food production

Terroir 2020 gave us some much-needed optimism

Caeli MazaraOctober 14, 2020

In a year that saw event after event cancelled, the Terroir Symposium went forward this past September as a virtual conference for the first time. With over a t... Read More...

Bringing local greens to Ontario year-round

SUSTAIN EditorialSeptember 18, 2020

The revolutionary GoodLeaf Farms' 4,000-square-metre indoor vertical farm in Guelph, Ontario, is now fully operational. The state-of-the-art farm is fully au... Read More...

World’s largest food-grade cricket processing facility to be built in London, Ontario

SUSTAIN EditorialJuly 22, 2020

Aspire Food Group, a global industry leader in the production of edible insects, has announced its plans to build the world’s largest food-grade automated crick... Read More...

Nuts For Cheese Becomes the World’s First 100% Dairy-Free Cheese using Fairtrade Ingredients

SUSTAIN EditorialJune 23, 2020

An established leader in Canada's natural product and vegan cheese categories, Nuts For Cheese has joined the growing Fairtrade movement, sourcing key ingredien... Read More...

Pure Roots Urban Farms Grows Program to Help Saskatoon Food Bank

SUSTAIN EditorialMay 25, 2020

Today, Pure Roots Urban Farms has announced that it will be donating all fresh produce to the Saskatoon Food Bank that is currently being grown in the Farm Boys... Read More...

Synchronizing food production can have disastrous effects

Zia Mehrabi, Navin RamankuttyMay 8, 2019

Crop failures are an important cause of food price spikes, conflict and food insecurity. The likelihood of local crop failures being catastrophic at the global level is exacerbated when they happen at the same time — that is, when our agricultural systems become more synchronized.... Read More...

How to feed a growing population healthy food without ruining the planet

Alessandro R Demaio, Jessica Fanzo, Mario HerreroJanuary 29, 2019

If we’re serious about feeding the world’s growing population healthy food, and not ruining the planet, we need to get used to a new style of eating. This includes cutting our Western meat and sugar intakes by around 50%, and doubling the amount of nuts, fruits, vegetables and legumes we consume.... Read More...

How to conserve half the planet without going hungry

SUSTAIN EditorialJanuary 29, 2019

To deal with the biodiversity crisis we need to find a way to give nature more space — habitat loss is a key factor driving these extinctions. But how would this affect our food supplies?... Read More...

Food + Beverage

How gastronomy tourism evolved into international identity and cultural diplomacy

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

From storm to groundswell, the journey of biodynamic agriculture

Issues & Advocacy

Canada’s food sovereignty depends on better jobs for farmworkers

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

Crop diversification is crucial to Canadian resilience in a changing world

Business

Canada’s food sovereignty depends on better jobs for farmworkers

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

People

How gastronomy tourism evolved into international identity and cultural diplomacy

From storm to groundswell, the journey of biodynamic agriculture

6 sustainability ideas that have gone mainstream in Canada: FCM

Terroir 2020 gave us some much-needed optimism

Bringing local greens to Ontario year-round

World’s largest food-grade cricket processing facility to be built in London, Ontario

Nuts For Cheese Becomes the World’s First 100% Dairy-Free Cheese using Fairtrade Ingredients

Pure Roots Urban Farms Grows Program to Help Saskatoon Food Bank

Synchronizing food production can have disastrous effects

How to feed a growing population healthy food without ruining the planet

How to conserve half the planet without going hungry