The heat showed a difference between the various seed varieties we were testing, and it was staggering. We saw simultaneous food dumping and supply disruptions, lost crops, and increased need for emergency food services. This is because within our food system and rippled throughout society is an inherent tension between efficiency (streamlined approaches to doing things) and redundancy (multiple approaches to doing things). In some ways, it will no longer be prudent for our food system to cheaply provide us whatever we want to eat, regardless of the season. CBC Calgary: The High Cost of FoodCBC Calgary is using community insight to help understand the gaps in Calgary's food system.

Source: CBC News December 26, 2021 23:31 UTC