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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Food
Remembering food policy writer Wayne Roberts: A radical happyist
Reflections on food, philosophy and friendship
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Food
Lessons from pedal-powered ChocoSol
How "ecopreneur" Michael Sacco transformed chocolate into a learning enterprise
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Food
It’s time Canadian grocers – and governments – get tough on plastics
Metro's OKed reusable containers and Montreal might ban Styrofoam-backed meat, but we need nationwide action
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Food
Tim Nash’s sustainable stock showdown on weeding out Monsanto
With Monsanto's recent cancer trials giving Bayer shareholders a headache, we've got a prescription for a healthier portfolio
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Food
Tim Nash’s sustainable stock showdown: St. Paddy’s Day edition
Getting to the bottom of which alcohol company is more sustainable: Constellation Brands or Diageo
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Food
Tim Nash’s sustainable stock showdown: Kraft Heinz Co vs McCormick & Company
With Kraft Heinz Co crashing, we know just the right sustainability superstar to spice up your portfolio
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Food
Canadian food companies lag on animal welfare
Couche-Tard, Sobeys at back of pack while British grocers top latest Business Benchmark on Animal Welfare
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