Vertical plant factories (VPFs) have attracted substantial hype through bold claims about their potential benefits, even as the material, energy, and biophysical requirements of indoor cultivation cas...

Fiddlehead Market Co-op opened in Bear River, N.S. — population 1,000 — in July. Members say the prices, the quality of the produce and the convenience are a breath of fresh air.

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A whistleblower lawsuit in California is alleging millions of pounds of Driscoll's fruit containing non-compliant levels of pesticides and chemicals crossed the border into Canada, and the company tri...

In March of 2025, the province repealed a decades-long ban on uranium mining. Now, more than 10,000 Nova Scotians are asking to reinstate the ban.

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Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston’s unpopularity is on full display as he encounters protests throughout his summer speaking tour around the province.

Canada has helped purchase access to fisheries from which Indigenous peoples were historically excluded. It has not thereby purchased, created, or exhausted the treaty right. Until policy is built aro...

Farmers need a food sovereignty policy that supports new farmers, a diversity of farm products and practices, and fair prices for the food they produce for both domestic and export markets.

The Carney government's recently released National Food Security Strategy aims to spend billions over a decade to produce more food in Canada. But it comes as Canadian farmers continue to lose land an...

We, the undersigned academics, issue this public statement to express our deep concern with the subversion of Indigenous rights and title that will result from the Court of King’s Bench for Saskatchew...

Just before Parliament adjourned for the summer, the Liberal government passed Bill C-30, an omnibus law that gives Prime Minister Mark Carney’s cabinet the power to authorize pesticides in the name o...

Canadians have an appetite for safe, healthy, affordable food produced by Canadian farmers and workers. To advance domestic food production, the Government of Canada’s National Food Security Strategy…

On June 9 and 10th 2026, Agriculture and Agri-food Canada at the Swift Current Research and Development Centre proceeded with destruction of the Organic and Regenerative Research Program’s research…

Unions representing farmers and food inspectors with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency hold a news conference on Parliament Hill to voice concerns about new powers included in Bill C-30 that could e...

The following brief was submitted to the House of Commons Finance Committee on June 4, 2026 for their study of Bill C-30, the Spring Economic Update Act, following Second Reading of the bill in…

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Canada’s recent change to plant breeders’ rights regulations sacrifice the good of the farmer for seed company profits.

S’étendant sur plusieurs circonscriptions, de Lunenburg à Shelburne en passant par Bridgewater, la Rive-Sud possède une identité diversifiée, marquée par un contexte géographique et démographique part...

More than a dozen Liberal MPs sent a letter to the prime minister at the end of April, before he signed the latest agreement with the Alberta government, to offer some recommendations — but also to ex...

The Maple examined hundreds of disclosure forms and then compiled and analyzed the results.

At the Place of Ghosts is a Mi’kmaw movie that is currently running in theatres...

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The Ontario government says expanding agriculture in the Clay Belt would strengthen food security and support farmers. But some farmers, researchers and environmental advocates say the plan leaves que...

Renewable energy met all new demand for electricity in 2025, according to a new review of global power generation, preventing any increase in the burning of fossil fuels to produce electricity and hig...

On Saturday, dozens gathered at the Treaty Truckhouse in Falmouth for the demonstration.

From Toronto to New York City, politicians want to tackle rising food costs with government-run grocery stores. Politicians championing the plan say these stores would sell staple items at lower price...

As farmers prepare for Spring seeding there's disappointment in the organic sector knowing that Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada is cutting the Organic and Regenerative Agriculture program at the Swif...

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Municipalities in Nova Scotia's Lunenburg County are debating the future of their anti-racism and anti-discrimination work, as some staff say the regional approach is no longer working.