Breeding the Nutrition Out of Our Food
A major feature story in the New York Times this weekend reports that our food system has been doing exactly that, and especially in the last decades. Want a resounding good reason to preserve the...
View ArticleCanadian Demand for Organic Food Triples
There is strong and fast growing demand for organic food in Canada. Global News is reporting that the latest data indicates organic sales in Canada has TRIPLED since 2006! In the decade since 2001, the...
View ArticleNow’s the Time to Invest in Agroecology
A report by the International Food Security Network (IFSN), which brings together over 1,400 civil society organisations from 32 countries, is calling for major new investment and support to scale-up...
View ArticleOur Seeds, Our Future
A report by La Via Campesina that focuses on the role of seeds in the struggle for food sovereignty. Through case studies from men and women peasant and family farmers from Africa, Asia, Europe,...
View ArticleHow farmers are Saving Seeds and Building a Canadian Collection
Writer Sarah Elton captures the importance and timeliness of USC Canada’s Bauta Family Initiative on Canadian Seed Security program for the Canadian food system. Read the Globe article… For more...
View ArticleWhy are We Putting Alfalfa at Risk?
“Be Warned”, says Alternatives Journal (A/J) – Canada’s oldest environmental magazine, and the official publication of the Environmental Studies Association of Canada. A/J has just published an...
View ArticleWho Controls our Food and Seeds
Hot off the press! This is a must-read from ETC Group: a report that shines a spotlight on the players who control our food and seeds. ETC Group identifies the major corporate players that control...
View ArticleAnother Reason to Address Food Waste
A new report from the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization estimates that, globally, a third of all food is wasted, making it third-biggest carbon emitter. The food the world wastes accounts for more...
View ArticleWake Up Before It’s Too Late
That’s what a stunning new UN trade report is saying about the world’s approach to agriculture. The report, subtitled Wake Up Before it’s too Late, is an urgent call on governments to change the course...
View ArticleSeedmap Portal
Seedmap.org is an online portal on seeds, biodiversity and food. The heart of Seedmap.org is an interactive map that uses Google technology to let you visit hundreds of case studies around the world...
View ArticleTerminator Seeds Could Be Approved in Brazil This Week
After backing away, due to public pressure, from legislation that would legalize the planting of Terminator seeds in Brazil on World Food Day (October 16), the country’s Judicial Commission is set to...
View ArticleFate of Pro-Terminator (GM Sterile Seeds) Bill Uncertain
UPDATE: Due to 35 000+ signatures collected in less than 48 hours, Brazil’s Judiciary Commission agreed to take the Pro-Terminator Bill off the agenda this week leaving open the possibility that the...
View ArticlePetition to Stop Terminator Seeds
After backing away, due to public pressure, from legislation that would legalize the planting of Terminator seeds (GM sterile seeds) in Brazil on World Food Day (October 16), the country’s Judicial...
View ArticleTell McDonald’s: Shut Down Happymeal.com
McDonald’s has long pioneered the use of marketing designed specifically to appeal to children. Food MythBusters is calling citizen to act now and tell McDonald’s to put an end to predatory marketing...
View ArticlePut your Community’s Food Issues on your MP’s Plate
Two years afther the launch of the People’s Food Policy, Food Secure Canada is inviting citizens to meet their MP to put their community’s issues on their MP’s plate, ask what they plan to do about...
View ArticleBiodiversity Feeds the World
Fewer crop species are feeding the world than 50 years ago – raising concerns about the resilience of the global food system. Our increasing dependence on a handful of major crops such as wheat,...
View ArticleUPOV and Farmers Rights
Legislation that erodes farmers rights to save seeds questioned in Ghana and Canada. Civil society organizations, farmers and justice groups are raising alarms in Ghana and Canada over proposed...
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International Day of Farmers Rights Focuses on Seed Struggles
Farming communities across Africa are concerned by an increasing push for African countries to join UPOV’91 (International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants). On April 2nd 2014,...
View ArticleNew leaked IPCC report leads to strong reactions
The Fifth Assesment Report (AR5) from the IPCC’s (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) Working Group III (WGIII) focused on the mitigation of climate change is set to hit the shelves on Sunday,...
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What is the Future of Food?
Originally appeared on USC-Canada Six years, thirteen countries and ten interim reports later, Olivier de Schutter is completing his term as the United Nations’ Special Rapporteur on the Right to...
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