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Vancouver embraces sidewalk boulevard food gardens
Sorry, guerilla gardeners, you’ve just been legitimized. The city of Vancouver has issued guidelines for people who want to plant food, not just ornamentals, on the boulevards between the sidewalk and...
View ArticleBi-partisan support for food literacy in Ontario
Ontario PCs want to add food literacy to the province’s proposed Local Food Act. The MPP bringing forward the amendment to the act says that in his party’s consultations with industry stakeholders, the...
View ArticleEU banning bee-killing pesticide. Not U.S.
The European Union is banning a bee-killing pesticide to stem the collapse of its bee colonies. Meanwhile, there’s no such ban in the U.S., where 45% of hives were lost last winter, up 78% from the...
View ArticleIs local food safer than imported food?
Is local food safer than imported food? As this Utne Reader excerpt from my book shows, there’s no simple answer.
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Embattled Lantzeville urban farmer gives up
Dirk Becker and Nicole Shaw’s fight with their neighbour– and his friends on the Lantzeville, B.C. council– has worn them down to the point where they’re selling their Compassionate Farm property....
View ArticleUnapproved GMO Monsanto wheat goes rogue
Unapproved GMO Monsanto wheat goes rogue in Oregon, prompting a lawsuit in Kansas. This USA Today story describes the implications for US trade with Europe and Asia: No genetically engineered wheat has...
View ArticleNew CFIA “local food” definition is suspicious
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s (CFIA) new “local food” definition is suspicious, misleading and disturbing. Its sudden implementation and the misleading advantage it gives to food that isn’t...
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Nature’s Path CEO Arran Stephens’ impassioned talk on GMOs
Arran Stephens is one of the great persuaders on organic agriculture. He runs North America’s largest organic cereal manufacturer. Here are his comments from a recent rally against Monsanto in...
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Beyond “evil” food banks: Nick Saul coming to Vancouver
Nick Saul, Toronto-based co-author of The Stop: How the fight for good food transformed a community and inspired a movement, is coming to Vancouver to explore possibilities for a community food centre...
View ArticleHow to make urban food production economically sustainable
My thoughts, from the Food Talk series organized by Richard Wolack in Vancouver. Thanks for inviting me Richard.
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