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According to a recent report, 30 per cent of web-browsing sessions will soon be done without a screen. Voice-enabled searches are becoming the norm, and that’s a problem for the food industry.
By 2025, Canada’s population could include five million people who live alone. Those who live alone tend to cook less, but the food industry has plans for them.
Plus que jamais, l’agriculture devient l’affaire de tout le monde. Or, le gouvernement Trudeau, visiblement plus urbain qu’autre chose, comprend mal les enjeux du secteur alimentaire.
A well-planned national school food progam in Canada could be a huge boost to children’s health outcomes, long-term healthcare spending and local agriculture and economies.
The documentary, ‘Leaving Neverland,’ demonstrates the identifiable victim effect: people are more willing to empathize with individual victims than with large statistics.
CRISPR gene editing should learn from the Slow Food movement. Scientists must allow time for critical conversations and perfecting of techniques before rewriting the source code of humanity.
Penelitian terbaru menunjukkan bahwa perfeksionisme meningkat dalam 25 tahun terakhir, dan para perfeksionis sangat sensitif terhadap kegagalan dan kurang teliti seiring berjalannya waktu.
De nouvelles recherches montrent que le perfectionnisme a considérablement augmenté au cours des 25 dernières années et que les perfectionnistes deviennent de plus en plus névrosés au fil du temps.
Canada’s Food Price Report, recently published by Dalhousie University and the University of Guelph, predicts significant price hikes for vegetables this year.
New research shows that perfectionism has increased dramatically over the last 25 years, and that perfectionists become more neurotic and less conscientious as time passes.
Canada’s Food Guide makes nutrition recommendations. But the revamped guide does much more. It directs us to consider the broader set of circumstances —the social determinants —of how we eat.
Nos habitudes alimentaires doivent s’adapter aux réalités environnementales et démographiques. Mais mettre de côté notre héritage alimentaire constitue une grave erreur.
Les commentaires désobligeants sur les gros ne sont pas seulement blessants, mais ils sont aussi dangereux. Ils entraînent des conséquences sur le plan social, et sur la santé.
La paralysie de l'administration américaine ne compromet pas encore la salubrité des aliments importés au Canada. Mais cela pourrait changer rapidement, même si le conflit se terminait cette semaine.
Almost one in five Canadians are going meatless or eating far less meat. But most establishments aren’t actually targeting vegetarians or vegans; they’re chasing “flexitarians.” Here’s why.