This weekend we celebrate Thanksgiving, the feast of abundance at the end of the harvest. It's a time to give thanks for everything that hard work and the natural world provide.
Thanksgiving is about celebrating our bounty, recognizing what has made that possible, and sharing our harvest with others.
This week, two reports focused on food point to Canadian advantages while raising concerns about global problems.
In California, where much of the food we eat is grown, a three-year drought is having a serious effect on crop production. Expect to see greater-thanusual increases in the price of produce this year. Experts say as southern areas are caught in more dramatic climate changes it makes sense for Canadians to go back to growing more of our own food. The agricultural land reserve is something we could well be thankful for.M eanwhile another study points to more species of fish being driven north as ocean temperatures rise.
That's good for Canada, but not so good for many poorer areas farther south with a heavy reliance on fish for their diet.
That's a climate change story that just keeps getting louder - the way that water, food and basic things we celebrate are under increasing pressure in so many parts of the world.
While we enjoy our own riches, we must always consider our place in the wider community, where all is not well.
When it comes to climate change, many places least equipped for it are reaping what we have all sown.
