The Rundown

After the invasion of Ukraine, the executive director of the United Nations World Food Program said: "Ukraine has only compounded a catastrophe on top of a catastrophe." Lenore Newman and Evan Fraser join to consider the state of the world's food system and if we are in a permanent state of crisis for the foreseeable future.

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Can you grow and create a food system in a barren hospitable world like Mars? According to Lenore Brown and Evan Fraser, authors of "Dinner on Mars: The Technologies That Will Feed the Red Planet and Transform Agriculture on Earth," yes, you can. And it all starts with algae. They explain why we may need to learn to feed Mars in order to save our food system here on Earth.

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Among the 82 candidates for ward councillor in Hamilton this election are some community activists who've decided to seek office. They're hoping their experience will serve them well for campaigning and, if successful, in office - but making a transition from activism to politics can come with a specific set of challenges. Hamilton-Niagara Hub journalist Justin Chandler talked to some of these election hopefuls.

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The Agenda's week in review begins with Ontario's roll-out of $10-a-day daycare. Then, the viability of homecare for dementia patients; how to improve history education; author Marsha Lederman on her memoir as the daughter of Holocaust survivors; and a feature interview with the new U.S. ambassador to Canada.

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Agriculture is a huge sector in this province, adding billions to the province's economy, and even more importantly, feeding us. To provide insights on how important it is to buy local, we welcome dairy farmer Peggy Brekveld, who is president of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture, and Sara Epp, assistant professor in the Rural Planning and Development Program at the University of Guelph.

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Did increased screen time at home during the pandemic lead to troubling levels of myopia for children around the world?

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We look at the province's rollout of its $10-a-day child-care program and how it's working for parents and child-care providers.

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Is history still relevant as a subject of study at school? How do we teach history at a time of political polarization? What is lost if history is overlooked? Trilby Kent, author of "The Vanishing Past: The Case for the Future of History," and others share insights.

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Marsha Lederman's parents both survived the Holocaust - her father disguised his identity and fled to, of all places, Germany, and her mother was liberated by American soldiers at Auschwitz. Growing up, Lederman knew almost nothing of their stories. It wasn't until a crisis in her own life propelled her to learn why her reaction to it might have been more intense as second-generation (2G) survivor. She then set out to uncover her parents' harrowing experiences and make as much peace with them as she could. The result is her beautiful and original memoir, "Kiss the Red Stairs: The Holocaust, Once Removed."

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Americans and Canadians have fought and died together on the battlefield, they speak a common language, and share the world's longest undefended border. However, this "special relationship" has, at times, been strained. David Cohen is the new U.S. Ambassador to Canada, filling a role that'd been vacant for two years. He discusses rebuilding trust, $2.6 billon in daily bilateral trade, and the state of democracy around the world.

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