Why are we getting sicker as food becomes cheaper?
Emily Woody
Here's an interesting statistic: While the percentage of income spent on food has fallen by half since the 1950s, the societal cost of health care more than doubled.My questions is, are we really paying less for food? Or are we just paying the full price later in life with a...
Who really grows your food? Hint: It's not farmers
Nathan Wiebe
The truth is, farmers have no idea how to grow food. We know how to plant seeds, we know how to water, we know how to amend the soil. But we haven't the slightest idea how to actually grow food. Only the plants and soil know how to do that....
Why are food prices continuing to rise and what can we do about it?
Emily Woody
1 in 5 Canadians reported going hungry at least once between March 2020 and March 2022 according to a new poll (CBC News).Why are food prices continuing to rise and what can we do about it?The reason our food prices continue to rise is because we rely almost entirely on...
Why we don’t buy California or Mexico grown food
Nathan Wiebe
This is a short documentary by Vice News called “The Fruit of Mexico’s Cheap Labour” that we felt needed to be shared.Farm workers in California and Mexico, almost all of them immigrants or poor people of colour, have some of the worst working conditions- low pay, no overtime, no healthcare,...
