Why Averages Fall Short in Emissions Accounting
By Dr Saulé Burkitbayeva Measuring Agri-food products’ carbon footprint A little while ago, it was considered impossible to measure emissions in agriculture, especially at the …
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Don’t Skip the Cranberries
Nestled amongst our Thanksgiving classics is Canada’s second most-valuable fruit: the cranberry. It is easy to overlook the cranberry as merely seasonal. Sure, they’re tart …
AG-ACt: Bridging Research and Practice for Climate-Smart Agriculture
Michelle Stringer AG-ACt Project Coordinator (University of Guelph) As the agri-food sector grapples with the impacts of climate change, innovative and sustainable solutions are essential …
DNA Series: Understanding the code of life
The DNA Series: Hello everyone, this is going to be a series of blog posts. Stay tuned so you don’t lose a single one! For …
The Summer Fruit Was Just Fine
An Okanagan update following the 2024 BC Tree Fruits Cooperative closure About a year ago, I took the opportunity to cry out the end of …
R&D Investments Lower Farming and Food Production Risks
Cutting ag R&D puts our future harvests at risk. Declining investment means slower innovation, longer adoption times & higher food prices. Canada can’t afford this. Check out more of what Stuart has to say on the topic…. #AgInnovation #FoodSecurity
Cultivating Resilience: Building Climate-Smart Food Systems Together
The Agricultural Genomics Action Centre (AG-ACt) is proud to co-host the upcoming Cultivating Resilience Summit: Advancing Climate-Smart Agri-Food on October 27–28, 2025 in Vancouver, alongside …
Gene Editing’s Contribution to Increasing Crop Yields
Benefits from Green Revolution Innovations Food insecurity has regrettably been a consistent global challenge, with the number of people affected by hunger consistently rising since …
Choices, Choices, Choices: Decisions Throughout the Growing Season
For Prairie farmers, the decisions involved in growing a crop do not end once the crop type and variety have been chosen and the seed …
Boosting Canadian Ag Tech: Innovation and Investment for Growth
The following article has been graciously shared with us from Farm Credit Canada (FCC) and is an article based on the report “Driving Canada’s Agriculture …