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Consumer Food Purchasing Behaviour During the COVID-19 Pandemic [Funder: Carleton University COVID-19 Rapid Research Response Grants]

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Key facts

  • Disease

    COVID-19

  • Funder

    Other Funders (Canada)

  • Principal Investigator

    Irena Knezevic

  • Research Location

    Canada

  • Lead Research Institution

    Carleton University

  • Research Priority Alignment

    N/A

  • Research Category

    Secondary impacts of disease, response & control measures

  • Research Subcategory

    Economic impacts

  • Special Interest Tags

    N/A

  • Study Type

    Unspecified

  • Clinical Trial Details

    N/A

  • Broad Policy Alignment

    Pending

  • Age Group

    Not Applicable

  • Vulnerable Population

    Not applicable

  • Occupations of Interest

    Not applicable

Abstract

Our survey, titled "Consumer food purchasing behaviour during the COVID-19 pandemic" will collect qualitative and quantitative data to gain insights on food access, food purchasing, and consumption behaviour, including the food-related perceptions and concerns of Ontario consumers during the COVID-19 pandemic. This research will contribute to the call by food systems experts (concerned with reports of outbreaks in processing plants, and food dumping in the midst of this crisis) to urgently transition into a more reliable and resilient regional food system, especially since small and local producers, processors, and distributors are faring better, while large operations are having distribution problems. This research is part of a coordinated comparative regional research project with food scholars and civil society actors in British Columbia, Alberta, Quebec, and the Atlantic provinces to inform food systems planning and policy during and post crisis.