food security

The 23-member council will guide the federal government on food-related issues ranging from from farms to food insecurity and food waste.

From farm to fork and beyond, food is responsible for between 21 and 37 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions worldwide. Yet despite growing awareness that changing diets can help the climate, many people still don’t know how to eat more sustainably.

The food policy lead for the Kamloops Food Policy Council spoke to Canada’s National Observer about how the group is making that happen. 

The provincial government announced last month that it will provide up to $14.25 million in funding for B.C.’s manufacturing sector, including food and beverage processing.

Almost a quarter of the estimated 20,000 bee species on Earth may be in decline, researchers have found. The January study is the first time the well-being of pollinators has been assessed on a global scale, with previous concerns of declining wild pollinator populations based on local or regional studies.

She specializes in illegal fisheries, equity and food security. In B.C., her research focuses on coastal, remote and Indigenous communities' access to fish.

Sarah Kim started thinking differently about food after starting a zero-waste vegan food delivery service — one that she said made her starkly aware of the inequalities that exist in the Lower Mainland.

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 Potlotek First Nation in Cape Breton is one of several Indigenous communities in Atlantic Canada that is launching a project to address food insecurity using a geothermal greenhouse that can grow produce year-round.

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

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.

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.

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.

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