Restorative ocean farming: Possibilities and pitfalls for addressing food security with Metlakatla First Nation

Food insecurity has been a pervasive issue with varied manifestations among different communities, people and regions. Prince Rupert is a remote coastal town in Northern BC, located on Coast Ts’msyen Territory with a population of approximately 12,000, 50% of whom identify as Indigenous (Ahmed 2018). The people of Metlakatla First Nation are descendants of the Nine

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Next-generation sequencing uncovers what's stressing bumblebees

What’s stressing out bumblebees? To find out, York University scientists used next-generation sequencing to look deep inside bumblebees for evidence of pesticide exposure, including neonicotinoids, as well as pathogens, and found both. Using a conservation genomic approach – an emerging field of study that could radically change the way bee health is assessed – the

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Sustainable food security in the northern Ghana

Historical models show that Ghana’s climatic patterns are getting increasingly drier. The average temperature increased at about 0.21°C per decade and 1.0˚C per annum, with rainfall declining at an average of 2.3mm per month (or 2.4% per decade) since the 1960s. The northern savannah ecological zone experiences the most rapid and intense climatic changes and

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