SAIFood’s 2016 Rotten Potato Christmas List

12/13/2016

Just rewards for the naughty this year! Given that the festive season is upon us, I’d like to take a… Read More

Transferring University Developed Technologies

12/06/2016

How good are Canadian Uni’s? Universities are known for the research undertaken by faculty and students. But how much of… Read More

Can GM and Non-GM (and organic) products Coexist?

11/29/2016

New Book on GM, Organic and Conventional Crops and Foods Food, its ingredients and production have captured the publics’ attention… Read More

Measuring the Success of GM Crops

11/22/2016

Are peak benefits of early GM varieties still to come? In recent years there has been considerable discussion about the perceived… Read More

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