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FoodSpring 2024
The growing movement to take the bull shit out of organic farming

Organic agriculture has become synonymous with spreading manure. Veganic farmers are cultivating what they say is a greener path.

FoodSpring 2024
Cooking the books: The magical math of ‘climate-friendly’ meat

As methane emissions from meat rise, some companies are playing with the metrics that measure them and making claims that don’t add up

FoodSpring 2024
How AI is helping NotCo cook up a plant-based takeover of Big Food

Startup launched in Chile on a mission to use technology to move the needle on sustainability. Now it’s revamping your Kraft Dinner.

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Climate was biggest winner in 2024 budget, but climate funding gap persists

Budget 2024’s plan for growing the clean economy leans heavily on tax credits, doesn’t address the federal government’s $14-billion say-do gap on climate

FoodSpring 2024
Will alternative seafood sink or swim?

Canadian faux fish and seafood startups are hoping to serve ocean-friendly food for a growing planet

FoodSpring 2024
We need to talk about meat

EDITORIAL | Despite efforts to make it sound sustainable, meat is roasting the planet. A plant-based revolution is taking root.

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FoodSpring 2024
Knight Bites: The true cost of meat

From billions in subsidies to millions of lives lost, here are six ways people and the planet pay a price for the livestock industry

FoodSpring 2024
Is it time for a just transition in the meatpacking industry?

More than 100 years after Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle exposed the horrors of working in a slaughterhouse, workers are still clamouring for more humane conditions

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ClimateSpring 2024
Is seaweed farming boom a climate solution or ecological threat?

As kelp farms spread across North America, experts question whether their climate benefits are worth the potential risks

EnergySpring 2024
How Newfoundland is becoming a green hydrogen hotbed

Project Nujio’qonik is slated to transform the craggy coast into Canada’s first commercial wind-to-hydrogen hub, but not everyone is stoked

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2024 Climate Dollars
The federal government is more than $14 billion behind on climate funding

Our inaugural Climate Dollars report shows there has been a 30% shortfall between what the government has committed to spending on climate and what it has actually invested over last decade

Finance
Four ways Canadian banks can actually deliver on their climate promises

Upcoming shareholder proposal vote asks TD to spell out their vague net-zero plans, but it’s not the only bank that needs a credible climate transition plan

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