UN Biodiversity Conference
On 7-19 December 2022, Part II of the UN Biodiversity Conference took place in Montreal, Canada, including the Fifteenth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on …
MiFOOD team presents at the 6th ICCCASU Conference in Ottawa and receives special recognition
From July 28 to 30, MiFOOD team members participated in the 6th International Conference on Canadian, Chinese and African Sustainable Urbanization (ICCCASU) in Ottawa. Under the theme “Humanizing Urbanization: Housing, …
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MiFOOD workshop explores migrant food security and livelihood resilience in a time of global disruptions
On July 31, 2025, the MiFOOD Network hosted a half-day workshop at the Balsillie School of International Affairs in Waterloo, Canada, bringing together researchers from Canada, South Africa, and China …
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FAO gene editing paper
FAO has just published an Issue Paper entitled “Gene editing and agrifood systems”. Developed by a team of authors with oversight from the Office of the Chief Scientist, this 86-page …
MiFOOD Research and Writing Workshop builds capacity, strengthens collaboration, and advances project outputs
The MiFOOD Network hosted its first-ever Research and Writing Workshop from August 5–8, 2025, at the Balsillie School of International Affairs in Waterloo, Canada. Designed as a creative and immersive …
Warped planet nurseries rewrite the rules of how worlds are born
The textbook picture of how planets form – serene, flat discs of cosmic dust – has just received a significant cosmic twist. New research, published in the Astrophysical Journal Letters, …
The deadliest mushroom, the death cap, is still concocting new poisons
The death cap mushroom has been implicated in many people’s deaths, from Roman emperors to modern foragers Shutterstock/Tisha Razumovsky Death cap mushrooms are back in the news. Amanita phalloides has …