Small independent businesses may pass on the cost of import checks to customers.
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Physical checks on plant and animal products arriving from the EU will attract fees of up to £145.
Microbes make a home among the starch grains of your sourdough starter.
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You can thank yeast and bacteria for the distinctive taste and smell of the oldest leavened bread in history.
A Palestinian girl holds aloft an empty bowl to protest food shortages in Gaza on March 12, 2024.
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In Gaza, Sudan, Haiti and elsewhere around the globe, famine affects increasing numbers of people.
Carrots grown in home gardens typically look like this — but grocery chains seem to think consumers won’t buy them. Here’s where marketing education can make a difference and help eliminate food waste.
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New research suggests educators can play a crucial role in changing attitudes and actions about food waste and equip future marketing professionals with the tools to tackle sustainability challenges.
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Some farmers are bewildered and anxious about changes to the way they work.
Wasted fruits and vegetables are seen in a commercial garbage bin.
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Food waste is a serious emergency in Canada and around the world. Here are four practical steps we can take this Earth Day to eat more healthily, reduce food waste and save the planet.
Each subtle cultural or personal twist to a fermented dish is felt by your body’s microbial community.
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From kimchi to kombucha and sauerkraut to sourdough, many traditional food staples across cultures make use of fermentation. And these variations are reflected in your microbiome.
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Some people think the decision to impose higher tariffs is just an excuse used by the EU to keep protecting its own farmers.
By linking local food supply to foods prepared and served at schools, we unlock other potential connections. Fishing boats in St. John’s, NL, in April 2021.
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School food can connect people powerfully to their local lands, resources and economies, and be a tool towards reconciliation with Indigenous communities.
Pumpjacks draw oil out of the ground as a deer stands in a canola field near Olds, Alta., in July 2020. Standard agricultural systems in Canada and around the world achieve high yields, but at times at great ecological costs. Agroecology aims to address these issues.
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Agroecology could be an effective way to address food insecurity and respond to the climate crisis. However, significant hurdles remain.
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Vegetarian and low-carb diets aren’t ideal for our brains.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau next to the chef and other people at the Boys and Girls Club East Scarborough, in Toronto, before an announcement to launch a National School Food Program, April 1, 2024.
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Researchers and co-chairs of the Canadian Association for Food Studies’ School Food Working Group explain what Ottawa should prioritize to ensure its national school food program succeeds.
Can technology empower consumers to make better decisions when they buy food?
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Food fraud costs billions globally. But blockchain and machine learning offer hope for a more transparent and safer food system.
Transparency throughout the supply chains for cacao, the raw ingredient for chocolate, is required to ensure ethical sourcing and manufacture of products.
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What makes a good egg? The ethics of chocolate is complicated and often hard to decipher with confusing marketing claims on some product packaging.
Palestinians line up for a meal in Rafah, Gaza Strip, on March 12, 2024.
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We speak with Hilal Elver, the former UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food and current University of California professor about the looming famine in Gaza after months of Israeli attacks.
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Parents told us how the ever-present juggle of budgets and the realities of family life strained relationships and increased their mental load.
Making a few simple eco-friendly food choices can be healthy and cost-effective too.
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From replacing meat with pulses to eating more eggs, these top tips will reduce the environmental impact of your diet while improving the nutritional value and cutting costs.
Traditional South African staple, pap or maize meal. An only meal in time of poverty.
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South Africa’s national survey of food and nutrition security identifies the areas most in need.
Baron Cobham and family around the dinner table, 1567.
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During the Tudor period, religious beliefs shaped people’s attitudes towards food and food waste.
When buying pre-packaged foods, consumers with allergies rely on the declarations in the list of ingredients to identify safe foods.
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Vegan foods are considered by most consumers to have no ingredients of animal origin, but they may actually contain milk proteins.