Dataset: Sustainability Compliance of the Canadian Food Supply

There is a growing interest in the transformation of our food systems to sustain the health of consumers and the planet. This has subsequently ignited the proposal and development of dietary guidelines for sustainable food intake. This data was therefore generated to measure the conformity of the Canadian food supply to the proposed sustainable dietary guidelines. Also, the data was generated to estimate environmental impact associated with the Canadian food supply using selected key environmental impact indicators. As a supporting information for an original research article, the data presented will provide more details for a comprehensive read of the entire research presented in the original work. Food supply data for 92 food commodities for the period of 1961 - 2019 was collected from the FAO Food Balance Sheets (FAOSTAT). Food commodities were categorized into groups according the EAT-lancet diet and Canada Food Guide. The share of food groups, changes in supply rates, future supply trends and compliance to dietary guidelines were computed using the obtained food supply (kg/per capita/year) data. Environmental impacts of the food supply were also estimated using the environmental impact data for selected foods from previous studies (Poore and Nemecek, 2018) and Our World in Data website (Environmental Impacts of Food Production - Our World in Data). The data obtained indicated Canada's food supply is at great variance with the sustainable dietary recommendations. Notably, there is an insufficient supply of nuts, legumes, oils and vegetables as opposed to an excessive supply of sugar, red meat, chicken, eggs, dairy, fish, roots and tubers. Despite the observed gravimetric discrepancies in the supply, there is an overall growing rate of supply towards achieving the recommended intake quantities. However, the current rate of change in supply is insufficient to support a rapid attainment of the recommended intake quantities. With the current change in supply rates, the estimated time required to meet the proposed dietary recommendations was over 100 years signaling the urgency of rapid measures to facilitate the dietary shift proposed for a rapid mitigation of global warming caused by our food systems. The estimated environmental impacts associated with the current food supply showed animal-based food commodities accounted for at least 80% of the environmental impact although they constituted less than 50% of the total food supply. Dairy products which constituted 23.41% of the total per capita daily food supply accounted for 58.90% of GHGEs, 39.70% of land use, 81.04% of eutrophication potential, 72.37% of water scarcity and 64.79% of water withdrawals. Overall, the results highlighted the need for steps such as increased taxation of unhealthy food groups, increased investment for production and supply of recommended foods and regulation of food supplies to canteens at public institutions in ensuring a rapid dietary supply shift.THIS DATASET IS ARCHIVED AT DANS/EASY, BUT NOT ACCESSIBLE HERE. TO VIEW A LIST OF FILES AND ACCESS THE FILES IN THIS DATASET CLICK ON THE DOI-LINK ABOV

Dataset: Sustainability Compliance of the Canadian Food Supply

Not availableTHIS DATASET IS ARCHIVED AT DANS/EASY, BUT NOT ACCESSIBLE HERE. TO VIEW A LIST OF FILES AND ACCESS THE FILES IN THIS DATASET CLICK ON THE DOI-LINK ABOV