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Illustration of a ginger root.
Justice / March 2019

The Seedy World of Plant Poaching

February 19, 2019March 27, 2020 - by Gloria Dickie

A miraculous cure-all, endangered wild American ginseng is being stolen and sold for thousands of dollars on the black market

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Cannabis

Please Enjoy Your Genetically Engineered Dinner

January 3, 2018November 11, 2019 - by Christopher Pollon

Last year, Canada became the first country to sell unlabelled transgenic animals for human consumption. But do consumers have an appetite for it?

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Environment

How to Build a Better Tree

November 16, 2017April 2, 2020 - by Andrew Reeves

What happens when we grow forests just so we can turn them into paper product?

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Claymation people and animals
November 2015 / Society

From Torture to Table

October 21, 2015April 8, 2020 - by Jonathan Kay

Our industrial food chain is built on animal cruelty

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December 2005/January 2006 / Environment

Non-commercial Farmers are Facing Extinction

December 12, 2005July 1, 2020 - by Julie Traves

With the family farm suffering, some enterprising growers are counting on “agritourism” to bring in revenue

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Environment / November 2004

The Fruit-Punch Tree

November 12, 2004May 1, 2020 - by Jen Ross

santiago — Luis Carrasco’s invention is, at first, hard to make out among the shrubs, trees, and rose bushes in his large backyard in an upscale neighbourhood at the foothills …

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