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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
world
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.
waters on wine
This Napa winery is deeply rooted in organic farming
Christopher Waters
globe climate newsletter
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)
life
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)
home of the week
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)
british columbia
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
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Southern Ontario’s greenhouse operators warn lack of infrastructure is slowing growth in booming sector
Cherry tomatoes are automatically sorted through the robotics in the production line at the Heritage Farms site in Staples, Ontario on July 21, 2023. Kati Panasiuk/The Globe and Mail
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Canada to join U.S. trade fight with Mexico over genetically modified corn products
Canada's Minister of International Trade, Export Promotion, Small Business and Economic Development Mary Ng speaks at a Lunar New Year celebration in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada January 31, 2023. REUTERS/Blair Gable
international business
A rice shortage is sending prices soaring across the world. And things could get worse
Vendor Francis Ndege measures rice at his stall at the Toi Market in Nairobi, Kenya, on Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023. Countries worldwide are scrambling to secure rice after a partial ban on exports by India cut global supplies by roughly a fifth. Now, Ndege isn’t sure if his customers in Africa’s largest slum can afford to keep buying rice from him. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
canada
Saskatchewan government to offer $70-million to help drought-stricken producers
Cattle roam in a field near Pigeon Lake, Alta., on May 1, 2022. Saskatchewan farmers forced to write off their drought-afflicted crops are being asked to consider ways to turn those crops into cattle feed instead. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
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The Vancouver company that wants to bring protein from fungi to Mars
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Inspection agency finds four more fields with potato wart in P.E.I., completes probe
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says it has completed its investigation of two detections of potato wart in 2021, in Prince Edward Island. Loads of PEI potatoes wait to be loaded and shipped across Canada to local food banks in Toronto on Friday, March 11, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
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