SDG 2: Zero Hunger

Canada’s Food Price Report 2025 predicts Canadian families will spend up to $801 more on food next year
Canada’s Food Price Report (CFPR) is an annual collaboration between research partners Dalhousie University, the University of Guelph, the University of Saskatchewan, and the University of British Columbia. Read the Dal News story about this research that empowers consumers with data-driven food price predictions.

Food prices are not the only obstacle to achieving food security
Research reveals three major barriers to accessing food: affordability, policies that perpetuate wealth and income disparity, and systemic forms of discrimination like colonialism and racism. Long-term solutions are required to comprehensively address all forms of food access. Read the about this study on food insecurity in Dal News.

Plant‑based protein, the pandemic and the agrifood supply chain
“Plant-based and alternative proteins are one of the largest food growth sectors in the world” explains Dr. Abebe, who is conducting a plant protein value chain analysis that will engage consumers, processors and manufacturers, and regional farmers. Read the Dal News story about research into plant-based proteins.

Dal researcher helps lead development of handbook exploring how to feed the world's growing population
Feeding a growing population will require innovations across our food systems. Kathleen Kevany, is co-editor of the first edition of the Routledge Handbook of Sustainable Diets (along with researcher Paolo Prosperi), due out next year. Read the Dal News interview with Dr. Kevany about the book.

Sustainable and harmonius with the environment
The Organic Agriculture Centre of Canada (OACC) is a national organization, based at the Dalhousie Agricultural Campus, which aims to serve Canada's organic sector through science and education, supporting producers with resources that they can put into practice.

From homes to hospitals, Canada’s food environments need reform
A new report illustrates how ubiquitous unhealthy foods are, how aggressively they are promoted and how hard it is to access healthy foods in places we spend our time. The team of 18 nutrition and food policy experts from across Canada looked at research from the past five years to expose the environmental factors that influence what people in Canada buy and eat. Their findings reinforce that, from homes to hospitals, Canada’s food supply needs reform.

Unique agricultural learning experiences
Dalhousie Agricultural Campus’s Community Education program aims to  contribute to the development of sustainable and healthy communities by promoting a broad understanding of agriculture and research to educators, students, community groups, and the general public.

Open Dialogue Live event on how policy impacts food insecurity
Dalhousie researchers and alumni discussed the importance of a sustainable and healthy food production system, the complexity of our food and agricultural industry, and the socioeconomic considerations that contribute to food insecurity and inequity. Watch the discussion about food insecurity on YouTube.

Why Agriculture?
This series of videos on agricultural topics important to our faculty, students, and alumni give their passion a voice and educate a wide audience about the power of agriculture to feed and heal the world. Watch Why Food Waste? and others in the series on YouTube.

Dalhousie helping students become more food secure on Giving Tuesday
Post-secondary schools across Nova Scotia are once again joining together with Dalhousie University on Giving Tuesday, to raise funds for campus food banks across the province through the The Food Security Project.