Climate & Sustainable Food Resources
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Mississauga, Canada
Supply chains are being disrupted by climate change, extreme weather events, crop failures, food contamination, power and computer failures.
A single product can be transported by any combinations of plane, marine vessel, barge, rail, truck, barge, rail, truck, drone, car, bike, and foot.
And in its journey a product may move through several distribution centres before it reaches a retail store.
And after purchase by a consumer, there is additional transport to end-of-use recycling or waste disposal.
The supply chains near the food production sources may be affected by:
An extreme weather event may result in significant crop losses at the location of the event. And local food supplies will be impacted.
Further, extreme events that affect either regional or country food production supplies create increased impacts.
And supply chains after production may be affected by:
And when supply chains are disrupted, food safety concerns arise.
For example, an extreme weather event may result in power outages in food storage facilities. And excess heat or insufficient cooling may result in food safety issues.
In addition, excess heat or cooling during food transportation may also result in food safety issues.
And computer failures may hinder or delay food traceability efforts.
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BriCASFR
Climate & Sustainable Food Resources
BriCASFR focuses on climate & sustainable food resources. We provide knowledge, education, and online courses about the resources critical for food production, the impacts of climate change, mitigation actions, and sustainability initiatives.
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