Issues & Advocacy

Wild Harvest Initiative to Evaluate Benefits of Wild Harvested Food

SUSTAIN EditorialDecember 9, 2020

An example of how we might create a supply chain infrastructure around sustainable hunting practices in Canada. The Alaska Wild Sheep Foundation has partnered with Conservation Visions' Wild Harvest Initiative to determine the comprehensive benefits of sustainable recreational wildlife and fish harvests in Alaska and the entire United States. ... Read More...

Charlotte Big Canoe: On Anti-Racism and Restaurants

Ivy KnightNovember 30, 2020

Unconscious racism doesn’t go away when marches die down or hashtags dip in popularity, it is something that needs to be addressed individually. How can we be sure we aren’t subconsciously acting as oppressors rather than allies? How do we be truly anti-racist, rather than performative?... Read More...

Government of Canada launches Food Waste Reduction Challenge

SUSTAIN EditorialNovember 25, 2020

According to estimates, more than half of Canada's food supply is wasted annually and $49.5 billion of that wasted food is avoidable. Food is wasted from farm to plate, through production, processing, distribution, retail, food-service and at home.... Read More...

British Columbia’s Agriculture Industry Calls on Federal Government to Intervene in Port of Vancouver Land-use Issue

SUSTAIN EditorialNovember 24, 2020

By favouring a contingency plan for a massive cargo container terminal on the south shore of Vancouver Harbour, the Sustainable Food Alliance of BC believes the Port is needlessly jeopardizing the operational future of West Coast Reduction – a processor and bulk shipper that provides critical services to thousands of food sector businesses.... Read More...

Restaurant owners can feed us or their children. But not both.

SUSTAIN EditorialNovember 12, 2020

A virus isn’t killing restaurants, Government is. The foodservice industry has been my beat for years now. But I hadn't seen anything resembling an extinction... Read More...

Outdoor heaters are very inefficient: here’s how to keep warm outdoors more sustainably

The ConversationNovember 11, 2020

Regular patio heaters are hugely inefficient for use outdoors since so much of the heat they generate is simply lost as there are no walls and ceilings to hold it in. So how can we keep everyone warm outside – without generating a huge carbon footprint?... Read More...

Catapulting First Nations into a leading global position in the seafood industry

SUSTAIN EditorialNovember 11, 2020

Clearwater Seafoods Incorporated has announced they have entered into a definitive arrangement agreement with FNC Holdings Limited Partnership representing a coalition of Mi'kmaq First Nations and Premium Brands Holdings Corporation. ... Read More...

Nova Scotia lobster dispute: Mi’kmaw fishery isn’t a threat to conservation, say scientists

The ConversationOctober 29, 2020

In mid-September, the Sipekne'katik First Nation launched a moderate livelihood lobster fishery along the coast of southwestern Nova Scotia... As a researcher with expertise in fisheries science, fisheries economics and marine policy, I see no evidence the fishery will harm lobster stocks. Conservation is not at the heart of the ongoing dispute.... Read More...

Why all human rights depend on a healthy environment

The ConversationOctober 29, 2020

All human rights ultimately depend on a healthy biosphere. Among the human rights being threatened and violated by the ecosystem degradation and the decline of biodiversity are the rights to life, health, food, a healthy environment, water, an adequate standard of living and culture.... Read More...

Food + Beverage

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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

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

‘Jugs & Cans: A Reaping’: Women in food across Canada and the U.S.

Issues & Advocacy

Wild Harvest Initiative to Evaluate Benefits of Wild Harvested Food

Charlotte Big Canoe: On Anti-Racism and Restaurants

Government of Canada launches Food Waste Reduction Challenge

British Columbia’s Agriculture Industry Calls on Federal Government to Intervene in Port of Vancouver Land-use Issue

Restaurant owners can feed us or their children. But not both.

Outdoor heaters are very inefficient: here’s how to keep warm outdoors more sustainably

Catapulting First Nations into a leading global position in the seafood industry

Nova Scotia lobster dispute: Mi’kmaw fishery isn’t a threat to conservation, say scientists

Why all human rights depend on a healthy environment

The Mi’kmaq people of Sipekne’katik First Nation: under attack for more than a month

Terroir 2020 gave us some much-needed optimism

Investing to support leading entrepreneurs in the food system