NDG food depot awarded one of Quebec’s top health prizes
The Depot Community Food Centre works to ensure food security in Notre-Dame-de-Grâce and surrounding areas. Continue reading
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Dartmouth community centre working to support food security, healthy eating
The Dartmouth North Community Food Centre is a non-profit organization that opened its doors in 2015. Continue reading
Researcher receives $625K to improve plant breeding in Saskatchewan
A researcher at the Global Institute for Food Security has received nearly $625,000 to preserve hybrid vigour in Brassica crops, such as canola. Continue reading
Super Awesome Science Show Recap: Pesty Eaters
We’ll explore the nutritional value of insects and learn how you can enjoy this food like you would a potato chip or biscotti. Continue reading
Global Institute for Food Security board elects Alanna Koch, Lorne Babiuk
The Global Institute for Food Security announced Friday its board elected Alanna Koch as chair and Dr. Lorne Babiuk as vice-chair. Continue reading
New cattle vaccine in Africa developed in part by Saskatoon’s VIDO-InterVac
VIDO-InterVac is a part of an international partnership that has developed a new vaccine to protect cattle against a bacterial disease. Continue reading
Hamilton politicians still resistant to backyard hens
Members of the city’s planning committee have voted 5-4 against having staff provide an update to a 2012 report into the potential ownership of backyard hens. Continue reading
Backyard chickens now allowed in parts of Toronto as part of 3-year pilot project
Residents who live in houses or townhouses with backyards in Ward 5 (Etobicoke-Lakeshore), Ward 13 (Parkdale-High Park), Ward 21 (St. Paul’s) and Ward 32 (Beaches-East York) can have coops with up to four hens. The pilot project launched on Friday and will last until March 2021. Continue reading
Halifax’s Mobile Food Market receives national recognition
By Rebecca Lau Reporter
The market uses a Halifax Transit bus to bring fresh and affordable fruits and vegetables to five communities throughout the municipality. Continue reading
‘It’s time to end the need for food banks’ says UBC prof
“It’s shameful that in a country as wealthy as Canada and [a province] as wealthy as B.C. that we have charitable food banks feeding hungry people.” Continue reading