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A farmer holds kernels of oil palm fruits in Jakarta, Indonesia, on May 17, 2022. Indonesia, one of the world’s top palm oil exporters has banned exports of cooking oil and its raw materials to reduce domestic shortages and hold down skyrocketing prices since late last month. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)

May 24, 2022

The impact of Indonesia’s ban on palm oil exports reverberated across the globe

Steffi Hamann, University of Guelph

Over the past two years, labour restrictions, climate change and violent conflict have contributed to the record-breaking high prices of vegetable oil around the world.

Canada’s new good guide has mean international headlines but is it viable for Canada’s poor and marginalized? Brooke Lark /Unsplash

June 5, 2019

Canada’s food guide is easy to follow if you’re wealthy or middle class

Steffi Hamann, University of Guelph and Arvinder Pannu, University of Guelph

Canada’s food guide does a great job explaining what we should consume, but it is tailored to the wealthy and the middle class and many on social assistance cannot afford to maintain it.

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