you couldn't even venture out to buy any food because there's been a natural disaster or health pandemic? Is Canada ready for national or regional food shortage emerge...

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