Socially Acceptable Hunger: Food Security’s Part in Sustainability
Agriculture Myth Busting It is easy to think of sustainability aspects separately, as if improvement in one area is dependent upon another. There is something …
Sustainable Certifications: How Interchangeable is the Label?
Agriculture Myth Busting Compared to 70 years ago, Canadians are no longer as connected to their food or its production. For this reason, food labels …
Sustainability Inexperience: Is the Environment Enough?
Agriculture Myth Busting Asking everyone to do their part to improve sustainable lifestyle choices often prioritizes one aspect: the environment. In the 1980s, when sustainable …
The Ideal Future: Can We Ever Truly Be “Sustainable”?
Agriculture Myth Busting You read correctly: Agriculture Myth Busting has returned! To match some of the in-office conversations we’ve been having about its increasing generality …
Sugar Roots: Canada’s Sweet Sector
Happy Halloween! In a few short hours, Canadian streets will have more candy and chocolate than we know what to do with. While at Halloween …
Dealing Under the Dinner Table: Fraud in Canada’s Food Supply
The decentralization of agriculture has separated most of us Canadians from primary food production. Normally, this is fine. Farmers care about their farms and product …
Agricultural Plastics and the Challenge of Permanence
In less than a year, Agriculture and Agrifood Canada (AAFC) will require reports on the quantity of plastic produced or imported to Canada for 2024. …
A Summer Without Fruit
Unpacking the BC Tree Fruit Co-op Closure Picture this… It is the last week of July 2024. The Okanagan is the hottest it has ever …
Direct and Indirect Environmental Impacts of GM Crops
Review Evidence from Noack et al. (2024) Here, on SAIFood, our opinions on genetic modification (GM) have been apparent: we know that they are beneficial …
Fossil Fuels: Is Agriculture Accommodating Reduced Dependence?
Agriculture Myth Busting The Canadian government has spent years reworking their federal environmental frameworks to accommodate changing sustainability standards. In 2023 for instance, as the …