Crunching the Big Numbers: Farm Startup Costs

11/03/2020

What would it take to start farming on your own in 2020? In an industry born on family, tradition, and… Read More

Recognizing the Sustainability of Saskatchewan Farms

10/27/2020

Over the last quarter-century, farmers have been working hard to adopt innovative and sustainable practices for their economic and environmental… Read More

The EU’s Gene Editing Regulatory Dilemma

10/20/2020

Scientists, grad students and fiscal research investments are all fleeing Europe As consumers, we all want to be reassured that… Read More

Evidence and its Importance for Policy Making

10/14/2020

The ability of bias to affect assessment outcomes In the process of gathering information, data or evidence to facilitate policy… Read More

Cash is King When it Comes to Farming

10/06/2020

Farmers are proud to be landowners, establishing and growing farms that can be passed on through generations. The concept of… Read More

How information design shapes our decision-making?

09/29/2020

Making decisions in the irrational world In a perfect world, people make rational decisions based on having complete information to… Read More

Communicating Empirically-based Science is Important for Society, Not Misinformation

09/22/2020

The costs of misinformation adversely affects everyoneScience is not like ice cream. With ice cream, we all have our favourite… Read More

One Step Back and Two Steps Forward for Burger King

09/15/2020

You’ve probably seen Burger King’s latest marketing video featuring Wal-Mart yodeler Mason Ramsey singing about methane emissions from cow farts… Read More

Do not plant that seed!

09/08/2020

Mysterious seeds are arriving in our mail all across Canada In early August, my lovely cousin Pat messaged me about… Read More

Returning to work this fall from our couches

09/02/2020

This fall most of us are returning to work and school but from the comforts of our homes. Campus life… Read More