Canada can become a world-class supplier for plant-based ingredients

Both COVID-19 and the B.C. floods have impacted our food supply chain—demonstrating its fragility and leaving Canadians staring at empty grocery store shelves.

Protein Industries Canada believes that by 2035, Canada can be the supplier for 10 per cent of all plant-based ingredients in the world, writes CEO Bill Greuel. If we truly want to ensure a secure food supply chain for Canada, we must invest and advance our ingredient and value-added processing capacity.Image courtesy of Pixabay

Opinion

BY BILL GREUEL

December 9, 2021

In the past two years, the Canadian food supply chain experienced more disruption than it has in previous decades. First COVID-19 and now the flooding in British Columbia. While both are tragic events, they are very different. However, both have had the same impact on our food supply chain—

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