The Real Message in the ‘March Against Monsanto’
Protestors implying that farmers are bad stewards of their land This past weekend’s third annual worldwide event of the ‘March Against Monsanto’ signifies how disconnected …
Genetically Modified Cattle
GM cattle could aid in the sub-Saharan economy and health In Africa, farm size is dictated by the number of draught animals a farmer has …
How Genomics is Changing Plant Breeding
From the Human Genome Project to plant breeding, genomic research is here to stay The desire to know more about how genomes work has attracted …
Conning the Consumer: Chipotle
Chipotle’s move to go Non-GMO Last week, Chipotle, an American fast food company, announced that it has removed all GM ingredients from the menus of …
To Label or Not to Label: That is the Food for Thought
The March approval of GM Arctic apples by Health Canada (HC) triggered considerable debate over whether they should be labelled as a GM product. Food …
The Vital Role Chemicals have for Current Agriculture
Since the World Health Organization’s International Agency of Research on Cancer (IARC) decision to classify five pesticides as carcinogenic (last week’s SAIFood blog believes this …
Risk Management vs. Risk Avoidance:
Who to Believe in the Glyphosate Debate? Have you hear? Glyphosate could kill you. Well that’s not the full story, but it caught your …
The Change in How Risk is Assessed
Risk impacts all aspects of life. Typically the riskiest thing we do every day is drive to work. Traditionally, risks have been evaluated by the …
How Chemical Use Has Changed in Prairie Agriculture
Environmental groups that are opposed to the use of innovative crop technologies such as genetically modified (GM) crops that are herbicide tolerant (HT), frequently like …
A(mbiguous) & W(rong): A&W
How A&W Canada supports Unstainable Agriculture I miss A&W’s onion rings. The reason I miss them is that I no longer buy food at their …