Food Insider

A co-ordinated global effort to preserve the oceans’ most important coastal habitats using marine protected areas (MPAs) could increase biodiversity, sequester carbon, and bolster food security, a new study has found.

Aside from environmental and ethical reasons, Dai Fukasaku says there’s something magical about using ingredients from his backyard.

Plastic products made from corn, wheat stubble, and other plants could soon become more common on Canadian farms and supermarket shelves.

It is safe for small B.C. farmers to slaughter their animals on-farm, newly released government documents suggest.

Before the internet, people struck with food poisoning had few choices to find out what went wrong. Now, they ask Google or post to social media.

Paul van Westendorp, B.C.’s top beekeeper, will be busy this summer searching for and destroying the subterranean nests of the Asian giant hornet.

When the pandemic hit last spring, B.C.’s seed farmers experienced a tsunami of demand for seeds as the number of home gardeners surged and major U.S. seed companies stopped shipping to Canada. For many, growing and cleaning enough seed to fulfil the flood of orders was near impossible.

When Coun. Murry Krause got wind Prince George’s sole downtown supermarket was moving, he grew concerned about food security for the neighbourhood’s low-income residents.

Most mornings, Jane Squier harvests an unusual crop from her Salt Spring Island backyard: Oranges, avocados, and dozens of other citrus fruits. 

Canada’s most valuable farms and ranches made a mint last year, while many struggled to balance the books, recently released federal data show — a growing gap some see as a grim sign for the sector.

Canadian fields, orchards, and ranches might soon be growing a new crop: Carbon credits.

A dehydrator and a spice grinder are all Joe Roth needs to turn 400,000 pounds of leftover fruit, commonly sold as pig mash, into flour.

Hundreds of B.C. spot prawn harvesters might soon be out of work thanks to a recent decision by Fisheries and Oceans Canada that makes selling spot prawns frozen at sea illegal.

Originally planned for last summer, but put on hold due to the pandemic, Feast for the Eyes is a North Vancouver gallery’s newest exhibit.

New gene-edited plants and food products may soon be on the market in Canada without regulatory oversight due to proposed changes to Canada’s risk assessment for food and plants.