Food Politics: Canada

I don’t write much about  Canadian food politics, but every now and then collect interesting items.

• Weighty Matters: an always informative blog by the Canadian physician, Yoni Freedhoff
• Front of Package labels: the Canadian government has these under consideration
• Food for Life Report, a publication of the Centre for Health Science and Law “helping to make Canadians more savvy eaters, and governments & industry more accountable”
• A report on how NAFTA promotes Canadian obesity and type 2 diabetes through increased consumption of high fructose corn syrup.
• A book about Canadian snack foods .

Bakery & Snacks interviewed the author:

BAS: Who do you really admire in the book?

Janis Thiessen: As a company, I admire Hawkins Cheezies for their rejection of capitalist imperatives like growth and expansion. As an individual, I admire Covered Bridge fryer operator Thomas Broad, who has overcome personal adversity and has pride and autonomy in his work.