A landmark agreement between Coastal First Nations and the federal government aims to turn the corner on historical wrongs
The climate emergency is threatening food systems, pushing prices sky high
Prioritizing the rights to food and a healthy environment offers a clear path towards just and sustainable food systems.
The world's most popular fertilizer is exacerbating the climate crisis. Can biofertilizers be part of the solution?
U.S.-based agro-giants have spent hundreds of millions obscuring the role meat and dairy play in climate change
As the climate emergency exacerbates an ongoing agrarian crisis the world over, India’s farmers are fighting for their livelihoods
In his final days, the late, great food-policy guru Wayne Roberts shared his hopes for our food future
Big Food is pledging to combat climate change with regenerative soil practices. Will they dig deep enough?
Recently reversed Retail Council of Canada commitments for sows and hens leave a broken, voluntary system of protections
A well-rounded policy strategy for avoiding the next pandemic should include reducing the demand for animal products
As Mi’kmaq become part owners of North America’s largest shellfish supplier, they vow to improve Clearwater’s sustainability record
For most Canadian farmers, selling carbon offsets has been a pending, abstract option. That's starting to change
With new $12 million facility, Cowtown is quickly emerging as a major player in the booming plant protein business
The company plans to boost its sales of healthier and climate-friendly plant-based foods fivefolds in the next few years
Reflections on food, philosophy and friendship
FAIRR report estimates that new carbon taxes could cost 40 global meat companies up to US$11.6 billion by 2050
Soy, cattle, palm, sugar and other crops are driving the deforestation that's increasing our exposure to infectious diseases
Corporate animal agriculture is in crisis, and its days are numbered. Factory farming and industrialized animal slaughtering are being recognized as dangerous for workers’ health,
When a tropical cyclone struck Madagascar in 2017, displacing thousands of people and damaging nearly a third of the island’s precious vanilla crop, McCormick &
Each spring, the tomatoes and cucumbers Lisa Cooper grows in greenhouses on her farm in Zephyr, Ontario, can be found at farmers’ markets in the
ChocoSol Traders makes no bones about the fact that it doesn’t sell what most people expect — a sinfully sweet candy from Belgium, France or
You may not have heard of the Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef, but if you’ve had a burger at McDonald’s or Harvey’s lately, you might
When McDonald’s announced it was tweaking its beef burgers in early August to make them “hotter, juicier and tastier,” the media proclaimed that the fast
McDonald’s Canada is shaking up its packaging strategy almost a year after Greenpeace revealed the fast food giant was one of the country’s top five
About ten years ago, Leo Bonanni started thinking about seriously about cocoa. He’d already founded Sourcemap, a New York City-based software startup with a mission
For those of us who’ve suffered through veggie burgers reminiscent of chewy, salted hockey pucks, it’s a great time to be alive. Fast-food chains and
Why Canada's king of pork and poultry became prince of plant protein in America
Perhaps you’ve had this experience: you walk into your local coffee shop and mull the options. The barista gestures to the different roasts available. Somewhere
Few companies in the world draw as much ire from environmentalists as Monsanto. But few people know that it was acquired by German aspirin-maker (and
Whether I have one drink or ten this weekend for St Patrick’s Day, I always end up wondering which companies I should be supporting. This
