Coexistence Between Organic, Conventional and GM Crops
Greetings from Amsterdam this week! I am(sterdam) here attending and speaking at a conference that is focused on better understanding the production, and international trade …
Seeking Plant Breeding Experts
Survey on regulation of new plant breeding techniques Since the Food and Agriculture Organization’s 2009 challenge on how to feed the world in 2050, there …
Risky Business
Regulation of Satan’s drink to GMOs Cultures have struggled with innovations for centuries. The risk associated with change and the unknown, whether real or perception, …
Innovation and Farm Labour
[shareaholic app=”share_buttons” id=”15180628″]For as long as there has been innovation, it has displaced labour. Innovations often improve the efficiency of technology, reducing the cost of …
Robots in the Rhubarb
Robots and Technology Innovations are Transforming Farming Two weeks ago, I was in Melbourne, Australia participating in the Agricultural Bioscience International Conference. It was an …
Our Tasty Brains
Could our brains be wired for unhealthy food choices? Last fall, I attended a behavioural economics conference in Denmark, where guest speaker Antonio Rangel, a …
The Changing Nature of Funding University Research
The Important Role Private Company Funding Plays Thirty years ago, university research was funded primarily through federal and provincial government grants. This research was frequently …
Post Foods Consumer Scam
Is deceptive labelling deceiving you? The other morning when I sat down to breakfast, I was absolutely floored (literally, not physically!) by Post Foods’ deliberate …
Potential Solution to Managing Asynchronous Approvals
Urgent need to address a $1 billion/year problem One challenge for agriculture in the past few years has been the variation in approvals times of …
Improving Plant Variety Regulations
Can America and Canada’s Plant Regulatory Systems Become One System? Canada and the United States are each other’s largest trading partners. Of all the …