Food Insider

Tristan Jagger, founder of Vancouver Food Runners, can’t believe how fast the group — which uses volunteers and an app to get donations to charities — has grown.

Colin Dring said he was surprised by the level of food insecurity in his area, and taken aback by how “racialized and class-based some of the responses were to the issue of hunger.”

The executive director of FarmFolk CityFolk, B.C.’s largest food and agriculture non-profit organization, takes some time to answer growing questions.

Yes, say German researchers who examined the environmental cost of producing meat, dairy and vegetables in both organic and industrial agricultural systems.

The shift in demand could change the way the birds are raised for years to come, with the industry expecting it will need to adapt by slaughtering turkeys earlier.

Effective Dec. 27, food delivery service providers in B.C. must not charge a restaurant more than 15 per cent of the total cost of the customer order, before taxes, for delivery services.

The province is investing $90,000 in a new raspberry replanting program to help growers increase their acreage planted with varieties suitable for fresh and individually quick-frozen markets.

The funds were announced at a virtual news conference Friday, as Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau detailed the third round of financial support under the Emergency Food Security Fund.

David Zandvliet, a professor at Simon Fraser University, focuses on the intersection of culture and environment in his work developing research and teaching programs that equip students with a new way of thinking.

People who suffered financially due to the pandemic were almost twice as likely to report moderate or severe anxiety in a new survey than those who kept their jobs. According to more recent data, a fifth of Canadian households reported still struggling to make ends meet.

Emily Orr, lead rep for the Prawn Industry Caucus, says B.C.'s spot prawn craze is emblematic of a growing "buy local" trend.

Expert shares a pricing model to help restaurant businesses and food delivery companies.

It’s tough for new farmers to break into the industry, but recently announced provincial funding in B.C. could make it easier.

Valerie Tarasuk wouldn’t be surprised if food charities receive record donations this holiday season. But she knows millions of Canadians will still go hungry.

A Canadian family of four can expect to spend almost $700 more for their food next year, according to a report released Tuesday. That’s about a five per cent increase compared to 2020.