Human motivation is a funny thing. I think most of us believe we are motivated to act toward something positive. But I would argue the intensity of our motivation is strongest when we are moving away from something negative. However you arrive at your motivation to act on climate change, the time to act is right now. And if you’re wrestling with how you can make an impact as a food and beverage professional, we will get to that too. Just know that there has never been a more important time to lead change on this front. Change does not have to be top-down from our politicians or senior executiv ..read more

Lactalis Canada Foodservice – a division of Canadian dairy leader Lactalis Canada – and the Canadian Culinary Federation, Canada’s national association of professional chefs and cooks, are pleased to announce a new national partnership aimed at delivering excellence in foodservice. “Lactalis Canada Foodservice is very proud to join forces with the Culinary Federation and its 1000+ esteemed member chefs who share a common dedication and commitment to the food industry,” said Iven Zanardo, general manager, foodservice, ingredients & exports at Lactalis Canada. “With over 140 years of he ..read more

Canada’s agriculture industry has been undergoing significant changes over the past 45 years. Since the 1970s, the number of farms has been steadily declining, but not all farms have been impacted equally — mid-size farms have been hit the hardest, as the number of small and large farms increases. The mid-size farm category used to cover the majority of agricultural operations. These tended to be operated by a single farmer working on a full-time basis to support a single farm family. Now, a range of farm sizes exist, with small ones often being operated by farmers with off-farm ..read more

Canada is a highly urbanized country, with more than 80 per cent of residents living in urban centres. The urban population is growing by more than 400,000 annually, and these new urban residents need housing. With affordable housing in decline, there are loud calls to massively increase the number of homes being built. Unfortunately, conventional residential development destroys large amounts of green space. The average greenness of urban areas across Canada declined five percentage points between 2001 and 2019, and even more in larger cities. The loss of urban green ..read more

What happens when undocumented Bangladeshi and Pakistani men in Greece pick up their cell phones to record their lives as migrant agricultural workers? “This will let the people learn how we live our lives here,” said one of the men, referring to the photos and videos they were taking. For the workers, these serve as evidence of their migrant existence. COVID-19 and worries about food security have resulted in increased media coverage about migrant agricultural workers, with stories usually told on their behalf. Four sets of South Asian migrant men in Greece wanted to flip the script ..read more

Some regions of the world are synonymous with a specific industry, and even a specific trade show that defines the city as the hub of that industry over time. If North American auto culture takes influence from the likes of the Detroit Auto show, European food and hospitality culture takes influence from both of Milan’s two trade shows, TUTTOFOOD and HostMilano.  TUTTOFOOD is the B2B event for the entire agri-food ecosystem, and HostMilano the world trade fair dedicated to catering and hospitality. Historically these sprawling trade shows have two dedicated time frames in which they take ..read more

Jugs & Cans: A Reaping is a current feature exhibit by writer, journalist and cultural programmer, Ivy Knight, at the Burlington Art Gallery as part of the How to Read a Vessel exhibition, which runs from September 10th to January 9th and is a free exhibit. It is a collection of empty vessels; jugs, cans, bottles and boxes, collected from women in food across Canada and the United States since 2019. The containers hold the stories and struggles of the cooks, bakers, food writers, restaurateurs and servers who opened, emptied, and used them. In the exchange of vessels and accounts, she give ..read more

You’re invited to attend the 2021 virtual TERROIR SYMPOSIUM—a community of chefs, beverage experts, farmers, service staff, suppliers, restaurateurs, writers, educators and business leaders. SUSTAIN magazine is a proud media sponsor of this year’s symposium—the program is uniquely positioned to be easily attended over multiple days, and it’s replete with an incredible list of speakers and exclusive learning opportunities. Thank you for supporting TERROIR, SUSTAIN magazine and our industry partners throughout one of the most difficult eras we’ve ever experienced.   ..read more

Richard Holden, UNSW World leaders and about 30,000 others from assorted interest groups will converge on Glasgow in November for the United Nations’ 26th annual climate summit, COP26 (“Conference of the Parties”). It will be five years (allowing for a one-year Tokyo 2020-style pandemic hiatus) since the Paris Agreement adopted at COP21 in 2015. There has been plenty of cynicism about that agreement, its structure and non-binding nature. Important emitters like China were effectively exempt from making meaningful carbon-reduction commitments. Some OECD countries (such as Canada) have paid lip ..read more

Timothy Wingate, University of Calgary; Joshua Bourdage, University of Calgary; Malika Khakhar, University of Guelph, and Samantha Jones, University of Calgary Public health researchers have called food allergies “a growing public health epidemic in Canada” affecting around one in 13 Canadians and one in five Canadian households. Dining out can be risky and stressful for people with allergies, in part because many restaurant employees lack the training, skills and confidence to manage food allergies safely and effectively. These are challenges that existed before the COVID-19 pandemic and will ..read more