Food

Food | Summer 2025

Has the food co-op's moment finally arrived?

At a time when buying groceries is steeped in patriotism, food co-ops can reflect the priorities of their customers, who are also their owners

Food | Summer 2025

How McCain Foods embraced regenerative farming

Mark Mann

In 2018, McCain Foods commissioned a study to find out how climate change might affect the supply of potatoes for its famous fries. The results prompted a radical shift in how it farms.

Food | Summer 2025

As egg prices soar, African women lead solutions

Shilpa Tiwari

How East Africa’s women-led poultry co-ops are feeding communities when global markets fail

Food

‘Buy Canada’ isn’t enough. For real self-reliance, we need more diverse crops.

Karen Christensen-Dalsgaard

OPINION | If Canada wants a stronger agrifood sector, farmers need proactive support to grow a wider variety of crops

Food | Spring 2025

Why New York City’s last dairy switched from cows to nuts

Jessica Scott-Reid

As milk consumption plunged, century-old Elmhurst Dairy switched to plant-based alternatives. Now the company is thriving.

Food

Big grocers have a methane blind spot

Rachel Sherrington

A new report shows that major grocery store chains including Walmart, Tesco and Carrefour are failing to address the methane pollution in their supply chains

Food

Trump’s tariffs threaten Canada’s food security. It's time to go local.

Justin Abbiss

OPINION | Canada has the land, the farmers and the resources to build thriving local food economies. What’s missing is the political will.

Food | Spring 2025

‘Humanely raised’ meat claims often don’t mean much

Jessica Scott-Reid

Companies use inconsistent definitions to label meat as ‘humanely raised’ and face very little oversight from auditors

Food

How expensive eggs and dead chickens show the major problems in poultry production

Tony Weis

The culling of chickens to contain the spread of avian flu may sound jarring, but it pales in comparison to the billions slaughtered every year – and the wider implications of that

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