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World food prices held steady in November, UN agency says
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - NOVEMBER 20: Products are offered for sale at a grocery store ahead of the Thanksgiving Holiday on November 20, 2023 in Chicago, Illinois. The average cost of this year's Thanksgiving dinner for a table of ten people will be $61.17, about 4.5% less than last year. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
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Greek olive growers battle thieves as crop price rises
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Quebec pork farmers reeling as a ‘perfect storm’ creates economic crisis
Pigs are seen at a pork farm in St-Sebastien, Que., Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
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Bird flu still taking toll on industry as 1.35 million chickens are being killed on an Ohio egg farm
FILE - A hen stands next to an egg, Jan. 10, 2023, at a farm in Glenview, Ill. More than 1.3 million chickens are being slaughtered on an Ohio egg farm as the bird flu continues to take a toll on the industry. The outbreak that began in early 2022 has been much less severe this year as fewer cases of the virus are being found among the wild birds that spread it. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley, File)
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Ukraine traders concerned over plans to change grain export rules again
FILE PHOTO: Cayman Islands-flagged bulk carrier Puma leaves the sea port of Odesa, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Ukraine September 15, 2023. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo
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Fear of avian flu descends on B.C. farms as millions of chickens are killed
Chickens are seen at a poultry farm in Abbotsford, B.C., on Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022. Canadian Food Inspection Agency data show there have been 39 B.C. outbreaks of H5N1 avian flu since Oct. 20, resulting in almost five million birds dying of infection or being "humanely depopulated" to halt the spread of the virus. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
opinion
Family farms are disappearing in Canada. Is this the cost of progress?
Murray Knuttila
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Seven Canadian wines that impress, including a new release from an ambitious winery in Niagara-on-the-Lake
Christopher Waters
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Mushroom-farm workers call for collective-bargaining rights in Washington
Current and former mushroom farm workers meet with representatives of the United Farm Workers at a McDonald’s in Sunnyside, Wash, photographed Sept. 25, 2023.
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How investors can get a taste of sustainable food systems
Technology can support lower-emission food production.
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Tidal Bay, Nova Scotia’s signature wine, is thriving despite weather challenges
Avondale Sky Winery Co-Owner Louis Coutinho harvests with his team by hand on one of the final days of the season. Seven hours of harvesting on this day was considered a shorter day for the vineyard team in Newport, Nova Scotia on Tuesday October 3, 2023. The Globe and Mail/Carolina Andrade
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UN agency’s world food price index fell in October to lowest level in more than two years
FILE PHOTO: A view shows ears of wheat in a field in Montbert near Nantes, France, June 15, 2023. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe/File photo
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Canadian ranchers brace for long, lean winter after droughts, soaring feed costs
Snow-covered cattle stand in a pasture near Didsbury, Alta., Monday, Oct. 23, 2023. It could be a long, lean winter in cattle country, as drought-ravaged western Canadian ranchers struggle to secure enough feed to get their livestock through the cold months. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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The key commodities halted by the St. Lawrence Seaway strike
A container ship is loaded in the Port of Montreal on Sept. 19, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi
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Grain farmers hit by seaway strike, as both sides agree to sit down with mediator
<div>Grain farmers, steelmakers and salt and fertilizer shippers are all feeling the squeeze of a strike by St. Lawrence Seaway workers. A UNIFOR union "On Strike" sign is shown as St. Lawrence Seaway workers strike outside the St. Lambert Lock in St-Lambert, Que., Monday, October 23, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes</div>
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Researchers race to track the mysterious path of microplastics after they seep into the ground
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Paul Hobbs’ philosophy on winemaking brings him around the world, keeps him looking for what’s next
Christopher Waters
opinion
It’s time to hit pause on government-regulated milk price increases
The Editorial Board
canada
‘Most challenging Thanksgiving:’ Long weekend marked with soaring food bank use
A cart is filled with pre-filled bags of food, during a Thanksgiving food drive for the Ottawa Food Bank at a grocery store in Ottawa, on Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
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Inflation will add extra costs to your Thanksgiving plate. But it’s not all bad news
opinion
When it comes to food price inflation in Canada, grocery stores aren’t the only issue
The Editorial Board
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Visiting wineries is your best bet for acquiring locally made wines – sometimes, it’s the only way
Christopher Waters
food & wine
Tropical and native to Canada, the pawpaw fruit is all the rage for those in the know
A photo of Pawpaw fruit hanging from a tree in Paul DeCampo’s front yard in York, ON taken on August 25th, 2023. Duane Cole/The Globe and Mail
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India’s monsoon rains hit five-year low due to El Nino
FILE PHOTO: Monsoon clouds loom over the overflowing river Yamuna, in New Delhi, India, July 15, 2023. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/File Photo
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Canada’s lentil sales to India slow after Trudeau raised murder suspicions
FILE PHOTO: Price tags are seen on the samples of rice and lentils that are kept on display for sale at a wholesale market in the old quarters of Delhi, India, June 7, 2018. REUTERS/Amit Dave/File Photo
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Signs of softness in a still-climbing housing market
A realtor's sign stands outside a house for sale in Toronto on May 20, 2021.
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This Napa winery is deeply rooted in organic farming
Christopher Waters
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Globe Climate: To prevent food insecurity, we should look to the ancient past
King Arcesilaus of Cyrenaica overseeing the packaging of silphium (the country's main source of income) into ships for export. Gouache painting by S.W. Kelly, 1937,after a Spartan cylix, c. 580-550 B.C. (Wellcome Collection)
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Health Canada to review U.S. panel’s conclusion that common decongestant doesn’t work
Health Canada is reviewing a declaration by American government experts who say a key ingredient in over-the-counter cold and allergy medications also available in this country does not work to get rid of nasal congestion. Pharmacist Gary Lundgren holds a Sudafed in Central Drugs Tuesday, June 27, 2006, in Portland, Ore. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Rick Bowmer
opinion
To save the future from food insecurity, we should look to cuisine of the ancient past
Taras Grescoe
canada
Ontario government ‘completely buried’ climate change report, opposition critics say
TORONTO, CANADA - JUNE 28: Smoke from wildfires in the provinces of Quebec and Nova Scotia is seen on June 28, 2023 in Toronto, Canada. (Photo by Ian Willms/Getty Images)
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A 104-acre Pender Island sanctuary
Home of the Week, 3200 Clam Bay Rd., Pender Island, B.C.
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Meet the young Canadian farmers adapting agriculture to withstand climate change
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Farmers to reap less wheat than expected due to drought in Prairies
A combine rides over a wheat field as wheat is harvested at Norm Lamothe's farm, Wooodleigh Farms, in Cavan, Ontario, Wednesday, August 2, 2023. (Cole Burston/The Globe and Mail)
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B.C.’s agriculture industry at forefront of climate-change reality
B.C. farmers say they're increasingly concerned about climate change and the impacts of extreme weather on food production in the province. People work on a farm as gantry cranes used to load and unload cargo containers from ships sit idle in the distance at Global Container Terminals at Deltaport, in Delta, B.C., on Friday, July 7, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Cannabis company Atlantic Cultivation acquires insolvent Tantalus Labs brand
Cannabis company Atlantic Cultivation has acquired the Tantalus Labs brand. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Tantalus Labs