Your mac and cheese will be getting safer — if you can afford it
Lovers of macaroni and cheese will soon have the choice to avoid toxic chemicals in their favourite dish — but only if they can afford it.
Toyin Kayo-Ajayi’s quest to bring Nigerian produce to B.C.
Meet the founder and president of Kara-Kata Afrobeat Society, a Vancouver-based non-profit that connects people through music, art, culture and food.
Agriculture key to meeting Paris goals, but documents suggest feds avoiding change
Agriculture is responsible for about eight per cent of Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions. But newly released internal documents suggest the federal government denies that Canada needs to take action to rapidly reduce them.
Agriculture education in schools gets $1.6M boost from the feds
On Monday, federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau announced $1.6 million for Agriculture in the Classroom Canada, an organization that works with schools across the country to implement food and agriculture into curriculums.
Why Canadian farmers should harvest lessons from the North
Sonny Gray thinks the crop of farms popping up across Northern Canada might end up teaching the rest of us lessons vital to the future of the country’s food system.
Migrant workers deserve COVID-19 vaccines, advocates say
More than 9,000 temporary foreign workers come to B.C. each year from countries such as Guatemala, Mexico and Honduras. Without them, the agriculture industry would struggle to function.
Why farmers markets are here to stay
Tabitha McLoughlin says it was interesting seeing farmers markets being used in such a utilitarian manner during the pandemic.
Why community-run food hubs could be the key to better food security
Food hubs — community-run centres that provide shared space for small-scale farmers and food processors — can help improve local food security and shorten the supply chain.
Can corporations make chocolate more sustainable? This researcher is trying to find out
Sophia Carodenuto is looking for ways to make food more sustainable in an unusual place: The business practices used by the companies who control the world’s chocolate trade.
Why 42% of UBCO students are food insecure, and how they’re working to change that
The internal survey gathered data based on one question: "In the past 12 months, have you worried that food would run out before you got money to buy more?"
Restaurants look to better wine, drinks lists as B.C. opens up wholesale pricing
The wine list at Shira Blustein’s restaurant probably won’t be getting much cheaper, but thanks to recent changes to B.C.’s liquor laws, it will soon be more interesting.
Ottawa making waves with plans for an aquaculture act
New laws are on the horizon for Canada’s aquaculture industry, but environmentalists are wary the proposed legislation might not be enough to protect the country’s oceans.
How the Comox Valley overhauled its food security approach in 2020
Maurita Prato and her team, with help from other community members, organizations and funders, were able to start a "Good Food Box" program, which delivered free and healthy boxes to people’s homes at the beginning of the pandemic.
Advisory council set to shape Canada’s food policy
The 23-member council will guide the federal government on food-related issues ranging from from farms to food insecurity and food waste.
Farmers ask feds for $300M to cut agricultural emissions
Paying farmers to plant cover crops and use less fertilizer could reduce Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions by roughly 10 million tonnes, according to a new report.