How technology can mitigate Canada’s food inflation crisis

The escalation of grocery prices and widespread supply chain challenges are both symptomatic of a food sector in desperate need of wholesale modernization.

Food price inflation continues climbing at an unsustainable rate, and groceries are again gobbling up more and more of our budgets—reversing a century-long trend towards affordability and improved food security, writes Dana McCauley.Photograph courtesy of PxHere, distributed under a CC0 1.0 DEED license

Opinion

BY DANA MCCAULEY

May 30, 2024

One hundred years ago, Canadians were devoting more than one-third of their earnings to putting food on their tables. Thanks to the invention and implementation of massive food sector innovations throughout the 20th century, that figure steadily shrank to less than 20 per ce...

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