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B.C. start-up unearthing low-carbon solutions for growing food
By Roberta Staley
The world's most popular fertilizer is exacerbating the climate crisis. Can biofertilizers be part of the solution?

	2021 Best 50 Issue B.C. start-up unearthing low-carbon solutions for growing food The world's most popular fertilizer is exacerbating the climate crisis. Can biofertilizers be part of the solution? By Roberta Staley

	2021 Best 50 Issue Big Meat pulls from Big Oil’s playbook to delay climate action U.S.-based agro-giants have spent hundreds of millions obscuring the role meat and dairy play in climate change By Rick Spence

	2021 Best 50 Issue Seeds of dissent As the climate emergency exacerbates an ongoing agrarian crisis, India’s farmers are fighting for their livelihoods By Mukta Patil

	2021 Best 50 Issue The beauty of regenerative agriculture and the future of food In his final days, the late, great food-policy guru Wayne Roberts shared his hopes for our food future By Wayne Roberts

	Food Can climate-smart regenerative farming save the earth? Big Food is pledging to combat climate change with regenerative soil practices. Will they dig deep enough? By Adria Vasil

	Food Empty animal welfare promises a bad look for the food industry Recently reversed Retail Council of Canada commitments for sows and hens leave a broken, voluntary system of protections By Jessica Scott-Reid

	Food How plant-based diets could help prevent the next COVID-19 A well-rounded policy strategy for avoiding the next pandemic should include reducing the demand for animal products By Kurtis Boyer

	2021 Indigenous Issue Mi’kmaq lead billion-dollar sea change As new owners of North America’s largest shellfish firm, First Nations coalition vows to boost Clearwater’s sustainability By Oscar Baker III

	Food How the private sector can boost agriculture’s role in carbon markets For most Canadian farmers, selling carbon offsets has been a pending, abstract option. That's starting to change By Lisa Ashton and Shahira Esmail

	Food U.K.’s Meatless Farm plants roots in cattle country With new $12 million facility, Cowtown is quickly emerging as a major player in the booming plant protein business By Adria Vasil

	2021 Global 100 Issue Unilever’s bold veggie stake The company plans to boost its sales of healthier and climate-friendly plant-based foods fivefolds in the next few years By Rick Spence

	Food Remembering food policy writer Wayne Roberts: A radical happyist Reflections on food, philosophy and friendship By Jim Harris

	2020 Education and Youth Issue Where’s the beef tax? FAIRR report estimates that new carbon taxes could cost 40 global meat companies up to US$11.6 billion by 2050 By Rick Spence

	Food How our food choices cut into forests and put us closer to viruses Soy, cattle, palm, sugar and other crops are driving the deforestation that's increasing our exposure to infectious diseases By Terry Sunderland

	Food Corporate animal agriculture’s days are numbered. What comes next? Factory farming's demise will spawn a rural resurgence and the development of more just and sustainable communities By Kendra Coulter

	2020 Best 50 Issue How McCormick is making sustainability its secret spice The world’s largest spice maker is greening farmers and growing fairer profits By Marc Gunther

	Food Pandemic sprouts “buy local” movement online Facing market closures and labour shortages, small farms are turning to e-commerce to meet the demand for fresh food By Jordan MacInnis

	Food Lessons from pedal-powered ChocoSol How "ecopreneur" Michael Sacco transformed chocolate into a learning enterprise By Wayne Roberts

	Food Is ‘sustainable beef’ a load of bull? COMMENT: Harvey's, McDonald's and others are serving more certified sustainable beef but standards rife with loopholes By Wayne Roberts

	2019 Education and Youth Issue If cattle are the new coal, are Canadian peas the new solar? While report says most meat companies are failing to prepare for climate risks, Canada's yellow peas are part of plant boom By Adria Vasil

	Food Will paper straws and wooden cutlery pave way for greener golden arches? While McDonald's Canada pilots two eco concept stores, greening its menu is the bigger challenge By Tara Deschamps

	Food Fixing chocolate’s troubled supply chain One software company unwraps its solution to cocoa's child labour and deforestation with real-time satellite monitoring By Jordan MacInnis

	2019 Best 50 Issue A&W bets big on going Beyond Meat How serving up a plant burger that people crave (instead of settle for) is reviving A&W's fortunes By Adria Vasil

	2019 Best 50 Issue Plant burgers bring home the bacon Why Canada's king of pork and poultry became prince of plant protein in America By Adria Vasil

	Food What’s in a label? Separating credible eco-labels from “greenwash” For companies looking to bolster their green credentials, choosing the right eco-label is far from straightforward By Hamish van der Ven