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Plundering the North

The manufacturing of a chronic food crisis

Food insecurity in the North is one of Canada’s most shameful public health and human rights crises. In Plundering the North, Kristin Burnett and Travis Hay ...

Dinner on Mars

“This culinary cosmic outing is as creative as it is informative.” — STARRED review, Publishers Weekly

From Impossible Burgers to lab-made sushi, two witty, plugged-in food scientists explore leading-edge ...

Mon année martienne

By (author) Farah Alibay
Categories: Space exploration

Après avoir passé 687 jours les yeux levés vers la planète rouge, Farah Alibay partage ses découvertes fabuleuses. Le 18 février 2021, l'astromobile Perseverance atterrit sur Mars après avoir parcouru ...

Taming Fruit

By (author) Bernd Brunner
Translated by Lori Lantz
Categories: Botany and plant sciences

A captivating cultural and scientific history of orchards, perfect for readers of Michael Pollan’s The Botany of Desire. Throughout history, orchards have served many sacred purposes: they are sites ...

Power

By (author) Richard Heinberg
Categories: Climate change

Power traces how humans have come to overpower the earth’s natural systems and to oppress one another, with catastrophic consequences. We must rapidly re-learn the lessons of power self-limitation rooted ...

The PS Royal William

By (author) Eileen Reid Marcil
Categories: Marine engineering

World trade was revolutionized in the 19th century when the propulsion of ships changed from sail to steam. Who built the first steamer to cross the Atlantic? When? Where? The answer lies in Canada. When ...

Hope Matters

Hope Matters boldly breaks through the narrative of doom and gloom that has overtaken conversations about our future to show why hope, not fear, is our most powerful tool for tackling the planetary crisis. ...

Farm The City

Farm the City is an introduction to the principles, methods, and realities of starting an urban farm derived from the success of Sole Food Street Farms, one of the largest urban agricultural enterprises ...

La crise des abeilles

By (author) Jean-Pierre Rogel
Categories: Apiculture (beekeeping)

Grand reportage percutant sur le déclin des abeilles et sur l’usage inconsidéré des pesticides dans l’agriculture aujourd’hui. Un réquisitoire pour la biodiversité, mais aussi un éloge de ...

Peace in Peril, The

Christopher Pollon is a journalist whose work has appeared in The Walrus, Reader’s Digest, and the Globe and Mail. Ben Nelms is a photojournalist whose work has appeared in the New York Times, Maclean’s ...