food systems

New research, co-authored by UBC fish researcher William Cheung, shows climate change will shift seafood populations to make nutrients up to 15 per cent less available by 2100, relative to 2000 levels.

Every year, about 1.3 million metric tonnes of Canada’s peatlands are dug up for sale to farmers and gardeners. With every hectare lost, planet-warming carbon dioxide is released into the air.

This 25-year-old and her young colleagues at Act4Food Act4Change have organized more than 160,000 people from over 100 countries to call on decision-makers to change our food systems so people are put first. 

A new item is on the menu for the thousands of people gathering this month at COP27, the United Nations' annual climate conference: food. 

The pandemic brought an influx of funding to charities, giving a boost to programs that cut food waste. But with that money now gone, researchers and food redistribution organizations are looking for alternative ways to prevent the problem.

Food activist Rayan Kassem says action on climate change shouldn't be separated from issues like hunger which will only get worse in a warming world.

With previous climate conferences coming under fire for serving unsustainable meals, the organizers of this year's United Nations meeting in Glasgow, Scotland, have highlighted efforts to serve climate-friendly meals. But critics say those measures — and the food itself — aren't enough to emphasize the urgent role food plays in saving the planet. 

An international conference aimed at tackling hunger and reducing the environmental impact of our food could end up making the situation worse, including in Canada, a coalition of farmers, activists, and scholars are warning. 

Scientists say we have barely scratched the surface on the potential of plants.

Meat, dairy and egg production in Canada involves forcing thousands of animals to live in filthy conditions. By any epidemiological standard, this is a disaster waiting to happen, write Jenny Henry and Darlene Levecque of Nation Rising.

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.

If palm oil from the rainforest for cows in the Prairies is either efficient or economical, we have a broken system, writes Shane Moffatt, leader of Greenpeace Canada’s nature and food campaign.

Lucretia Schanfarber, who lives on the remote edges of a tiny B.C. island plagued by shaky internet service, has launched free, weekly Zoom gatherings to inform, inspire and connect gardeners worldwide.

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.

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.