Government Decisions That Needlessly Extend Food Insecurity
What are the costs of not adopting the best food producing technologies? The ability to quantify a choice that is not made is not an …
Food
Is our meat future cultured enough to accept change?
This meat has something to snout about The next stage of meat innovation is nearing, and it’s skipping the whole slaughter and processing steps. That …
Mushroom Farming – A Little Known Segment of Canadian Agriculture
Versatile and healthy ingredient Mushrooms are part of many of our favourite dishes. Whether they’re served as an appetizing stuffed mushroom cap or sliced into …
Thanksgiving Celebrates All That Is Agriculture
Honouring those that keep everyone fed We celebrate a variety of holidays throughout the year, but it is Thanksgiving that is specifically focused on recognizing …
Plants Are Carbon Sequestration Factories
The vital human-plant relationship Humans and plants have a beneficial relationship, we breathe out carbon which through photosynthesis, plants use for growth and in this …
The Food Security Benefits from Genome Sequencing
A lengthy history of genome sequencing In the 1990s, the world witnessed an incredible scientific achievement, the sequencing of the human genome. This was a …
PSL 2022 is here!
It’s that season, Pumpkin Spice Latte is back which means SAIFood is back as well! Okay, well we might not be PSL fans, but we …
The Confusing Reality of Product of Canada and Made in Canada Food Labels
By Kinga Nolan B.Sc. in Agriculture, 2022 Consumers are bombarded with various labels and claims every time they visit a grocery store. Unlike the colour …
Risk, Evidence, Safety, & Activists
The following article was originally posted by the Genetic Literacy Project (GLP), on June 21, 2022. Click here to see Dr. Smyth’s original post. Thank …
Export Bans Just Compound Problems
Preventing trade in food products creates more harm than good Bans on exported food products seem to be announced on a near-monthly basis. In December …