With a tagline of “Harvesting Diversity, Feeding Hope,” the humble potato is being celebrated around the world this month. As the UN General Assembly recently recognized, the hardy potato is positioned to combat hunger and provide food security: it’s “one of humanity’s most important and universally loved staple foods.” Potatoes are also a unique crop…
And the Lord God planted a garden in Eden, in the east; and there he put the man whom he had formed. (Genesis 2:8) I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God. (Rev. 21: 2a) The rapid urbanization of much of the world has increased the lament for…
Heather Looy and John R. Wood’s article “Save the planet; Eat bugs: Why it’s time for the West to embrace edible insects” (CC, Sept. 20) inspired this column. I agree that the Biblical story about Peter and Cornelius and the vision of the lowered sheet is not about clean or unclean foods: it is, as…
In the community of Sarehangy, in the district of Ambovombe in Madagascar, villagers can remember a time when hunger didn’t exist. “It was a forest and now there’s nothing,” says Didier, the village chief. Because of its prosperity and abundance of cattle, the village was called “Sarehangy,” which means “jewel” in the local dialect. But…
“Ugh, waiter, there’s a fly in my soup!” This classic joke turns on a universally acknowledged truth in the Western world – that insects are disgusting. And that anything they touch is likewise contaminated. If insects in our food are a problem, imagine our reaction if insects were the food. Would you eat a grasshopper…
We all have seen the cost of food go up. Statistics Canada reported 11 percent higher grocery inflation in December 2022 than December 2021. You’ve probably already noticed that eggs are 17 percent more expensive than a year ago, and tomato prices increased 22 percent. Addressing hunger is more urgent than ever. In recent years,…
The government of Canada has provided $14 million to the Canadian Foodgrains Bank as a response to the global hunger crisis. These funds are going to be used to help respond to the food crisis in the Horn of Africa – specifically in Ethiopia, South Sudan, Kenya and Somalia. “We are likely weeks* away from…
In the last two years, regions of East Africa have endured four back-to-back failed rainy seasons. This long drought has pushed an estimated 20 million people into acute food insecurity. One person struggling with the impact of the drought is smallholder farmer Kadzo Kenga Safari, a single mother, who lives in Kilifi County, Kenya. For…
It was my sister-in-law who first pointed out to me that there is free food going to waste all over our neighbourhood. Every growing season, fruit trees hang over the fences of yards and spill into streets and alleyways. The neighbour who owns one of these trees tells me that the fruit is free for…
For three months last year, Health Canada invited feedback on new rules for “Novel Food Regulations” with a specific focus on plant breeding. Since 2006, the insertion of foreign DNA has triggered a Health Canada safety assessment of genetically modified plants and foods. As new genetic engineering techniques like CRISPR have been developed, plant breeders…
It’s one of those days – all gray and grouchy, the sun seeming to have pulled the sheets over its head and gone back to sleep. I’m sipping coffee on my yellow recliner, trying to feel as happy as the chair looks. And that’s when she calls. “Emily?” my pastor’s wife says. “I made you…
Food prices reached their highest level ever this spring, adding to growing concerns about a global hunger crisis and hindering the work of humanitarian organizations. The food price spike was triggered by the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, both major players in worldwide food production. Between them, Russia and Ukraine account for about 30 percent…
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