Grocery shopping is undergoing a revolution, finally, thank goodness.
I’ve bought clothes online along with furniture, flowers and books. But my favourite so far is groceries. While home delivery has been an option with …
The Price of Animal Welfare: Economics of Humane Meat Certification
By Claire Williams, Animal and Poultry Science Student, University of Saskatchewan Despite the constant confusion, there is a difference between animal rights and animal welfare. …
Great Straws of Fire
You shake my breath and you rattle my health By: Phillip Schaefer, University of Saskatchewan Student Come the fall, the field will be harvested, …
What is the Common Agricultural Policy?
Common Agricultural Policy and the European agriculture crisis By Noémie Nohara, Masters Graduate from Polytech Paris-UPMC The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is a European agricultural policy …
Breeding a New Industry: Salmon
By Mitch Lyons, University of Saskatchewan Student The AquAdvantage salmon is a genetically engineered Atlantic salmon that can grow to market size in half …
Taking an Axe to the Carbon Tax
How the Carbon Tax Will Affect Agriculture By MacKenzie Henn, University of Saskatchewan Student There is no doubt that environmental sustainability is a hot topic …
Biotech soybeans in Romania: Loss of benefits since EU accession
By Graham Brookes, PG Economics Ltd, UK When Romania joined the European Union (EU) in 2007 and adopted EU policies, its farmers were no …
Storytelling 2.0: The next generation in outreach and communication
[su_list icon=”icon: angle-right” icon_color=”#47907C”]Storytelling today requires a whole new level of agility and ingenuity.We humans depend upon our close personal networks for social survival (acceptance).Our …
From the Planet to the Person to the Plant
Why I Take the Time to Communicate about Agriculture By Ari Novy, U.S. Botanic Garden The first color photograph of the entire earth was taken …
Consumer Pressure Leads to Misguided Policy
By Brandon Leffler, University of Saskatchewan student Recently, the use of herbicides as a sustainable means of crop protection has come into the public eye. Based …