The Cost of Your Neighbour’s Weeds
John Deere 4730 Spraying Soybeans By: Andrew Mitchell, University of Saskatchewan Student Driving down the grid roads around our farm this summer, I couldn’t help …
Agriculture
The Dawning of a New Era in Plant Breeding
Gene Editing and Plant Biotechnology Gene editing technologies have emerged from the broader field of agricultural biotechnology, sometimes referred to as the gene revolution of …
What are the Environmental and Human Health Impacts of GM Corn?
A report on 21 years of GM corn data The first commercial production of GM corn was in the USA in 1995. In the subsequent …
The Cost of Australia’s GM Canola Moratorium
Originally posted September 20, 2016 With great pleasure SAIFood is re-posting this blog to announce the publication of the original researched used for this blog post. In …
Organic… or is it?
Organic label controversy By Gordon Willison, University of Saskatchewan Student For some, organic farming is a controversial topic, there are serious issues regarding the trade …
How evidence and knowledge built GM crop regulatory frameworks
By Savannah Gleim & Stuart Smyth What came first, science or regulation? When you think about safety, you might think that regulation should lead science. …
Our Canadian Agriculture Success Story
By Robert Wager, Vancouver Island University I’ve had the great pleasure of being a faculty member of the Biology Department of Vancouver Island University for …
Becoming Club Root Resistant in Western Canada
By: Justin Cay, University of Saskatchewan Student Canola is a large cash crop in Western Canada. While wheat and barley pay the bills, canola makes a …
Grass fed Beef: Is it Sustainable?
By: Brayden Schmidt, University of Saskatchewan Student Grass fed beef is one of two ways to develop and finish beef cattle prior to slaughter, the …
Has organ transplant science gone hog wild?
The need for organ transplants is growing at a rate that needs to be urgently addressed In 2016, 18 of every 100,000 Canadians needed an …