Magazine

Aramark Canada announces new sustainability plan

SUSTAIN EditorialMay 11, 2021

Aramark Canada, a leading provider of food and facilities services, announced the launch of a new sustainability plan Be Well. Do Well., focused on positively impacting people and the planet. ... Read More...

Flora™ Plant-Based Bricks Launch in Canada

SUSTAIN EditorialApril 28, 2021

Flora Plant-Based Bricks are a vegan, dairy-free, gluten-free, and non-GMO plant-based butter alternative; and a tasty way to eat plant-based while being a more environmentally-responsible choice for consumers.... Read More...

World’s First Vegan Fast-Food Company to Go Public

SUSTAIN EditorialApril 28, 2021

Globally Local Technologies Inc. one of the world's first vegan fast-food chains, announced it would begin publicly trading on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol GBLY on April 16, 2021.... Read More...

North America shines bright green for International Year of Plant Health

SUSTAIN EditorialApril 28, 2021

Canada, the United States and Mexico are lighting up iconic monuments and landmarks in the colour green for the International Year of Plant Health (IYPH). Plant health is crucial when addressing issues like food security across the globe. ... Read More...

Foodservice workers have hit the pandemic wall

SUSTAIN EditorialApril 28, 2021

Not 9 to 5, a global non-profit organization based in Toronto advocating for mental health in the foodservice industry was recently granted close to $240 thousand CAD by The Future Skills Centre (FSC) to provide critical support to those facing mental health challenges. ... Read More...

Local Restaurant Development Program in Vancouver, Pledging $125K to Help Area Businesses Expand

SUSTAIN EditorialApril 28, 2021

REEF Technology has earmarked $1.25M CAD in grant money to support qualifying local restaurants across North America over the course of the next few weeks and months. Restaurants with fewer than three locations qualify to apply for the program.... Read More...

Tero, a green revolution on every countertop

SUSTAIN EditorialApril 28, 2021

Entirely designed and manufactured in Canada, the Tero device transforms food waste into a natural fertilizer for plants, gardens and lawns in just a few hours. ... Read More...

Blockchain could play an important role in future agriculture and food security

The ConversationApril 28, 2021

Big data applications may present opportunities to address inefficiencies from farm to table and improve global food security. Blockchain, a linked decentralized database that stores auditable data throughout entire supply chains, may change the game for food producers across the globe.... Read More...

How dining out has evolved over 200 years – and is innovating further in the pandemic

The ConversationApril 28, 2021

Throughout history, the hospitality industry has been central to social, cultural and economic developments globally. The humblest restaurant fare has even been used at times to foster diplomatic relationships between nations.... Read More...

Experts call ‘Seaspiracy’ a lost opportunity to present real solutions to overfishing

Jade Prevost-ManuelApril 21, 2021

With a theatrical trailer that had all the bells and whistles of a Liam Neeson action flick, Netflix documentary Seaspiracy has climbed the streaming platform’s... Read More...

Ontario’s restaurants are calling on the province to pay $100+ million tab for shut downs

SUSTAIN EditorialApril 13, 2021

On behalf of the province’s foodservice industry, Restaurants Canada and the Ontario Restaurant Hotel & Motel Association are calling for swift action to reverse the devastating impacts of dining closures.... Read More...

Life Cycle Assessment of New Wheat Straw Based Pulp

SUSTAIN EditorialApril 11, 2021

Red Leaf Pulp is developing the first non-wood pulp mill in Canada, producing a unique unbleached product demanded by the US$250 Billion paper and packaging market. With the lowest carbon footprint of any pulp in the world, virgin or recycled.... 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

Aramark Canada announces new sustainability plan

Flora™ Plant-Based Bricks Launch in Canada

World’s First Vegan Fast-Food Company to Go Public

North America shines bright green for International Year of Plant Health

Foodservice workers have hit the pandemic wall

Local Restaurant Development Program in Vancouver, Pledging $125K to Help Area Businesses Expand

Tero, a green revolution on every countertop

Blockchain could play an important role in future agriculture and food security

How dining out has evolved over 200 years – and is innovating further in the pandemic

Experts call ‘Seaspiracy’ a lost opportunity to present real solutions to overfishing

Ontario’s restaurants are calling on the province to pay $100+ million tab for shut downs

Life Cycle Assessment of New Wheat Straw Based Pulp