List of Genetically Engineered Foods on Canadian Grocery Store Shelves

Know your foods! This table shows the genetically modified foods grown in Canada, and those legally allowed for importation.

There's some other great resources on the CBAN site, such as the List of the 12 genetically engineered crops and foods approved by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency
(CFIA) and Health Canada

CBC Documentary: "The Great Food Revolution"

From: http://www.cbc.ca/documentaries/greatfoodrevolution/index.html

Once upon a time food was as predictable as fish on Friday, roast on Sunday. Bread was snow white. And fancy food meant one thing, French cuisine. But “The Great Food Revolution” has changed all of that.

Travel and immigration have introduced us to new foods and radically expanded our palates. An explosion in food TV shows, magazines and cookbooks educate and tantalize. Celebrity chefs rule the airwaves and have inspired a generation to take up cooking. And what was once rare and exotic can now be found at your local market.

Watch:
Episode 1
Episode 2
Episode 3
Episode 4

Modern Supermarket Vegetables 5% to 40% Lower in Minerals

Photo via Flickr user altemark

From Time.com: 

"On the "Industrialization" of Agriculture: Thanks to the growing rise of chemical fertilizers and pesticides, modern crops are being harvested faster than ever before. But quick and early harvests mean the produce has less time to absorb nutrients either from synthesis or the soil, and minerals like potassium (the "K" in N-P-K fertilizers) often interfere with a plant's ability to take up nutrients. Monoculture farming practices — another hallmark of the Big Ag industry — have also led to soil-mineral depletion, which, in turn, affects the nutrient content of crops."

via Reddit

For anyone interested in learning more about the shortsightedness of modern agricultural practices, read Michael Pollan's outstanding In Defence of Food: An Eater's Manifesto. In one quick read he summarizes some major problems with industrial agriculture and the food industry in general. His common sense, gimmick free summarization is "Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants." Words to live better by.

I'm going to put up a poll on the right about organic food to collect people's opinions. Please vote!