The Summer That Fruit Met the Elements
The increasing frequency of climatic events are forcing Canadian fruit farmers to build resiliency faster than other agricultural sectors. Fruit is not a dominating Canadian …
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No Expansion Without (Port) Capacity
The following article was originally posted by The Macdonald-Laurier Institute (MLI) on September 15, 2026: Expanded trade agreements are meaningless without removing port constraints Click …
Market Failure or Slow Transition? Lessons in Cottage Cheese
Since 2019, the public health and food innovation spaces have focused on increasing protein consumption. We can pinpoint some of this obsession to the rise …
Silliness Over Seedless Fruits
Over the past few months, there has been an extreme amount of social media propaganda about seedless fruits. These food extremists are desperately trying to …
DNA Series: Gene Editing
The DNA Series: This is the last blog in the DNA Series (boo!), and we’re delving into the world of gene editing. For this series, …
Pressed by Espresso
The Heated Price of Coffee My morning starts with multiple cups of coffee. No, no individual needs that much caffeine at once, but I like …
Preservatives: What are We Risking for Shelf Life?
Agriculture Myth Busting Food preservatives have been linked to a variety of scary health concerns. High blood pressure, allergies, cancer, diabetes, digestion complications… when you …
Healthier Food Through Gene Editing
Innovations in agriculture focus on every facet of producing a crop, from developing hardier varieties to higher yields and better disease resistance to increased nutrition. …
Nutrition Hacks and the Protein Obsession
By 2050, we are expected to globally consume twice the protein we currently do. Through various blogs on SAIFood, we have been tracking the growing …
Does it Make Affordability Cents? What Manitoba’s PST Removal says about Food Security
I don’t know about you, but I am desensitized to sales tax. Between goods and services tax (GST), provincial sales tax (PST), and, where applicable, …