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Nov 12, 2024 | 
vancouversun.com | Evan Fraser
Skip to ContentAdvertisement 1Opinion: The decision south of the border to elect an administration opposed to global trade should force us all to ask: How secure is our supply of fresh produce from the U.S.? • • You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. Article contentLast week, I spent an hour on a call-in radio show, and the topic was food prices.
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Sep 30, 2024 | 
greaterdiversity.com | Evan Fraser
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Sep 25, 2024 | 
sodagame.fun | Evan Fraser
Selfloss is an adventure from Goodwin Games studio, inspired by Slavic and Icelandic folklore. Whales are worshipped here, turtles fly in the sky, and the main character makes his way through the forests and collects herbs. This is a rather melancholic game that needs to be approached with a certain mood. An old man named Kazimir finds himself in an unusual world from which there is no way out. To earn his freedom, he will have to follow the orders of the local mistress, Madder.
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Sep 18, 2024 | 
winnipegfreepress.com | Evan Fraser
This article was originally published on The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Disclosure information is available on the original site. ___Author: Evan Fraser, Director of the Arrell Food Institute and Professor in the Dept.
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Sep 17, 2024 | 
theconversation.com | Evan Fraser
One of the most pressing issues facing humanity is the need to transform food systems to become more equitable, environmentally sustainable, able to deliver healthy diets for all, and also more resilient to disruptions.
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Sep 3, 2024 | 
nature.com | Evan Fraser |John Moore |Charlotte Ward |Ian Donohue |Kevin McCann |Ze’ev Gedalof | +11 more
Historically, humans have managed food systems to maximize productivity. This pursuit has drastically modified terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems globally by reducing species diversity and body size while creating very productive, yet homogenized, environments. Such changes alter the structure and function of ecosystems in ways that ultimately erode their stability. This productivity–stability trade-off has largely been ignored in discussions around global food security. Here, we synthesize empirical and theoretical literature to demonstrate the existence of the productivity–stability trade-off and argue the need for its explicit incorporation in the sustainable management of food systems. We first explore the history of human management of food systems, its impacts on average body size within and across species and food web stability. We then demonstrate how reductions in body size are symptomatic of a broader biotic homogenization and rewiring of food webs. We show how this biotic homogenization decompartmentalizes interactions among energy channels and increases energy flux within the food web in ways that threaten their stability. We end by synthesizing large-scale ecological studies to demonstrate the prevalence of the productivity–stability trade-off. We conclude that management strategies promoting landscape heterogeneity and maintenance of key food web structures are critical to sustainable food production. A synthesis of empirical and theoretical literature shows the extent to which food production has homogenized and rewired food webs to increase productivity but with negative consequences for stability.
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Aug 8, 2024 | 
vancouversun.com | Evan Fraser
Skip to ContentAdvertisement 1Opinion: In a moment of rampant food price inflation, soaring food bank use, and rising global food insecurity, the prospect of watching apples rot because we can’t get them to market just seems wrong • • You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. Article contentIn 1999, while at UBC, I did a piece of research on the state of B.C.’s fruit and vegetable processing industry.
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Jul 23, 2024 | 
theglobeandmail.com | Evan Fraser
Open this photo in gallery:People walk across a dried-up section of Poyang Lake that is facing low water levels due to a regional drought in Lushan, China, on Aug. 24, 2022.Thomas Peter/ReutersPlease log in to bookmark this story.Log InCreate Free AccountEvan Fraser is director of Arrell Food Institute at the University of Guelph. Earlier this summer, a heat wave closed part of North America’s shipping system.
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Apr 3, 2024 | 
vancouversun.com | Evan Fraser
Opinion: We must bring all parts of the food system, including food production and processing, home. Relying on California’s endless summer is unsustainable. • • You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. Article contentBritish Columbians face a major challenge: how to secure a year-round supply of fresh and affordable fruits and vegetables.
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Mar 26, 2024 | 
biv.com | Evan Fraser
British Columbians face a major challenge: How to secure a year-round supply of fresh and affordable fruits and vegetables.
This isn’t trivial. Fresh produce is the cornerstone of a healthy diet, but for many, healthy food is unaffordable. What’s worse, relying on California’s endless summer is unsustainable and vulnerable. If climate change or supply chain issues disrupt the southwestern United States’ ability to ship fruits and vegetables north, we face a major problem.
