Increasing Carbon Sequestration in Soils

11/15/2016

What could climate change mean for ag? In October I had the good fortune to participate in CQuest: Charting a… Read More

Politics More Important Than Food Security

11/08/2016

EU Challenges FAO It's not easy to be on the same page with someone else, let alone ask multiple nations… Read More

Risk versus Knowledge

11/01/2016

Framing what is known against what is not Society is challenged, and at times troubled, as it grapples with what… Read More

Crop Desiccation

10/25/2016

Is it safe to eat a crop that has been desiccated?As of October 17, nearly 81% of Saskatchewan’s crops were… Read More

What does “natural” & “healthy” labelling even mean?

10/20/2016

What's in a Name? FDA Working to Define "Natural" and Redefine "Healthy" By: Lisa R. Schlessinger and A. Bryan Endres From… Read More

Reason for Probable Change in Conversations of Glyphosate

10/18/2016

By Lindsay Pollard, University of Saskatchewan  After an IARC decision, has 2A changed how we view glyphosate? In April 2015,… Read More

The Practice of “Owning” Plant Patents

10/11/2016

Patenting plants and the processes to create them When you think about plant patents, it might surprise you to learn… Read More

Let’s Not Waste Coffee

10/04/2016

Turning our Morning Fill into Fuel Those of us living in the industrial world waste more than we should, but… Read More

Tummy-Turning: Food Poisoning

09/13/2016

Food poisoning is more serious than you might thinkRemember this commercial, with the “tummy turning” bug picked up while travelling? While… Read More

Growing the Urban Garden

09/06/2016

Educating a new generation of consumers While there has been a seemingly endless amount of rain this summer, it did… Read More