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CANADA'S ROLE IN GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY
With warnings that the coming decades will bring starvation on a global scale, we talk to the head of McGill University's Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, professor Chandra Madramootoo about how this country can help.
Website: http://publications.mcgill.ca/reporter/2008/08/mcgill-conference-tackles-global-food-crisis/
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