Is being cooped up longer preferred?
Are slow-growing chickens better? By Dr Alison Van Eenennaam Originally posted on Biobeef Blog February 8, 2017 Many agricultural scientists research ways to make agriculture more sustainable. …
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Could agriculture without chemicals mean a world without food?
United Nation’s Human Rights Council corrupted by environmental activists If you enjoy eating a broad palate of healthy, nutritious foods, then you can thank the …
What is the Common Agricultural Policy?
Common Agricultural Policy and the European agriculture crisis By Noémie Nohara, Masters Graduate from Polytech Paris-UPMC The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is a European agricultural policy …
Breeding a New Industry: Salmon
By Mitch Lyons, University of Saskatchewan Student The AquAdvantage salmon is a genetically engineered Atlantic salmon that can grow to market size in half …
Taking an Axe to the Carbon Tax
How the Carbon Tax Will Affect Agriculture By MacKenzie Henn, University of Saskatchewan Student There is no doubt that environmental sustainability is a hot topic …
Biotech soybeans in Romania: Loss of benefits since EU accession
By Graham Brookes, PG Economics Ltd, UK When Romania joined the European Union (EU) in 2007 and adopted EU policies, its farmers were no …
Storytelling 2.0: The next generation in outreach and communication
[su_list icon=”icon: angle-right” icon_color=”#47907C”]Storytelling today requires a whole new level of agility and ingenuity.We humans depend upon our close personal networks for social survival (acceptance).Our …
From the Planet to the Person to the Plant
Why I Take the Time to Communicate about Agriculture By Ari Novy, U.S. Botanic Garden The first color photograph of the entire earth was taken …
What Environmental Groups Don’t Want You to Hear!
What do African Farmers Think of GM Crops? In spite of genetically modified (GM) crops being available since 1995, very limited adoption has occurred in …
Consumer Pressure Leads to Misguided Policy
By Brandon Leffler, University of Saskatchewan student Recently, the use of herbicides as a sustainable means of crop protection has come into the public eye. Based …