Would you like vanilla with that?

01/29/2019

If you haven’t noticed vanilla is everywhere & in everything. Since the 19th century, vanilla transitioned from a rare and… Read More

Small Acre GM Crop Production can have Big Benefits

01/22/2019

Last year on SAIFood we discussed the benefits of the four major genetically modified (GM) crops, canola, corn, cotton and… Read More

The Plague of Clubroot on Canola Farmers

01/16/2019

By Spencer Truscott, UofS Student I have grown up around grain farming all my life and there is nothing more… Read More

Need for Crop Rotation Policy

01/15/2019

"Our soils are important and need to be protected." #USask student Conor L. blogs about the importance of crop rotations… Read More

What Does 2019 Hold for Food and Ag?

01/08/2019

When it came to making future predictions, Carnac the Magnificent was on top of his game. Too bad for us,… Read More

Top Good News Ag & Food Stories of 2018

12/20/2018

For an industry that is seemingly under continuous attack by anti-science and anti-corporate idealists, there has been some positive press… Read More

Real Human Lab Rats

12/12/2018

Poison Squad set to determine acceptable limits for toxins in food If you’ve ever had the misfortune of eating something… Read More

Environment versus Agriculture

12/04/2018

The conflict for eNGOs The production of food has environmental impacts, there is no way around this. For food crops,… Read More

Attempting to Ban Nature

11/27/2018

Environmental Biodiversity Efforts with Gene Drives The bi-annual meeting of the parties to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity… Read More

Big Data and the Future of Risk Assessment

11/20/2018

Could computers determine the safety of new GM crops? Algorithms do all kinds of behind the scenes work for us… Read More