Resilient Agriculture: Low Carbon and So Much More By: Beth Hunter, Executive Director, FoodBridge This article was originally published on the Clean50 website. A few years ago, my friend and mentor Hal Hamilton, co-founder of the Sustainable Food Lab, invited me to join him on a series of interviews. Hal wanted to figure out…
Op-Ed World Food Day: Collaboration is key to building Canada’s future food system This World Food Day, farmers across Canada are wrapping up a season marked by drought and low yields. Producers are increasingly facing extreme weather conditions fluctuating between droughts and flood, with a fivefold surge in crop insurance claims over the past…
Sourcing with purpose: What food SMEs told us By Emily Nanne, Agri-food Advisory Services Earlier this month, I had the pleasure of attending SIAL Canada in Toronto, one of the country’s largest agri-food trade shows. With hundreds of food innovators under one roof, it was a prime opportunity to meet with small and medium-sized enterprises…
Building resilient food chains – insights from SIAL Canada 2025 At SIAL Canada 2025 in Toronto, Beth Hunter of FoodBridge joined Tori Waugh from the Ontario Soil Network and regenerative farmer Norm Lamothe of Woodleigh Farms to spotlight a powerful truth: transforming our food systems requires deep collaboration across the value chain. In this video,…
by Beth Hunter I spent three days last week prowling the aisles of the SIAL international food salon in Toronto, meeting dozens of food companies and talking about the potential of regenerative agriculture. I came to speak on a panel at called Regenerative Practices: Are you ready for the next revolution in the food Industry?,…