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Canada's plants are under attack from climate change and global trade, yet our governments aren't ready to protect them, over a dozen researchers are warning.
Herring are among the world's most common fish, making them a staple in cuisines from Sri Lanka to Scandinavia. Though they're fished in B.C., finding fresh unprocessed herring is difficult.
Tyson Marsel parked his truck in a field abutting B.C.'s Okanagan River, stepped into a pair of rubber hip waders and walked out into the smooth, frigid waters in search of salmon sperm.
"There is a light at the end of the tunnel — there is hope for farmers to get back. It's devastating, (but) as horrible as it is, we're resilient ... and we'll be back farming," said Jeff Spitters as he fixes his Abbotsford farm following devastating floods.
"It's been pretty nice this time around," said Kootenay Co-op general manager Ari Derfel. "We've been living in a year of emergencies and this time — seeing people just come in and get what they need and not freaking out — it's been kinda calming."
Similar scenes have played out across southern B.C. in recent days as the province grapples with an unprecedented storm that flooded Merritt, Princeton, and much of the Fraser Valley under metres of frigid, dirty water.
When Penticton, B.C., resident Katya Irwin opened her computer Tuesday afternoon to place an order at her neighbourhood grocery store, the floods and landslides wreaking havoc in other parts of the province were far from her mind. Then she noticed that dozens of commonplace items like milk and vegetables were no longer in stock.
Last year, a restaurant in Singapore made headlines when it became the first place in the world to serve lab-grown meat. With meat and dairy responsible for roughly a sixth of global emissions, the U.S. company behind the pricey plates of artificial chicken nuggets, Eat Just, branded them "a revolutionary step towards solving climate change."
Artificial fertilizers used widely on fields in Canada and worldwide are responsible for almost a third more greenhouse gas emissions than the global aviation industry, new research has found.
