World warned: change now or endanger food and climate Patrick GALEY How we use our land is threatening our overall sustainability and also exacerbating climate change. For Canada the trends in climate change will diminish our ability to produce most of the crops we now grow. Less rain in the Prairies, migration northward of the […]
Food and Fat one of our first Forms of Energy 2018-10-16
CACOR cordially invites you to a Luncheon Title: “Food and Fat one of our first Forms of Energy” Date: Wednesday October 17 Speaker: Nicole Morgan Time: 12-2pm Place: Army Officers’ Mess, 149 Somerset Street West, Ottawa Cost: $25 general admission; $20 for members, their spouses and $10 for student guests. The upstairs ante-room and dining area will be open […]
2018 Celebration of Summer’s end and Fall’s beginning
2018 Celebration of Summer’s end and Fall’s beginning at the Reilly’s home. September 26, 2018, 4 pm to 8 pm Hello Cacor friends, At Cacor’s summer picnic we suggested that we would be delighted to host a fall gathering of Cacor members on our rural, garden-rich and energy sustainably-oriented property. We are now happy […]
Mayoralty and Regional Councilor Candidates
By Phil Reilly, CACOR member. Hello to Ottawa mayoralty and regional councilor candidates, I live near Kinburn and ask, that if you want my vote, that you improve food self-sufficiency programmes in Ottawa. I am an individual who sees a future in which municipalities need to take on more responsibilities and partnerships with its citizens […]
Wheat in heat: the ‘crazy idea’ that could combat food insecurity
Durum wheat varieties can withstand 40C heat along the Senegal River basin, and could produce 600,000 tonnes of food. In the northern Senegalese village of Ndiayene Pendao, close to the border with Mauritania, Fatouma Sow is pulling weeds. Her team of female farmers tread carefully among the tall, ripening plants as they prepare to harvest the […]