Bill C-282: Revoking the Bargaining Power of Canada’s Trade Negotiators
Introduction Supply management is a hotly debated and long-standing agricultural institution in Canada. As I will explain further on, supply management was introduced over 50 …
Exploring Grasspea: A New Frontier for Canadian Farming
By Dr. Priyanka Gupta In the realm of agricultural innovation, the introduction of a novel crop like grasspea holds the potential to profoundly reshape Canada’s …
Fixed But Not Repaired: Canada’s Anticompetitive Grocery Industry
One of the major themes of 2023 was undoubtedly Canadians’ fight against inflation. From altered spending habits to supply shortages as a result of indirectly …
Producer Perceptions of Regenerative Agriculture
Adopters and Adversaries Introduction As major food companies direct farmers and ranchers across the globe towards regenerative agriculture (RA), it could easily be assumed …
Hap-pea Planet: Pulsing with Vegetarian Opportunity?
The last few years have been a vegetarian’s playground. With the availability of new plant-based options and increased media attention to meatless recipes, it is …
Economic Sustainability vs. Environmental Sustainability
Over the past few years, ‘environmental sustainability’ has become commonplace within society. This is a term that frequently lacks definition as it is so widely …
Chemical Use: The Distinction that Makes Organic Food Better?
Agriculture Myth Busting Over and over, the term ‘organic’ is used as an umbrella for a variety of qualitative features in food. There is …
Regenerative Agriculture – Buzzword? Bust? Or the Future of Agriculture?
The Stronghold of a sustainable subsistence? Regenerative agriculture has been the hottest topic in developed nation food and bioresource supply chains over the past 10 …
Canadian Beef Farmers Left Out to Dry
By Konner Johnson University of Saskatchewan student Background Canadian beef production is extremely important as each year it contributes an estimated $22 billion to …
Are You Catching My… Drift…?
The losses associated with the rise in chemical spray drift in agricultural landscapes By: Royce Moellenbeck University of Saskatchewan student The Cause of …