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How farmers, processors and retailers work together, quality systems, traceability and the waste lost along the way.
Food processing is Canada's largest manufacturing industry, yet well-known plants still close. What decides which ones shut, which stay, and which get a second life.
Contracts, shared data and joint problem solving can spread risk between farms and processors. How the main arrangements work, and why some partnerships fail.
Loss happens before the store, waste at the store and after. How the UN indices and Canadian studies draw the line, and why a crate of produce can count twice.
