Josh Siteman
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A city gets stressed when ordinary life becomes a series of trade-offs. Toronto feels like that now—everything costs more, takes longer, and feels less rewarding. That pressure shows up everywhere.
#toronto
#toronto
Why Toronto Feels So Stressed
Toronto’s beauty hides a crisis of stress, cost, and scarcity. History explains how the city reached this point and what must change.
open.substack.com
January 9, 2026 at 9:59 PM
A city gets stressed when ordinary life becomes a series of trade-offs. Toronto feels like that now—everything costs more, takes longer, and feels less rewarding. That pressure shows up everywhere.
#toronto
#toronto
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“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” —George Orwell (1984)
January 8, 2026 at 3:32 PM
“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” —George Orwell (1984)
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Fighting #disinformation with facts! ⚔️
The #Infoodmation project is proud to work with Maldita.es, a non-profit foundation that, through journalism, cutting-edge technology and citizen networks, helps build public trust.
Discover all partners 👉 infoodmation.eu/consortium/
The #Infoodmation project is proud to work with Maldita.es, a non-profit foundation that, through journalism, cutting-edge technology and citizen networks, helps build public trust.
Discover all partners 👉 infoodmation.eu/consortium/
January 9, 2026 at 8:46 AM
Fighting #disinformation with facts! ⚔️
The #Infoodmation project is proud to work with Maldita.es, a non-profit foundation that, through journalism, cutting-edge technology and citizen networks, helps build public trust.
Discover all partners 👉 infoodmation.eu/consortium/
The #Infoodmation project is proud to work with Maldita.es, a non-profit foundation that, through journalism, cutting-edge technology and citizen networks, helps build public trust.
Discover all partners 👉 infoodmation.eu/consortium/
Restaurants aren’t failing because people stopped valuing them—they’re failing because normal social life has become expensive. When eating out turns into a luxury and fast food costs the same, something deeper is breaking. That’s not culture. It’s system design.
#FoodSystems
#CostOfLiving
#FoodSystems
#CostOfLiving
Canada Is Poised to Lose 4,000 Restaurants in 2026. Does Anyone Care?
When menu prices rise and profits fall at the same time, you’re not seeing growth — you’re seeing a sector trying to breathe.
open.substack.com
January 9, 2026 at 1:41 AM
Restaurants aren’t failing because people stopped valuing them—they’re failing because normal social life has become expensive. When eating out turns into a luxury and fast food costs the same, something deeper is breaking. That’s not culture. It’s system design.
#FoodSystems
#CostOfLiving
#FoodSystems
#CostOfLiving
Medicinal plants may be where controlled environments matter most. Consistency, traceability, and biochemical precision are hard to achieve outdoors—and essential for research and regulated markets.
#MedicinalPlants
#CEA #AgTech #PlantScience
#MedicinalPlants
#CEA #AgTech #PlantScience
January 8, 2026 at 1:03 PM
Medicinal plants may be where controlled environments matter most. Consistency, traceability, and biochemical precision are hard to achieve outdoors—and essential for research and regulated markets.
#MedicinalPlants
#CEA #AgTech #PlantScience
#MedicinalPlants
#CEA #AgTech #PlantScience
High-protein crops raise interesting questions for CEA—not as bulk calories, but as targeted inputs for feed, pharma, and specialty foods. The value isn’t volume, it’s control and efficiency.
#ProteinTransition
#CEA
#AgTech #FutureFood
#ProteinTransition
#CEA
#AgTech #FutureFood
January 8, 2026 at 1:02 PM
High-protein crops raise interesting questions for CEA—not as bulk calories, but as targeted inputs for feed, pharma, and specialty foods. The value isn’t volume, it’s control and efficiency.
#ProteinTransition
#CEA
#AgTech #FutureFood
#ProteinTransition
#CEA
#AgTech #FutureFood
Leafy greens remain the proving ground for CEA—not because they solve food security, but because they let us measure yield, quality, and efficiency under repeatable conditions. That’s where learning compounds.
#CEA
#LeafyGreens. #AgTech #FoodSystems
#CEA
#LeafyGreens. #AgTech #FoodSystems
January 8, 2026 at 1:02 PM
Leafy greens remain the proving ground for CEA—not because they solve food security, but because they let us measure yield, quality, and efficiency under repeatable conditions. That’s where learning compounds.
#CEA
#LeafyGreens. #AgTech #FoodSystems
#CEA
#LeafyGreens. #AgTech #FoodSystems
Adaptation always looks “uneconomic” right up until it’s unavoidable.
The risk isn’t over-investing in CEA—it’s waiting until water, labor, or climate force rushed decisions with fewer options and higher costs.
#foodsystems
#agtech
#CEA
The risk isn’t over-investing in CEA—it’s waiting until water, labor, or climate force rushed decisions with fewer options and higher costs.
#foodsystems
#agtech
#CEA
January 8, 2026 at 12:55 PM
Adaptation always looks “uneconomic” right up until it’s unavoidable.
The risk isn’t over-investing in CEA—it’s waiting until water, labor, or climate force rushed decisions with fewer options and higher costs.
#foodsystems
#agtech
#CEA
The risk isn’t over-investing in CEA—it’s waiting until water, labor, or climate force rushed decisions with fewer options and higher costs.
#foodsystems
#agtech
#CEA
Most breakthroughs in agriculture don’t fail in the lab—they fail in translation.
Controlled environments are where genetics, lighting, climate, and physiology can be tested together before being scaled—or discarded—responsibly.
#foodsystems
#agtech
#CEA
Controlled environments are where genetics, lighting, climate, and physiology can be tested together before being scaled—or discarded—responsibly.
#foodsystems
#agtech
#CEA
January 8, 2026 at 12:53 PM
Most breakthroughs in agriculture don’t fail in the lab—they fail in translation.
Controlled environments are where genetics, lighting, climate, and physiology can be tested together before being scaled—or discarded—responsibly.
#foodsystems
#agtech
#CEA
Controlled environments are where genetics, lighting, climate, and physiology can be tested together before being scaled—or discarded—responsibly.
#foodsystems
#agtech
#CEA
Food security debates often fail because we ask every tool to solve everything.
CEA isn’t about replacing fields—it’s about creating controllable environments where risk, research, and resilience can be managed when the rest of the system is under strain.
#agtech #foodsecurity #CEA
CEA isn’t about replacing fields—it’s about creating controllable environments where risk, research, and resilience can be managed when the rest of the system is under strain.
#agtech #foodsecurity #CEA
January 8, 2026 at 12:50 PM
Food security debates often fail because we ask every tool to solve everything.
CEA isn’t about replacing fields—it’s about creating controllable environments where risk, research, and resilience can be managed when the rest of the system is under strain.
#agtech #foodsecurity #CEA
CEA isn’t about replacing fields—it’s about creating controllable environments where risk, research, and resilience can be managed when the rest of the system is under strain.
#agtech #foodsecurity #CEA
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🍽️Food isn’t changing slowly. It just looks that way.
GLP-1s, continuous fermentation, biologicals, and AI are quietly rewiring a $10T system.
Cost curves are shifting. Capital follows.
👇
open.substack.com/pub/argoadvi...
#FoodSystems #AgTech #GLP1 #Biotech #AI #ClimateRisk #Investing
GLP-1s, continuous fermentation, biologicals, and AI are quietly rewiring a $10T system.
Cost curves are shifting. Capital follows.
👇
open.substack.com/pub/argoadvi...
#FoodSystems #AgTech #GLP1 #Biotech #AI #ClimateRisk #Investing
Structural Shifts Quietly Rewiring the Global Food System
Why food is changing faster than it looks
open.substack.com
January 7, 2026 at 2:44 PM
🍽️Food isn’t changing slowly. It just looks that way.
GLP-1s, continuous fermentation, biologicals, and AI are quietly rewiring a $10T system.
Cost curves are shifting. Capital follows.
👇
open.substack.com/pub/argoadvi...
#FoodSystems #AgTech #GLP1 #Biotech #AI #ClimateRisk #Investing
GLP-1s, continuous fermentation, biologicals, and AI are quietly rewiring a $10T system.
Cost curves are shifting. Capital follows.
👇
open.substack.com/pub/argoadvi...
#FoodSystems #AgTech #GLP1 #Biotech #AI #ClimateRisk #Investing
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#Insects are so important for our global #foodsystems, yet they don’t get the same attention in #conservation policy
New study of Brazil’s #RedLists shows underrepresentation of insects compared to #vertebrates 🌍
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#Entomology #Brazil
New study of Brazil’s #RedLists shows underrepresentation of insects compared to #vertebrates 🌍
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#Entomology #Brazil
Insects are underrepresented across red lists of threatened biodiversity in the Neotropics
Insects are critical to the sustainability and productivity of ecosystems worldwide, yet up to 40 % of insects may face extinction in coming decades. …
www.sciencedirect.com
January 7, 2026 at 3:17 PM
#Insects are so important for our global #foodsystems, yet they don’t get the same attention in #conservation policy
New study of Brazil’s #RedLists shows underrepresentation of insects compared to #vertebrates 🌍
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#Entomology #Brazil
New study of Brazil’s #RedLists shows underrepresentation of insects compared to #vertebrates 🌍
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#Entomology #Brazil
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Hear "Food Systems: Why Should We Care?" from Healthy Habits Happy Homes with Evan Fraser.
Listen on:
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📅Jan 8
⏰10am
🛜Hear anytime:
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#cdnag #ontag #foodsystems
@arrellfoodinst.bsky.social
@uofguelph.bsky.social
@theontarion.bsky.social
@feeding9billion.bsky.social
Listen on:
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📅Jan 8
⏰10am
🛜Hear anytime:
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#cdnag #ontag #foodsystems
@arrellfoodinst.bsky.social
@uofguelph.bsky.social
@theontarion.bsky.social
@feeding9billion.bsky.social
January 7, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Hear "Food Systems: Why Should We Care?" from Healthy Habits Happy Homes with Evan Fraser.
Listen on:
📻CFRU 93.3
📅Jan 8
⏰10am
🛜Hear anytime:
buff.ly/W5TaF8S
#cdnag #ontag #foodsystems
@arrellfoodinst.bsky.social
@uofguelph.bsky.social
@theontarion.bsky.social
@feeding9billion.bsky.social
Listen on:
📻CFRU 93.3
📅Jan 8
⏰10am
🛜Hear anytime:
buff.ly/W5TaF8S
#cdnag #ontag #foodsystems
@arrellfoodinst.bsky.social
@uofguelph.bsky.social
@theontarion.bsky.social
@feeding9billion.bsky.social
It's a look. I think it's working.
Photo credit: James Lucas
Photo credit: James Lucas
January 7, 2026 at 7:27 PM
It's a look. I think it's working.
Photo credit: James Lucas
Photo credit: James Lucas
Thoughtful piece. I largely agree that vertical farming isn’t a solution to global food security. CEA is best understood as strategic infrastructure—supporting resilience, research, and high-value production—rather than a calorie engine.
#CEA
#FoodSystems
#AgTech
#CEA
#FoodSystems
#AgTech
Why vertical farms can't address food security any time soon
The energy economics limit vertical farming's food security potential
phytometrica.substack.com
January 7, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Thoughtful piece. I largely agree that vertical farming isn’t a solution to global food security. CEA is best understood as strategic infrastructure—supporting resilience, research, and high-value production—rather than a calorie engine.
#CEA
#FoodSystems
#AgTech
#CEA
#FoodSystems
#AgTech
Space-based crop research is intriguing, but the real work happens after discovery. Novel traits still need rigorous testing and translation under controlled, repeatable conditions on Earth. That translation layer is where innovation becomes usable—or doesn’t.
#AgTech #CEA #FoodSystems #Biology
#AgTech #CEA #FoodSystems #Biology
Cannabis Seeds Could Be The Next Frontier For Space AgTech - Cannabis Industry Journal
It's not as far out as you think.
cannabisindustryjournal.com
January 7, 2026 at 12:34 AM
Space-based crop research is intriguing, but the real work happens after discovery. Novel traits still need rigorous testing and translation under controlled, repeatable conditions on Earth. That translation layer is where innovation becomes usable—or doesn’t.
#AgTech #CEA #FoodSystems #Biology
#AgTech #CEA #FoodSystems #Biology
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#nyfw is seeing more and more cannabis brands play a role. Learn about two of them in the latest from GreenState guest contributor Pam Chmiel.
www.greenstate.com/lifestyle/ne...
www.greenstate.com/lifestyle/ne...
Flamboyant cannabis brands strut their stuff at New York Fashion Week | GreenState
New York Fashion Week is glamorous and hip - and the city's hottest cannabis brands now have a starring role.
www.greenstate.com
February 21, 2025 at 3:25 PM
#nyfw is seeing more and more cannabis brands play a role. Learn about two of them in the latest from GreenState guest contributor Pam Chmiel.
www.greenstate.com/lifestyle/ne...
www.greenstate.com/lifestyle/ne...
Agtech funding down, robotics up. Capital is favouring tools that improve resource efficiency and control, not moonshots. For CEA, the signal isn’t “don’t invest,” it’s “systems matter more than slogans.”
#AgTech
#CEA
#FoodSystems
#ClimateRisk
#Infrastructure
#AgTech
#CEA
#FoodSystems
#ClimateRisk
#Infrastructure
AgTech 2025 Review: VC Funding Drops, Robotics & AI Drive Investment Shifts - News and Statistics - IndexBox
A 2025 review showing agtech VC funding declined, with a shift to robotics, late-stage deals, and defensive M&A amid a U.S.-China AI cold war, while biologicals gain traction in Latin America.
www.indexbox.io
January 6, 2026 at 9:24 PM
Agtech funding down, robotics up. Capital is favouring tools that improve resource efficiency and control, not moonshots. For CEA, the signal isn’t “don’t invest,” it’s “systems matter more than slogans.”
#AgTech
#CEA
#FoodSystems
#ClimateRisk
#Infrastructure
#AgTech
#CEA
#FoodSystems
#ClimateRisk
#Infrastructure
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Zelenskyy has appointed Canada's Chrystia Freeland as Ukraine's Special Advisor on Economic Development.
This places one of the most experienced Western economic & geopolitical operators directly into Ukraine’s reconstruction and long term development strategy. #cdnpoli 🧵
This places one of the most experienced Western economic & geopolitical operators directly into Ukraine’s reconstruction and long term development strategy. #cdnpoli 🧵
January 5, 2026 at 7:42 PM
Zelenskyy has appointed Canada's Chrystia Freeland as Ukraine's Special Advisor on Economic Development.
This places one of the most experienced Western economic & geopolitical operators directly into Ukraine’s reconstruction and long term development strategy. #cdnpoli 🧵
This places one of the most experienced Western economic & geopolitical operators directly into Ukraine’s reconstruction and long term development strategy. #cdnpoli 🧵
Interesting: lighting innovation continues to move toward autonomy. From an @intravision.ca perspective, lighting intelligence is one layer—its biological impact really shows up when coordinated with air, CO₂, transpiration, and plant stress responses. The future is orchestration, not components.
Ex-GE execs' Bloemteknik bags £2.5M to make smart lights the brain of vertical farms — TFN
A £2.5 million investment is helping Bloemteknik turn lighting into a strategic growth lever for modern agriculture.
techfundingnews.com
January 6, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Interesting: lighting innovation continues to move toward autonomy. From an @intravision.ca perspective, lighting intelligence is one layer—its biological impact really shows up when coordinated with air, CO₂, transpiration, and plant stress responses. The future is orchestration, not components.
🤔Hydroponic root biomass is a largely untapped cellulose stream. Curious whether CEA “waste” could complement ag residues in next-gen biodegradable foams—especially in localized circular systems. Worth exploring.
#Biomaterials
#CEA
#CircularEconomy
#Packaging #AgTech
#Biomaterials
#CEA
#CircularEconomy
#Packaging #AgTech
Igniting a new standard for packaging | The Invading Sea
Florida-based Ignition Packaging is developing plastic foam alternatives that are derived from agricultural waste.
www.theinvadingsea.com
January 6, 2026 at 6:47 PM
🤔Hydroponic root biomass is a largely untapped cellulose stream. Curious whether CEA “waste” could complement ag residues in next-gen biodegradable foams—especially in localized circular systems. Worth exploring.
#Biomaterials
#CEA
#CircularEconomy
#Packaging #AgTech
#Biomaterials
#CEA
#CircularEconomy
#Packaging #AgTech
It seems reasonable that insurance pressure could be reduced by investing in modern flood infrastructure. A lot of current risk reflects outdated water management assumptions in much denser, more paved environments. Acts of God aside, neglected infrastructure is a policy choice.
Canada is "20 years behind" on flood planning, experts say, and maps meant to show at-risk areas are severely outdated. That poses harm to people and property, but plans to update flood maps often anger homeowners, who worry about insurance costs and property values. thenarwhal.ca/outdated-flo...
Are Canadians more afraid of floods — or flood maps? | The Narwhal
Canada’s outdated flood maps put people at risk. In Montreal, a battle over updating them highlights a nationwide worry over home values and insurance costs
thenarwhal.ca
January 6, 2026 at 2:35 PM
It seems reasonable that insurance pressure could be reduced by investing in modern flood infrastructure. A lot of current risk reflects outdated water management assumptions in much denser, more paved environments. Acts of God aside, neglected infrastructure is a policy choice.
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From #solarpower and #energyefficiency to #meattaxes and frequent flyer levies, politicians failed to appreciate people’s appetite for policies that tackle #globalheating. Politicians are less willing to speak up for #ActOnClimate policies www.theguardian.com/environment/... #ClimateEmergency
‘A silent majority’: MPs underestimate support for green policies, study reveals
Exclusive: From solar subsidies to meat taxes, minority rightwing voices appear to drown out the consensus
www.theguardian.com
January 5, 2026 at 4:54 PM
From #solarpower and #energyefficiency to #meattaxes and frequent flyer levies, politicians failed to appreciate people’s appetite for policies that tackle #globalheating. Politicians are less willing to speak up for #ActOnClimate policies www.theguardian.com/environment/... #ClimateEmergency
More transparent or... Subsidize trips to Cancun. Either or would be acceptable routes to Vitamin D.
Canadian milk changed on January 1. Did you know?
At a time when food is often framed as a problem to be fixed, fortified milk is a reminder that it can also be part of the solution. But should we be more transparent?
open.substack.com
January 6, 2026 at 12:58 PM
More transparent or... Subsidize trips to Cancun. Either or would be acceptable routes to Vitamin D.
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If Russia can't participate in international sports, why can the US?
Ban them, and move the World Cup to Canada/Mexico.
Ban them, and move the World Cup to Canada/Mexico.
January 4, 2026 at 9:21 PM
If Russia can't participate in international sports, why can the US?
Ban them, and move the World Cup to Canada/Mexico.
Ban them, and move the World Cup to Canada/Mexico.