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ADAM CARTER: Hamilton’s urban aboriginal people face multiple barriers to health care, significant rates of chronic disease and... Read more
The average cost to feed a family of four in Kelsey Trail Health Region is slightly lower than the provincial average, according to a... Read more
TOM BLACKWELL: From Tony the Tiger to Scooby Doo, popular kids characters are playing a starring role in an unexpected story: a... Read more
SUE BAILEY: There's no excuse for bare grocery shelves in remote Labrador communities still waiting for spring food shipments... Read more
A grocery store manager in Makkovik is fed up waiting for the first shipment of dry goods this year.
Carol Dyson of Big Land Grocery ... Read more
When you think about the issue of food and children, it is almost automatic to see it as a local issue. Food banks, school breakfast... Read more
Agricultural Land Use Planning in Canada: A Study of Principles and Beneficial Practices for Integrating Public Priorities for Agriculture... Read more
Nick Saul, Community Food Centres Canada, talks about the importance of teaching kids how to make healthy food choices on Canada AM (CTV... Read more
The Ontario Home Economics Association sent out a call for improved food literacy, focusing again on how a lack of food skills can be... Read more
In collaboration with The University of Guelph's Research Shop, the Ontario Edible Education Network has been exploring what... Read more
RON NIXON: When the Obama administration in 2012 announced long-awaited changes to require more fruits and vegetables and less sugar... Read more
DAVID MURPHY: The exorbitant price of food in the North wasn’t the only thing Leesee Papatsie and her group of about a dozen... Read more
A presentation and discussion
In March 2014, the Council of Canadian Academies released its long-awaited report, Aboriginal Food... Read more
June 24, 2014. Ottawa
The Canadian Biotechnology Action Network (CBAN) is calling on Health Canada to place a moratorium on... Read more
ASHLEY WILLS: Principal Shalene Herron is concerned that some of her students will go hungry over the summer months.
In her two... Read more
LORRAINE CHOW: Will kids eat their fruits and vegetables simply because they’re told to?
Unfortunately not. So while there’s... Read more
A Canadian Bar Association gathering in Iqaluit last week included some frank discussion on the state of affairs in Nunavut. The theme of... Read more
Being associated with Kate Moss usually brings positive attention but not for the Hudson's Bay.
The Canadian retailer was forced to... Read more
DERYK FALLON: The government of British Columbia has allocated an additional $3.5 million dollars to its fruit and veggie program offered... Read more
Shinjini Pal, François Haman, Michael A. Robidoux
Food and Foodways, Volume 21, Issue 2, 2013
Author Abstract
"Remote... Read more
Canada's Food Guide is the foundation for meal planning in hospitals, schools and public health programs, but some... Read more
The New Democratic Party of Canada has just launched its own new food policy for Canada: Everybody Eats. The document,... Read more
The J.W. McConnell Family Foundation is pleased to announce the launch of a new fund to support the transformational work of food banks... Read more
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is undertaking a suite of consultations that will impact our food systems. As the Agency tasked with... Read more