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Community ManagerCommunity Consultant · Canadian Food Innovation Network🔔 In Case you Missed it: Building Resilient Food Supply Chains Through Canadian InnovationCFIN Reports 1552×808 357 KB Our latest rep ort Building Resilient Food Supply Chains Through Canadian Innovation is already sparking national conversation — with coverage from BNN Bloomberg, Global News, The Logic and more ! BNN Bloomberg: https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/video/shows/commodities/2026/03/10/food-supply-chain-needs-reconstructive-surgery-cfin/ Global News: https://globalnews.ca/video/11724465/canadas-food-supply-chain-vulnerable-to-external-shocks-food-inflation/ The Logic: https://thelogic.co/briefing/canadas-food-supply-chains-starved-for-innovation-report-says/ Why the attention? Because Canada produces an incredible amount of food — yet too much of the processing happens outside our borders. That gap leaves our food system exposed to global disruptions and puts pressure on prices at the grocery store. Inside the report, we explore: 💰 Why 573 mid-sized processors generating $18.4B in sales represent both a major vulnerability and a huge opportunity 💡 How investment in processing, logistics , and supply chain tech can help lower food costs 🤝 Why the biggest barrier isn’ t innovation — it’ s getting proven solutions adopted across thousands of SMEs 📈 How public investment in validation helps unlock private capital and scale Canadian solutions The report is available exclusively to CFIN+ members. 📖 Explore the report and featured content : https://cfin-rcia.ca/yodl-content/cfin-reports/building-resilient-food-supply-chains-through-canadian-innovation 📰 See the media coverage: https://cfin-rcia.ca/media/media-coverage 
Community ManagerCommunity Consultant · Canadian Food Innovation NetworkBuilding Resilient Food Supply Chains Through Canadian InnovationGrocery prices have climbed 22% since 2022 - nearly double broader inflation. Import costs were the single largest driver of food price increases in 2025. And Canada, one of the world's most productive agricultural nations, has nearly one in five citizens experiencing moderate to severe food insecurity. CFIN's @Dana McCauley published an op-ed in the Hill Times this week laying out the structural story behind those numbers. Canada is an agricultural powerhouse, but has underinvested for decades in the domestic processing and infrastructure that in large part determine what consumers end up paying at the checkout . Growth investment in agri-food is down 32% in value over the past decade. The sector is overwhelmingly SMEs operating on razor-thin margins. When disruptions hit - tariffs, currency swings, shipping crises - there's no buffer. The cost flows straight to Canadians . Dana's piece makes the fix clear: getting proven innovation adopted at scale, growing the medium-sized processors positioned to scale domestic capacity, and connecting sustained investment to the businesses that need it most. Today , w e releas ed a new report that take s this thread further . Building Resilient Food Supply Chains Through Canadian Innovation maps the Canadian companies already building solutions across domestic processing, operational efficiency, and supply chain visibility, and demonstrated what needs to happen to turn homegrown Canadian food innovation into sector-wide supply chain resilience. We'd like to hear thoughts from the network : if your food business has adopted or evaluated technology to strengthen your supply chain , what has that looked like? What made it possible, and what continue to be the biggest barriers ?Hear from our community of food innovators, CPG companies, and industry leaders who are transforming the Canadian food sector together.
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