food security

Casandra Fletcher is executive director of the One Straw Society. This Sunshine Coast, British Columbia elder uses the power of local food to build her community’s health and resilience. 

I’m under no illusion my picayune consumer vegetable protest will deliver the death blow to Trump’s trade war. That is the role of our government and its much bigger clout.

The Ontario Green Party is proposing to create an Ontario Foodbelt, similar to the Ontario Greenbelt, to protect arable farmland in Ontario.

Three years after a wildfire destroyed Lytton, the disaster has left a lingering gap in food security.

The interconnection between human and planetary health has never been more important.

Dubbed the zombie deer disease, CWD carries potential health concerns and far-reaching social, economic, and conservation impacts — especially for Indigenous populations that rely on hunting for traditional foods

In cities like Tucson, Ariz., neighbours are planting trees to provide shade — and food.

Of all the world’s crops, only 55 per cent of crop calories go directly toward people. The rest are allocated to biofuels or animal feed.

Merchants of false hope acknowledge the link between animal agriculture and climate change, yet firmly resist the call to reduce meat production and consumption.

Our carnivorous cravings — particularly in industrialized, beef-guzzling countries — are one reason the planet is warming as fast as it is.

Cities, towns, and regional governments outshine their national counterparts when reducing food emissions. In fact, municipalities are poised to reduce greenhouse gas emissions almost 35 per cent more than countries, say researchers. 

School food advocates fear the federal government might renege on its election promise to establish a national school food program.

Increasingly, land is shifting into the hands of billionaires.

Greenhouses are becoming more popular in northern communities as a way to supplement available groceries and improve food security.

Taylor Quinn is the CEO of Tailored Food, a social enterprise consultancy that partners with food entrepreneurs, farmers and market vendors to ensure nutritious and delicious low-cost food is available to families suffering from malnutrition. The hope is to end hunger by 2030.