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Mike von Massow

Sep 16, 20214 min read

Food Prices - Long and Short Term Views

We are hearing a lot about food price inflation and the Statistics Canada food price index for August affirms that prices in August were...

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Will Your Steak or Burger Be a Victim of a Cyber Attack?

Mike von Massow

Jun 4, 20212 min read

Will Your Steak or Burger Be a Victim of a Cyber Attack?

The news this week that JBS, one of the largest meat processors was hacked was being subject to a ransomware attack has generated many...

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Revisiting Canadian Beef Processing: Is Everything Back to Normal?

Mike von Massow

Dec 17, 20203 min read

Revisiting Canadian Beef Processing: Is Everything Back to Normal?

Nicholas Bannon, Alfons Weersink, and Michael von Massow At the beginning of June, a Food Focus blog post spoke about the significant...

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A Little Bit Sustainable? No! Fostering Progress.

Mike von Massow

Dec 12, 20202 min read

A Little Bit Sustainable? No! Fostering Progress.

McDonalds launched their advertising campaign recently highlighting the introduction of beef certified under the Canadian Roundtable for...

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For Canadian Beef Processors, the Worst of COVID-19 Appears to be Over

Mike von Massow

Jun 11, 20205 min read

For Canadian Beef Processors, the Worst of COVID-19 Appears to be Over

Written by Nicholas Bannon The COVID-19 pandemic caused major disruptions that have rippled through Canada’s beef sector, but it appears...

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An Integrated Beef Market Offers Protection from Plant Closures

Mike von Massow

May 11, 20204 min read

An Integrated Beef Market Offers Protection from Plant Closures

Post by Brendan McDougall As scary as COVID-19 is, the potential for secondary consequences such as wide-scale food shortages are equally...

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What's Happening with Food Service and Plant Based Meat?

Mike von Massow

Jan 9, 20203 min read

What's Happening with Food Service and Plant Based Meat?

We're hearing a lot of commentary about the rise of plant based meat analogues in food service - particularly in quick service...

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Mike von Massow

Sep 26, 20193 min read

Apocalypse Cow?

A recent report predicts that the North American beef and dairy cattle industry will be significantly disrupted by the development of...

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Banning beef at Goldsmiths University of London not a big deal

Mike von Massow

Aug 19, 20193 min read

Banning beef at Goldsmiths University of London not a big deal

Goldsmiths University of London announced on August 12th that they would no longer serve beef in on-campus outlets as part of a larger...

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China’s ban on Canadian meat imports could pummel our agri-food sector

Mike von Massow

Jul 2, 20194 min read

China’s ban on Canadian meat imports could pummel our agri-food sector

This article was originally posted on theConversation.com and was written by Sylvanus Kwaku Afesorgbor, Brendan McDougall and Jiahao Zhu...

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Nebraska floods may lead to an increase in beef price

Mike von Massow

Apr 8, 20192 min read

Nebraska floods may lead to an increase in beef price

We pay a lot of attention to food prices. The reality is that food prices are increasing at a relatively steady rate over time. Increases...

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Mike von Massow

Apr 30, 20183 min read

Less meat, more bugs in our food future

A piece that my colleague Al Weersink and I published in the Conversation on April 17th, 2018. Biologically speaking, humans are...

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Mike von Massow

Jan 15, 20184 min read

Meat tax will not significantly lower emissions and might just prevent reductions

This is a piece that I wrote with my colleague John Cranfield in the Conversation. Published on January 14th, 2018. Will taxing meat...

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Considering the complexity of food, it is no surprise that conversations about it can be broad and diverse. In order to better understand how people think about food, Mike is involved in several projects. Learn more about each project below.

UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH SUSTAINABLE RESTAURANT PROJECT

Our team is a group of students, faculty and community partners that are committed to working towards a more sustainable future for the restaurant industry. Every year we hold a forum, bringing prominent speakers to the University of Guelph to discuss issues in the Canadian Restaurant Industry.

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Keep up with the conversation here.

Food Prices - Long and Short Term Views

Will Your Steak or Burger Be a Victim of a Cyber Attack?

Revisiting Canadian Beef Processing: Is Everything Back to Normal?

A Little Bit Sustainable? No! Fostering Progress.

For Canadian Beef Processors, the Worst of COVID-19 Appears to be Over

An Integrated Beef Market Offers Protection from Plant Closures

What's Happening with Food Service and Plant Based Meat?

Apocalypse Cow?

Banning beef at Goldsmiths University of London not a big deal

China’s ban on Canadian meat imports could pummel our agri-food sector

Nebraska floods may lead to an increase in beef price

Less meat, more bugs in our food future

Meat tax will not significantly lower emissions and might just prevent reductions

RELATED PROJECTS

Considering the complexity of food, it is no surprise that conversations about it can be broad and diverse. In order to better understand how people think about food, Mike is involved in several projects. Learn more about each project below.

UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH SUSTAINABLE RESTAURANT PROJECT