The Luxuries of Food Security

11/19/2019

Full tummies allow for foolish ideas The agriculture industry has the incredible ability to continually improve the production of crops… Read More

Starting at ‘A’ in Understanding Proteins: Amino Acids

11/12/2019

Building proteins from amino acidsI never thought I would be writing about the ‘building blocks’ of the human body, amino… Read More

Deficient in Understanding Proteins?

11/05/2019

Protein, protein, protein everywhere! In the last year, it is official, the inclusion of a seemingly new nutritional and agricultural… Read More

What to Believe — when it comes to food

10/29/2019

GM Agriculture and Food Security: Fears and Facts Have you found yourself questioning something you’ve seen in the mainstream or… Read More

The Crop Development Centre at the University of Saskatchewan

10/22/2019

48 Years of Innovation Success Founded in 1971, the University of Saskatchewan’s Crop Development Centre (CDC) focuses on research and… Read More

Reducing the Public Good of Public Research

10/15/2019

The skyrocketing cost of science and academic journal open access fees In the past month, I’ve been fortunate to have… Read More

New Crop Varieties: The Journey from Lab to Field – Varietal Testing at the U of S Grains Innovation Lab

10/08/2019

Part 7: Varietal Testing at the U of S Grains Innovation Lab This is the seventh of a series of… Read More

Food Safety in Canada not a #1 Concern

10/01/2019

Consumer perspectives and awareness about how risks are assessed and managed Food and the safety of our food are of… Read More

Global Biotech of Crops

09/25/2019

Agricultural biotech may still be relatively small globally, but it is mighty Biotech, we hear about it frequently, but what… Read More

Genome edited crops: Great Opportunity or Great risk?

09/24/2019

Climate change, population growth, and the rising demand for energy, water, and land are long-term issues threatening our global food… Read More