August 9, 2026
On January 20 at Davos, Prime Minister Carney said that a country that cannot feed itself has few options.
Just days later, Agriculture and Agri-food Canada announced that seven research facilities – at Lacombe, Indian Head, Scott, Portage la Prairie, Guelph, Quebec City, and Nappan – and the Organic and Regenerative Agriculture program will no longer receive funding.
July 31, 2026
Officials at Canada’s agriculture department are asking scientists who were abruptly fired earlier this year to help the agency decide its future research goals, Canada’s National Observer has found.
April 27, 2026
The Carney government was going to shut down Canada’s only food allergy testing lab in eastern Canada at the end of April, 2026. Following months of pressure from unions and other advocacy groups, they backtracked and delayed the closure until 2028. Proof that public pressure pays off.
February 2, 2026
Senior officials at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) did not know how their decision to close three research stations on the Prairies would impact the department’s research program when they announced the cuts earlier this month, suggests an internal email obtained by Canada’s National Observer.
June 20, 2025
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services – which oversees the U.S. Food and Drug Administration – has eliminated 3,500 jobs at the agency since President Donald Trump took office in January. The FDA is responsible for the safety of nearly 80 per cent of the food produced in the United States. This has food safety experts in Canada sounding alarm bells.
December 14, 2024
An investigative piece on the deadly listeria outbreak in almond milk in 2024, and the flaws in the CFIA algorithm that was supposed to stop it.