Weed or Feed? A Canadian food security issue
The impact that the legalization of cannabis is having on our food system should be troubling to us all.
Samuel Thevasagayam on What Philanthropy Can and Can’t Do for Food
Closing out the inaugural Arrell Food Summit on a hopeful note, Samuel Thevasagayam tells the crowd about how he sees the role of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in farming.
Arrell Food Summit takes an ambitious approach to feeding the world’s population
On Tuesday, May 22, more than 450 leaders from academia, the food industry, government, NGOs and philanthropy will convene at the University of Guelph for the inaugural Arrell Food Summit.
Students cook up comfort food with crickets
University of Guelph students cooked up some unique ideas this year in the Ideas Congress course. For some, that meant baking with bugs and ingesting some insects.
The politics of chaos in food crises: food riots in Venezuela
The world has recently turned its attention to Venezuela, where a struggling economy combined with food shortages has raised tensions, resulting in the emergence of protests and deadly food riots.
Warning: your morning coffee is in danger
A global coffee crisis is brewing right under our nose