Evolution of Plant Breeding
Moving from random, untargeted mutagenesis to specific, targeted mutagenesis Humans have been breeding plants for millennia. Our ancestors began to domesticate plants (and animals) at …
The Wild and Whacky Summer of 2018, And I Don’t Mean the Weather
Who holds the future of agriculture, farmers or the courts? What a summer! I’m not talking about a whirlwind vacation, a summer full of events …
Time to Enjoy the Production of our Farming Families
☀️Summer is here! For those of us in the Northern Hemisphere, it is now time for us to kick back, spark up the BBQ and …
The Politics of Food Safety
How foreign governments & eNGOs are playing politics over a handful of GM wheat kernels In mid-June 2018, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) reported …
Truth of Non-GMO Label Advertising
How Science is Winning Consumers Back For those that live near the oceans, they know that the tide can only go in one direction for …
Keeping Canadian Food Safe
What risks are assessed before a GM crop or food is approved? Any time a new crop or food product is approved in Canada it …
Innovating Canada’s Wheat Supply Chain
A classrooms look at how to innovate an entire ag commodity industry Canada has been called the ‘breadbasket of the world’, but those claims have …
Removing Livestock Damages Sustainability
Ecosystems require livestock to be healthy In the discussion of future food security and climate change, a common statement made by eNGOs is that one …
Sinking Billions of Investment Dollars into the Ground Each Spring
Planting crops requires billions to be invested months prior to reaping harvest profits As spring begins to hint at its arrival, farmers across the country …
Feeding the World is NOT a 2050 Issue, it’s a NOW Issue
Calorie deficiency is closer than we think, how can nutritionally modifying plants help? The challenge of feeding 9 billion people by 2050 has been widely …