Local And Just

As the snow continues to fall outside my window, my mind can’t help but drift off to warmer climes.  You see it was around this time of year a few years ago that I first realized the tremendous potential of city’s to produce food. My introduction to urban agriculture came while living and working in [...]

Just spent a long and taxing day. Face to facing with Syngenta, McCains, Bayers, Sobeys and the like. Way (light years of way) out of my comfort zone. Talking up agriculture and sustainability. What the hell was I drinking? Seen as the biggest, baddest, and ugliest food corporations around. They are hate personified for many [...]

My previous two articles on my trip to India and Bangladesh have focused on political issues – the right to food and land reform.  This article will have a different focus, examining one of the particular projects that I had the opportunity to visit. This story takes place in the district of Nilphamari in northern [...]

I believe that, as much as possible, the crops grown and animals raised on a farm should be thought of as food not commodity. So, naturally, I’m interested in how we move towards having more farmers/ranchers transition into direct relationships with eaters where food is grown and moved into the hands of eaters without being [...]

On January 5, the British government released Food 2030, a plan for agriculture and food in the UK.  It is the first such report in a developed nation in a very long time, and the first in Britain in fifty years.  The Globe & Mail introduces Food 2030 this way:  “Imported beef. Genetically modified potatoes. [...]