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**Lenore Newman** (born 1973)[1] is a Canadian author and geographer. She is Associate Professor of Geography and the Environment at the [University of the Fraser Valley](/source/University_of_the_Fraser_Valley) and Director of the Food and Agriculture Institute. She holds a research chair in food and agriculture innovation and is a past [Canada Research Chair](/source/Canada_Research_Chair) in Food Security and the Environment.[2]

## Biography

Newman was born in [Sechelt](/source/Sechelt), a coastal town in [British Columbia](/source/British_Columbia), and raised in a fishing family.[3] She attended the [University of British Columbia](/source/University_of_British_Columbia), where she received a BSc (Hons) in Physics, and then completed an MES and PhD at [York University](/source/York_University).[2]

Newman studies agricultural and culinary [geography](/source/Geography). She has conducted fieldwork around the globe, studying public markets, regional cuisines, farmland preservation, global food security, and the ecology of the world's [food system](/source/Food_system). As Canada Research Chair in Food Security and the Environment she researches the [impact of climate change](/source/Effects_of_climate_change) on [food security](/source/Food_security) and global cuisines. She has published over forty peer-reviewed academic articles in her area of research. In 2014, Newman was inducted into the [Royal Society of Canada](/source/Royal_Society_of_Canada)'s College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists.[2]

Her first book, *Speaking in Cod Tongues: A Canadian Culinary Journey*, was published in 2017 by the University of Regina Press. It explores regional food cultures across [Canada](/source/Canada), ultimately arguing for the existence of a distinctly [Canadian cuisine](/source/Canadian_cuisine) and outlining the properties that define it.[4]

Her second book, *[Lost Feast: Culinary Extinction and the Future of Food](/source/Lost_Feast:_Culinary_Extinction_and_the_Future_of_Food)* was published in 2019 by ECW Press. It explores the foods that humans have eaten to [extinction](/source/Extinction), as well as species currently at risk of extinction due to human consumption and possible ways to avoid these outcomes through food alternatives and better stewardship.[5]

Her third book, *Dinner on Mars: The Technologies That Will Feed the Red Planet and Transform Agriculture on Earth*, was co-authored with Dr. [Evan Fraser](/source/Evan_Fraser_(academic)) and published in 2022 by ECW Press. It discusses the technological innovations that would make it possible to feed a Martian colony, using the challenge of establishing a food system off-world to explore ways of producing food more sustainably on [Earth](/source/Earth).[6]

Newman currently researches technology and the future of food, agricultural land use policy, and place making through food and agriculture. She also researches agricultural production methods such as [vertical farming](/source/Vertical_farming), [cellular agriculture](/source/Cellular_agriculture), [precision agriculture](/source/Precision_agriculture), and [regenerative agriculture](/source/Regenerative_agriculture), focusing on the way these methods and technologies work together.[7][8] In 2018 she was appointed to a government committee to strengthen the [Agricultural Land Reserve](/source/Agricultural_Land_Reserve) in British Columbia.[9][10] In 2019 she was appointed to a Food Security Task Force with the mandate to advise the government on ways to apply technology and innovation to support the agricultural sector in British Columbia and to reduce [food waste](/source/Food_waste).[11][12]

## Published works

- *Speaking in Cod Tongues: A Canadian Culinary Journey*. Regina: University of Regina Press, 2017.
- *[Lost Feast: Culinary Extinction and the Future of Food](/source/Lost_Feast:_Culinary_Extinction_and_the_Future_of_Food)*. Toronto: ECW Press, 2019.
- *Dinner on Mars: The Technologies That Will Feed the Red Planet and Transform Agriculture on Earth*, co-authored with Evan D.G. Fraser. Toronto: ECW Press, 2022.

## References

1. ["Newman, Lenore, 1973-"](https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2017021299.html). *id.loc.gov*. Retrieved December 6, 2021.

1. Food and Agriculture Institute. ["Meet the Team - Lenore Newman, PhD"](https://www.ufv.ca/food-agriculture-institute/meet-the-team/lenore-newman.htm). *University of the Fraser Valley*. Retrieved 28 January 2022.

1. ["About Lenore"](http://lenorenewman.com/about-lenore/). *Lenore Newman*. Retrieved 15 January 2020.

1. Newman, Lenore (2017). *Speaking in cod tongues: A Canadian culinary journey*. Regina: University of Regina Press. ISBN 9780889774599.

1. Newman, Lenore (2019). *Lost feast: Culinary extinction and the future of food*. Toronto: ECW Press. ISBN 9781770414358.

1. Newman, Lenore & Fraser, Evan D. G. (2022). *Dinner on Mars: The technologies that will feed the red planet and transform agriculture on Earth*. Toronto: ECW Press. ISBN 9781770416628.

1. Newman, Lenore & Fraser, Evan (18 February 2021). ["3 technologies poised to change food and the planet"](https://theconversation.com/3-technologies-poised-to-change-food-and-the-planet-153852). *The Conversation*. Retrieved 12 February 2023.

1. Fraser, Evan & Newman, Lenore (26 August 2021). ["These two farming methods can feed the planet and help the environment — but they need to get along"](https://financialpost.com/news/economy/these-two-farming-methods-can-feed-the-planet-and-help-the-environment-but-they-need-to-get-along). *Financial Post*. Retrieved 12 February 2023.

1. Henderson, Paul (4 January 2018). ["B.C. agriculture minister names committee to 'revitalize' ALR"](https://www.thefreepress.ca/news/b-c-agriculture-minister-names-committee-to-revitalize-alr/). The Free Press. Retrieved 16 January 2020.

1. Russell, Anne (8 January 2018). ["Newman to serve on committee to review Agricultural Land Reserve and Agricultural Land Commission"](https://blogs.ufv.ca/blog/2018/01/newman-to-serve-on-committee-to-review-agricultural-land-reserve-and-agricultural-land-commission/). *UFV Today*. University of the Fraser Valley. Retrieved 16 January 2020.

1. Kotyk, Alyse (11 July 2019). ["Food Security Task Force formed to strengthen B.C.'s farming sector"](https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article/food-security-task-force-formed-to-strengthen-bcs-farming-sector/). CTV News. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20190712004404/https://bc.ctvnews.ca/food-security-task-force-formed-to-strengthen-b-c-s-farming-sector-1.4504435) July 12, 2019 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 16 January 2020.

1. Pinton, Dave (12 July 2019). ["Dr. Lenore Newman appointed to provincial task force"](https://blogs.ufv.ca/blog/2019/07/dr-lenore-newman-appointed-to-provincial-task-force/). *UFV Today*. University of the Fraser Valley. Retrieved 16 January 2020.

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