The Difference Between Academics and Activists
Academics Accept Evidence, Activists Reject It Development of the empirical knowledge process In the 1660s, Robert Boyle advocated that the use of repeated experiments …
Climate Change Contributions from Seed and Crop Technologies
The use of modern seed genetics (which includes genetically modified (GM) crops, chemical and fertilizer use) greatly contributes to improved agricultural sustainability and climate change …
Genetically Promoted Biodiversity: Control for Invasive Species
The following article was originally posted by the Genetic Literacy Project (GLP), on February 7, 2023: Social justice environmental activists move to block gene editing to …
Economic Profitability, Environmental Sustainability, and Food Security
The dilemma of advancing all three equally A little over 200 years ago, one of the noted economists and philosophers of the day, Thomas …
Outcomes from COP-15 on Biodiversity: Competent Agreement or Cop-Out?
An estimated 18,000 people attended the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) that …
A Review of 2022 and a Look Ahead to 2023
A Quick Recap of 2022 If I was asked to assign a grade to the year that was, 2022 would likely be a C, possibly …
Little Food Price Relief Anticipated in 2023
Canada’s Food Price Report Canada’s Food Price Report 2023 was released yesterday, regrettably, it shows little in the way of relief from rising food prices. …
Government Decisions That Needlessly Extend Food Insecurity
What are the costs of not adopting the best food producing technologies? The ability to quantify a choice that is not made is not an …
Mushroom Farming – A Little Known Segment of Canadian Agriculture
Versatile and healthy ingredient Mushrooms are part of many of our favourite dishes. Whether they’re served as an appetizing stuffed mushroom cap or sliced into …
Environmentalists are wrong on technological tweaks to agriculture
The following article was originally posted by the Genetic Literacy Project (GLP), on October 17, 2022: Viewpoint: ‘Environmentalists are wrong on technological tweaks to agriculture’: …