Seasonal Menus & Deep Rhythms: Blending Holistic Eating, Local Markets & the Wisdom of Wintering

SUSTAIN EditorialOctober 4, 2025
Crop diversification is crucial to Canadian resilience in a changing world

The ConversationOctober 1, 2025
Tackling food insecurity needs more than charity — governments must also act

The ConversationOctober 1, 2025
Residential green spaces protect growing cities against climate change

The ConversationSeptember 7, 2022

Issues & Advocacy

UNPACKING CLIMATE CHANGE, GOVERNMENT POLICY, LOCAL, AND GLOBAL ISSUES

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...

Teck Coal Limited to pay $60 million under the Fisheries Act

SUSTAIN EditorialApril 11, 2021

On March 26, 2021, Teck Coal Limited was ordered to pay a total of $60 million in fines and monetary court orders after a guilty plea was entered on two counts of unlawfully depositing a deleterious substance into water frequented by fish.... Read More...

Governments must work with restaurants on a no-fee delivery app

The ConversationApril 11, 2021

To remain afloat during these trying times, many restaurants have relied — often reluctantly — on food delivery applications like Uber Eats, Door Dash and Skip the Dishes, despite recognizing the untenability of the high commission fees they command, some as high as 30 per cent.... Read More...

Horse slaughter is a national disgrace we can and must end

The ConversationMarch 10, 2021

Horses have been our companions and partners for thousands of years. They deserve better than to be shipped from Canada in inhumane and cruel conditions for slaughter. Legal change is within our reach.... Read More...

A sin tax on sugary drinks unfairly targets Indigenous communities instead of improving health

The ConversationFebruary 24, 2021

Imposing a sugary beverage tax on Indigenous consumers would be unethical, contravene tax law and undermine Indigenous rights to self-determination. Even the production of sugar in Canada has exploited Indigenous people, who were used essentially as forced labour.... Read More...

‘Everyone at the Table’: Members of the Canadian Food Policy Advisory Council

SUSTAIN EditorialFebruary 24, 2021

The Canadian Food Policy Advisory Council's 23 members bring together diverse expertise and perspectives from across the food system, including the agriculture and food sector, health professionals, academics, and non-profit organizations. Members also represent Canada's geographic and demographic diversity.... Read More...

Raise a glass to red tape reduction and efforts to modernize alcohol sales and patio rules

SUSTAIN EditorialFebruary 11, 2021

From coast to coast provincial finance ministers, attorney generals and alcohol and gaming commissioners came together to ease the burden on shuttered dining rooms by allowing restaurants to deliver alcohol with takeout.... Read More...

Reducing food waste through sustainable insect production in Calgary

SUSTAIN EditorialFebruary 4, 2021

In Canada, food is wasted from farm to plate, through production, processing, distribution, retail, food-service and at home. The Government of Canada is committed to advancing innovative and novel approaches to reducing food waste, which can improve food security, save consumers money and support Canada's transition to a greener economy.... Read More...

THE HEROES WE NEED

Ivy KnightJanuary 20, 2021

In the year where everything has gone to shit, the front of house (FOH) are the ones who have become the most vocal activists for change. ... Read More...

Women take lead roles in India’s farmers’ protest

The ConversationJanuary 20, 2021

Widespread farmers’ protests have entered their second month to rage against new contentious farm laws passed by the Indian government in September. Thousands of women are exercising their agency, braving the biting cold and not only participating in but leading the protests. ... Read More...

Taco Power

Ivy KnightJanuary 7, 2021

"Shift Change" is a hospitality industry outreach initiative that is spearheaded by the born-in-BC brand Tacofino; offering an ongoing series of online discussions called "Speakers for Change" that is aimed at promoting lasting, sustainable and positive change on matters relating to equity, diversity and inclusion within the industry. ... Read More...

Why eco-labelling is so difficult during the COVID-19 pandemic

The ConversationJanuary 3, 2021

We’ve all, at some point, bought an eco-labelled product. The eco-labels we come to trust are often ones backed by credible audits that involve in-person inspections of production facilities to check that environmental and ethical claims are real.... Read More...

Food + Beverage

Seasonal Menus & Deep Rhythms: Blending Holistic Eating, Local Markets & the Wisdom of Wintering

From storm to groundswell, the journey of biodynamic agriculture

Lactalis Canada Foodservice joins Canadian Culinary Federation as national dairy partner

Issues & Advocacy

Seasonal Menus & Deep Rhythms: Blending Holistic Eating, Local Markets & the Wisdom of Wintering

Crop diversification is crucial to Canadian resilience in a changing world

Tackling food insecurity needs more than charity — governments must also act

Business

A Stage, a Legacy, a Future: a new Canadian Centre for Food, Wine + Tourism

Seasonal Menus & Deep Rhythms: Blending Holistic Eating, Local Markets & the Wisdom of Wintering

Crop diversification is crucial to Canadian resilience in a changing world

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

Seasonal Menus & Deep Rhythms: Blending Holistic Eating, Local Markets & the Wisdom of Wintering

Crop diversification is crucial to Canadian resilience in a changing world

Tackling food insecurity needs more than charity — governments must also act

Residential green spaces protect growing cities against climate change

Issues & Advocacy

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

Teck Coal Limited to pay $60 million under the Fisheries Act

Governments must work with restaurants on a no-fee delivery app

Horse slaughter is a national disgrace we can and must end

A sin tax on sugary drinks unfairly targets Indigenous communities instead of improving health

‘Everyone at the Table’: Members of the Canadian Food Policy Advisory Council

Raise a glass to red tape reduction and efforts to modernize alcohol sales and patio rules

Reducing food waste through sustainable insect production in Calgary

THE HEROES WE NEED

Women take lead roles in India’s farmers’ protest

Taco Power

Why eco-labelling is so difficult during the COVID-19 pandemic