Food Security

The coronavirus pandemic requires us to understand food’s murky supply chains

The ConversationAugust 4, 2020

Do you know where your coffee comes from? The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of knowing about our supply chains. Here, a woman carries harve... Read More...

To reduce world hunger, governments need to think beyond making food cheap

The ConversationJuly 22, 2020

Iraqis buy produce at a street market in Baghdad during the COVID-19 pandemic, July 14, 2020. Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP via Getty Images Michael Fakhri, Universit... Read More...

Newcomers are on the fault lines of Canada’s social safety nets and food systems

The ConversationJune 23, 2020

Temporary foreign workers from Mexico plant strawberries on a farm in Mirabel, Que., in May 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes Jennifer Brady, Mount Sai... Read More...

Take Back the Tray: Institutional Foodservice is Failing, but It’s Possible to Save It

Caeli MazaraJune 8, 2020

I caught up with Joshna Maharaj, author of the newly-released Take Back the Tray: Revolutionizing Food in Hospitals, Schools, and Other Institutions. A self-pro... Read More...

A Global One Health Initiative to Combat Future Pandemics

University of GuelphMay 25, 2020

By: Shayan Sharif Associate Dean, Research and Graduate Studies Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph Evan Fraser ... Read More...

Pure Roots Urban Farms Grows Program to Help Saskatoon Food Bank

SUSTAIN EditorialMay 25, 2020

Today, Pure Roots Urban Farms has announced that it will be donating all fresh produce to the Saskatoon Food Bank that is currently being grown in the Farm Boys... Read More...

Prairie farmers find way to deliver local food

Jeremy SimesMay 16, 2020

(Photo: Farmers Becky and John Doherty of Stonepost Farms. They participate in Open Farm Days and have started to sell their products through The Organic Bo... Read More...

MLSE Community Food Donation Program Expands

SUSTAIN EditorialMay 13, 2020

MLSE community food donation program expands to include BMO Field and BMO as partners team up to help 'bring Toronto back to its feet' MLSE's meal donation pro... Read More...

Veganism, celebrity and sustainability: the raw truth from Bif Naked

Aidan FisherApril 29, 2020

Indie-Canadian singer-songwriter, Platinum-selling recording artist, food and lifestyle disruptor, humanitarian, and motivational speaker—Bif Naked is loud, strong, and hilarious. She’s a powerhouse who has been a voice for change and sustainability in the alternative music scene for over 20 years.... Read More...

Synchronizing food production can have disastrous effects

Zia Mehrabi, Navin RamankuttyMay 8, 2019

Crop failures are an important cause of food price spikes, conflict and food insecurity. The likelihood of local crop failures being catastrophic at the global level is exacerbated when they happen at the same time — that is, when our agricultural systems become more synchronized.... Read More...

Three ways cities can help feed the world, without costing the Earth

Silvio CaputoApril 4, 2019

The efforts of experts in the food sector should not concentrate on agriculture intensification, but rather on strategies to change patterns of consumption and waste at a local and global level.... Read More...

How to conserve half the planet without going hungry

SUSTAIN EditorialJanuary 29, 2019

To deal with the biodiversity crisis we need to find a way to give nature more space — habitat loss is a key factor driving these extinctions. But how would this affect our food supplies?... Read More...

Food + Beverage

From storm to groundswell, the journey of biodynamic agriculture

Lactalis Canada Foodservice joins Canadian Culinary Federation as national dairy partner

Coffee, Ethiopia, hospitality and war

Issues & Advocacy

Residential green spaces protect growing cities against climate change

Migrant workers are flipping the script and using Photovoice to tell their own stories

Cause and ‘affect?’ The global agri-food hospitality movement

Business

From storm to groundswell, the journey of biodynamic agriculture

Canada’s disappearing ‘average farmer’ means one-size-fits-all policies no longer work

‘Jugs & Cans: A Reaping’: Women in food across Canada and the U.S.

People

From storm to groundswell, the journey of biodynamic agriculture

6 sustainability ideas that have gone mainstream in Canada: FCM

Globally Local Technologies Rebrands as Odd Burger Corporation

The coronavirus pandemic requires us to understand food’s murky supply chains

To reduce world hunger, governments need to think beyond making food cheap

Take Back the Tray: Institutional Foodservice is Failing, but It’s Possible to Save It

A Global One Health Initiative to Combat Future Pandemics

Pure Roots Urban Farms Grows Program to Help Saskatoon Food Bank

Prairie farmers find way to deliver local food

MLSE Community Food Donation Program Expands

Veganism, celebrity and sustainability: the raw truth from Bif Naked

Synchronizing food production can have disastrous effects

Three ways cities can help feed the world, without costing the Earth

How to conserve half the planet without going hungry