Thank you for joining the webinar, “Sustainable Food Systems in Canada: the role of Fruits and Vegetables,” hosted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Liaison Office in North America in honour of the International Year of Fruits and Vegetables (IYFV).This webinar is also being livestreamed on the @FAONorthAmerica twitter page. Join the conversation on Twitter using #IYFV2021.Feel free to use the chat box to share your comments. Please use the Q&A Box for questions stating your affiliation and to whom your question is directed to.Speaker bios: https://bit.ly/1029SpeakerBios

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Greetings from IICA Canada

Mr. Ellis from Dresden, ON.

Nina Dodd-USAID/BHA. Washington DC

Speaking now is Jocelyn Brown Hall who is the Director of FAO North America. She previously served as the Deputy Regional Representative for the FAO Regional Office for Africa in Ghana. Jocelyn has held various positions in food security, agricultural development, and trade capacity building. In 1998, she joined the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in the Foreign Agricultural Service, where she coordinated USDA’s international development and training programs, valued at over US$65 million, with 165 staff members. See full speaker bios here: https://bit.ly/1029SpeakerBios

Carla VanGilder - ASABE

Louise Erskine, Cornell University

Margaret Zafiriou, CAPI Ottawa

Hi - greetings from AAFC Science and Technology Branch, Lethbridge Alberta Canada

Hello from Brad Fraleigh, AAFC Science and Technology Branch.

Tania Humphrey VP R&D, Vineland Research and Innovation Centre

Chantale Audate, USAID/Haiti

Hi everybody....Greetings from Iraq

Hello from Nathaniel Newlands, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (Summerland, British Columbia)

Hi All - Susan Watkins Canadian Feed The Children -Business Development and Food Systems Manager

Evan Burt, Consul & Trade Commissioner at Consulate General of Canada in Minneapolis 🍁

Hi everyone! I'm Eliza Salman, A master student of Sustainable resource management at the Technical University of Munich

Sorry to hear about the weather and connectivity troubles.

Nagwa from Nairobi' Hi all

Anne Fowlie, Fruit & Vegetable Dispute Resolution Corporation, Ottawa

Treasa Pauley from NS Canada, Agrifood consultant

I am Vasantha Rupasinghe of Dalhousie University of Canada. My lab is specialized in Fruit Bioactives such as Flavonoids and interested in developing healthy value-added products to reduce the risk of NCD.

Hi all! Jennifer Ong Tone from the Canadian Produce Marketing Association, Ottawa

Gaya Murthy, Registered Dietitian - Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Hello from Peak of the Market, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Resolution adopted by the UN General Assembly: https://undocs.org/A/RES/74/244

Rebecca Lee, Canadian Horticultural Council - greetings to everyone!

Bipasha Chakravarty from AAFC, Guelph, Canada

Travis Sander, AAFC - PGRC Saskatoon, SK., Canada

Hello, Rhiannon Wallace Research Scientist from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada in Agassiz, British Columbia

Learn more about the International Year of Fruits and Vegetables: https://www.fao.org/fruits-vegetables-2021/en/

Nidhi Sharma, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)

Hi everyone, Krista Kapitan here from Wilton Consulting Group (ON, Canada) on behalf of the Canadian Agri-food Sustainability Initiative.

Hello, Tom Forge, researcher from AAFC, Summerland Research & Development Centre in BC.

Larry & Shelley McIntosh from Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Hello, Koste Yadeta from Corteva Agriscience, Johnston, Iowa, USA

Hello, Masoumeh Bejaei from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Summerland Research and Development Centre

Hello everyone. Anju Gill - British Columbia Blueberry Council

Jiali Shang from AAFC, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Ron Lemaire, Canadian Produce Marketing Association. look forward to the session.

Hello everyone. My name is Saffa Koroma from the University of Liberia, West Africa. I believe we will have a rewarding webinar today.

Hello to all - I'm Jane Proctor from the Canadian Produce Marketing Association headquartered in Ottawa.

Axel Diederichsen, Plant Gene Resources of Canada.

Hi everyone! Karen Fong from AAFC - Summerland, BC :)

Charitha Jayasinghege, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Agassiz, BC

https://inspection.canada.ca/about-cfia/transparency/consultations-and-engagement/ffv/eng/1635177704225/1635177997772

Hello from Manitoba

Share your thoughts: Proposed changes to the Canadian Grade Compendium: Volume 2 – Fresh Fruit or VegetablesCurrent status: OpenPhase 1 open from October 29, 2021 to December 31, 2021

Hello everyone, Claudia Ciotir from CCGB/AAFC Harrow, Ontario

Link to the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CZ9mF8EaLI

Hello Everyone, Kelly Ross from AAFC, Summerland, BC

Hello! Roland Beshiri - AAFC - Ottawa with interests in Food Loss and Waste

Speaking now is Donald Boucher who joined Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) and the federal public service in 2008 and has since worked in various areas such as international trade, strategic policy, corporate affairs and sectoral development. As Director General, Sector Development and Analysis Directorate, Donald provides leadership with regards to supporting growth and competitiveness of the Canadian agriculture sector. Donald holds a bachelor's degree in agronomy as well as a master's degree (sciences) both from Laval University. See full speaker bios here: https://bit.ly/1029SpeakerBios

Dave Gustafson (Agriculture & Food Systems Institute)

Good Night everyone from Italy, Annie Castillo

Hello to all from the Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Development based in Bogota, Colombia

Hello, Phil Myers, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Policy and Programs Branch. Nova Scotia/Traditional and Unceded territory of the Mi'kmaq indigenous peoples.

Hello everyone from the Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute in Ottawa, Canada!

Good morning and warmest regards from Vietnam. My name is Chau Thi Da PhD, a senior researcher of aquaculture - agriculture, Ton Duc Thang University, HCMCT, Vietnam.

Speaking now is Dr. Rachid El Hafid who is the Director of Research, Development and Technology Transfer at AAFC where he provides leadership through functional and strategic direction to a team of over 40 research scientists and over 200 staff. Providing direction and creating the right enabling work environment for the team to excel and ensuring that the right person is in the right place to do the right work is his role. His team performs top-notch upstream and downstream research to advance science, our ministry/government mandate, and help our agriculture and agri-food industry remains competitive and resilient. See full speaker bios here: https://bit.ly/1029SpeakerBios

Hello Everyone, This Ali, Food losses and waste reduction (horticultural crops), Egypt https://www.linkedin.com/in/abdelrahman-ali-bb908066/

Congratulation from Akram Chowdhury of the Build Back Better Foundation(B3F) for organizing such an innovative Webinar which is worth learning. Please keep in touch. Joy Bangla, Joy FAO.

V Rajagopal, President Society for Hunger Elimination , India: Among food wastes horticulture crops as vegetables and fruits account most causing deprivation to poor hungry people. Need to save and serve to hungry people is top priority. Post harvest technologies to preserve with cold storage and value addition and nutritional values must get attention

Speaking now is Guy Milette who is the Chair of the Board of the Canadian Produce Marketing Association. He also serves as the Vice President of Courchesne Larose Ltd, which is a major player on the Canadian fresh fruit and vegetable market for more than 100 years. See full speaker bios here: https://bit.ly/1029SpeakerBios

For more on the Half Your Plate program - visit: https://www.halfyourplate.ca/

Speaking now is Jan VanderHout who is the President of the Canadian Horticultural Council. Prior to this role he served as Director of Ontario Greenhouse Vegetable Growers and serves as the President of Beverly Greenhouses limited. With over 20 acres of greenhouses, Beverly Greenhouses is one of Ontario’s larger greenhouse cucumber operations. His family has been growing vegetables in greenhouses for 54 years and exclusively cucumbers since 1978. See full speaker bios here: https://bit.ly/1029SpeakerBios

You can take a look for these recently published papers related to the causes of food losses for the Horticultural crops and scioec0n0mic and environmental impacts of food losses https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11027-021-09959-0 Analysis of determinants to mitigate food losses and waste in the developing countries: empirical evidence from Egypt https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959652621033333?via%3Dihub Economic and environmental consequences' of postharvest loss across food supply Chain in the developing countries

For more on how Canada's industry has been celebrating IYFV: https://hortcouncil.ca/iyfv/

and in French: https://hortcouncil.ca/fr/iyfv

Speaking now is Paul J. Thomassin who is a Professor of Agricultural Economics at McGill University. His research areas include agricultural and environmental economics, macroeconomic analysis of food and agriculture policies, food safety, natural capital accounting, technological change, and the economics of climate change. He was the scientific director of Greenhouse Gas Management Canada, a SSHRC-BIOCAP National Research Network that investigated the social science dimensions of greenhouse gas management. He has experience in the dairy and horticulture sectors. See full speaker bios here: https://bit.ly/1029SpeakerBios

Do Canadian companies have formal sustainability programs? What is their environmental footprint? What role does sustainability play in the sector's strategic plan? What are the top 3 environmental challenges? How is the sector part of the solution? Do you have targets? Progress in meeting goals? Any leading businesses, research to showcase, inspire others? What business value has sustainability provided business? ROI? Consumer trends?

1. How much is food loss and waste a concern for the fruit/veg/hort industry? 2. What examples are there of FLW reduction in these industires?

Around 20 percent of Canadians are not able to access to healthy foods(fruit and veg) due to cost.How can we make fruit and veg more accessible to lower income Canadians.

If there is real concern that people need to eat more fruits and vegetables for their health, and sustainability is so important, how can we ensure that do you think ,

How can we ensure that sustainable fruit and vegetable production remains affordable and accessible to Canadians? Should producers be compensated for the environmental benefits they are providing so fruit and vegetables are affordable?? Government subsidies? or paying producers for these environmental benefits they provide?

good afternoon

Margaret, I like the idea of paying farmers for their ecosystem services

Or maybe tie their BRM support to beneficial management practices to incentivize them, greening agriculture

but it is viewed as a cost. green investments are made often if environmental risk becomes part of the business risk

Good morning to all, I do really appreciate this small conference. My name is John Yawovi Boko, living in Edmonton, AB .Coordinator of Wenna Educational Association and dealing with urban agriculture in Togo (West Africa).

Access: Is it cheap food or better incomes, fair rents, affordable day care?

food deserts are an issue as well in terms of uneven distribution of fresh fruit/veg to access points

While recognising the need for sustainability, it's very important to balance the burden put on our farmers to implement it: social and environmental expectations need to be considered in light of economic sustainability , keeping in mind very thin margins as it is, maybe spreading the cost throughout the supply chain, and still ensuring Fruits and veg are also accessible to consumers.

most particularly to the far north in terms of supply chains to communities there

It's important to consider food skills and education when talking about the affordability of fresh fruits. At Half Your Plate, we provide budget-friendly tips, storage tips, and more to help Canadians save money on fruits and veggies: https://www.halfyourplate.ca/fruits-and-veggies/what-can-10-get-you/

did the use of glyphosate in vegetables growth harmful to our health?

Dalhousie Survey found that 40% Canadian can't afford for the high price of Fruits and Vegetables. Is there any government initiative to reduce the cost of F&V?

https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/canadians-know-they-should-eat-their-vegetables-but-only-29-per-cent-manage-to-get-enough

Also, according to our survey, public is not aware of non-nutrient food bioactives of F&V. Is WHO or AAFC working on transferring the knowledge of health benefits of F&V to public? Vasantha Rupasinghe vrupasinghe@dal.ca

Thank you for attending this webinar! Learn more about the International Year of Fruits and Vegetables: https://www.fao.org/fruits-vegetables-2021/en/Follow @FAONorthAmerica on Twitter for more.Visit our website for upcoming activities: http://www.fao.org/north-america/en/

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