A Summer Without Fruit
Unpacking the BC Tree Fruit Co-op Closure Picture this… It is the last week of July 2024. The Okanagan is the hottest it has ever …
Agriculture
Innovation Adoption Lags in Agriculture
Every innovative product of technology that is commercialized eventually reaches what is known as “full adoption”. This is the point at which the peak percentage …
Direct and Indirect Environmental Impacts of GM Crops
Review Evidence from Noack et al. (2024) Here, on SAIFood, our opinions on genetic modification (GM) have been apparent: we know that they are beneficial …
Food Transportation Needs to be an Essential Service
As Canadian rail transportation spiralled downward to a complete halt in the latter part of August, the inability to move any products by rail in …
Turning Green Coconut into Green Fuel
Ethanol Production from Coconut Husk Biomass Global scenario on climate change Modern transportation, with approximately 1.47 billion vehicles worldwide, propels significant energy demand. Unfortunately, the …
Pioneering Sustainable Agriculture in Saskatchewan Through Local Innovations
By Elisabeta Lika The Global Institute for Food Security (GIFS) at the University of Saskatchewan recently conducted an in-depth study on the carbon footprint of …
Assessing Classroom Use of Artificial Intelligence Chat GPT
Lets Chat (GPT) about Artificial Intelligence Integration in the Classroom Universities are in near states of hysteria about how to deal with artificial intelligence (AI) …
Producer Day, Join us July 10
IFMA24 Congress: Building Resilience in Saskatchewan Agriculture For those of you who do not know, the International Farm Management Association (IFMA24) Congress is being hosted …
Maximum Residue Limits for Pesticides in Canada
By: Loren Topliss University of Saskatchewan student A common public misconception is that a pesticide’s role is to kill insects, when truthfully, a pesticide …
The Longer GM Crops are Produced, the Greater the Environmental Benefits
When genetically modified (GM) crops were initially commercialized in the mid to late 1990s, many critics of the new technology predicted the benefits would be …