Chocolate, chips, candy, ice cream… They all contain it
October 1, 2019 3:40 pm Leave your thoughtsEven your makeup, soaps and lotions could contain a substance whose cultivation contributes to deforestation and displacement of small-scale farmers.
Tag Archive: health
Disappearing corn: Making tortillas without the main ingredient
September 30, 2019 5:26 pm Leave your thoughtsClimate change makes growing corn in parts of Central America near impossible. So these farmers are turning to something else.
Does Canada’s new food guide connect healthy eating and healthy farming?
January 23, 2019 3:51 pm Leave your thoughtsHealthy, sustainable diets cannot exist without healthy, sustainable farming.
Re-going organic in Nepal
December 13, 2018 11:03 am Leave your thoughtsJit is an role model for his fellow farmers. He shows farmers what's possible when you go organic.
Organic is good for the planet but needs more support, say authors of UBC study
March 27, 2017 2:34 pm Leave your thoughtsOrganic researchers have been innovating on a shoestring budget for decades. Imagine what could be achieved with more.
Reaping the nutritional benefits of organic farming in Nepal
February 23, 2017 10:23 am Leave your thoughtsA village health worker is observing significant improvement in health conditions of the children in her village.