The Mystery Fish Story
3 min readWritten by Annette Carroll Many consumers think of fish or seafood as the healthy option and the seafood industry has the numbers to …
The Math Behind Tim’s Coffee
2 min readWritten by Kim Bretz I was wondering how much of a difference there could be in getting Tim Horton’s coffee in different sizes …
Diabetes & the Food Bank
3 min readWritten by Diana Bumstead There is abundant information circulating showing that a high percentage of our client population lives with diabetes. In 2008 …
Is Walmart taking over our food system?
3 min readWritten by Marc Xuereb Stacy Mitchell of the Institute for Self Reliance recently wrote a piece for grist.org about Walmart’s dominance of the grocery sector, …
Ode to supply management
4 min readWritten by Mark Xuereb from: http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/supply+management/5815737/story.html American dairy prices may be cheaper than in Canada, but what most consumers fail to recognize is that …
Sustainable Community Development through Municipal Food System Planning
Written by Brendan Wylie-Toal North Saanich is a rural community in the Capital Regional District of B.C. Located outside of the Region’s Urban Containment area, …
Kootenay Report Profiles Roundtable
2 min readWritten by Marc Xuereb John Steinman, food journalist and former host of Deconstructing Dinner, a podcast on food issues, has written a report …
Meat Processing Industry Addresses Food Safety
6 min readWritten by Marc Xuereb [originally published November 27th, 2011, as part of Sustain Ontario’s Meat Press] Case Study #3The Ontario Independent Meat Processors The …
Options for Reducing Food Waste
2 min readWritten by Steffanie Scott York PhD student Michelle Coyne shared stories of dumpster diving as a way to drive the point home that …
Making Food a Planning Issue
2 min readWritten by Marc Xuereb The Waterloo Region Food System Roundtable has been busy studying hundred-page Official Plans of the Cities of Cambridge, Kitchener, …