The Changing Nature of Funding University Research
The Important Role Private Company Funding PlaysThirty years ago, university research was funded primarily through federal and provincial government grants. This research was frequently referred …
Post Foods Consumer Scam
Is deceptive labelling deceiving you? The other morning when I sat down to breakfast, I was absolutely floored (literally, not physically!) by Post Foods’ deliberate …
Environmental Colonialism
How environmental activists work to keep the poor, poor. Environmental non-governmental organizations (eNGOs) loudly proclaim biotechnology and genetically modified (GM) crops provide no benefits. These …
The Buzz on Bees
Are Farm Chemical Harming Bee Populations?Over the past decade, there has been considerable discussion and debate about what is responsible for the decrease in bee …
Banking for Sustainable Food
To aid in the preservation and security of plant varieties, a large, secure depository has been built into the side of a mountain in Norway, …
Drone Farming
Can efficiencies increase if we farm from the sky? This past spring the US Federal Aviation Administration gave clearance for the use of drones for agriculture …
Hybridization, breeding and hybrid cultivars
By: Graham Scoles, Ph.D., PAg Hybridization Hybridization refers to the natural or deliberate pollination between two plants. It occurs all the time in the wild …
Four diverse views of the bioeconomy
This past June we at SAIFood (Stuart & Savannah) travelled to Italy for the 19th International Consortium for Applied Bioeconomy Research (ICABR) conference. The conference …
Potential Solution to Managing Asynchronous Approvals
Urgent need to address a $1 billion/year problem One challenge for agriculture in the past few years has been the variation in approvals times of …
Framing Effect in Psychology and Economics
Understanding How & Why People Make The Decisions They DoIndividuals communicate based on a lifetime of experiences. Communications are ‘framed’ by an individual’s positive or …