Philip A Loring – The Conversation

High food prices are a major threat to food security for many Canadians. (Ian Mutto/Flickr)

May 26, 2024

Why are grocery bills so high? A new study looks at the science behind food price reporting

Philip A Loring, University of Guelph and Ryan M. Katz-Rosene, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa

Without a clear picture of the actual drivers affecting food prices, we lack the necessary information for developing policies that protect the rights and well-being of Canadians.

Coastal communities in West and Central Africa were severely affected by COVID which brought many aspects of food and seafood supply chains to a halt. Shutterstock

June 30, 2022

COVID hurt West and Central Africa’s small‑scale fishers. They need more support

Richard A. Nyiawung, University of Guelph and Philip A Loring, University of Guelph

There is a need for better innovations and policies to help improve the fisheries sector in this region.

The Burren, in western Ireland, is home to a traditional regenerative system of cattle management known as winterage. (Philip Loring)

June 6, 2022

Long‑standing systems for sustainable farming could feed people and the planet — if industry is willing to step back

Philip A Loring, University of Guelph

Industry seeks to capitalize on regenerative agriculture, but standards that focus only on carbon or other select environmental metrics will undermine its transformative potential

Issac Nicoll packs lobsters for shipment at the Lobster Company in Kennebunkport, Maine, on March 13, 2020. Coronavirus has disrupted global markets for live lobsters. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

April 14, 2020

As coronavirus threatens seafood economy, community fisheries find ways to stay afloat

Philip A Loring, University of Guelph; Emily De Sousa, University of Guelph; Hannah L. Harrison, University of Guelph, and Joshua Stoll, University of Maine

With restaurants closed and prices dropping, fishers are finding new ways to keep their business above water.

Conservation doesn’t have to be at odds with agriculture. Flagstaffotos/Wikimedia Commons

January 17, 2019

Stoking conflict between farming and conservation hurts everyone

Philip A Loring, University of Guelph; Sarah Minnes, University of Saskatchewan, and Valencia Gaspard, University of Saskatchewan

Agriculture and the environment don’t need to be at odds with each other. They are more closely interdependent than we realize.

A fisherman on Kwan Phayo. Philip A. Loring

November 27, 2018

We can eat our fish and fight climate change too

Philip A Loring, University of Guelph and Ratana Chuenpagdee, Memorial University of Newfoundland

Many people focus just on agriculture and new technologies for feeding the world’s growing population. Yet, fisheries are the centerpiece of billions of people’s diets.

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