Global Pandemic Pushes Food Prices Higher
Canada’s 2021 Food Price Report What a year 2020 has been, and through it all, the researchers behind Canada’s Food Price Report have been paying …
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Teetering on the knifes edge
Why Canada’s robust, but fragile, beef supply chain needs a revamp By: Judson Christopherson, University of Saskatchewan student Loads of Local Beef, A Lack of …
One Step Back and Two Steps Forward for Burger King
You’ve probably seen Burger King’s latest marketing video featuring Wal-Mart yodeler Mason Ramsey singing about methane emissions from cow farts and burps. The ad promotes …
Sunnier Summertime Days Ahead
The summer of 2020 is going to be unlike any other. Our favourite events have been postponed, if not outright cancelled, and international holiday destinations …
Canadian Agriculture Labour and Border Closures
How the lack of harvest labour may affect agriculture and the supply of food Canadians have previously known their grocers to have reliable supply chains, …
Outlook into the future regulatory landscape for genome editing
Genome editing: A real promise for future agriculture Led by genome editing, new breeding techniques (NBTs) are an evolving spectrum of technologies targeting changes in …
Consumer Insights on Canada’s Food Safety and Risk Assessment System
Canada has one of the best food safety and risk assessment systems in the world. In the Conference Board of Canada’s 2014 food safety rankings, …
Canadian Agriculture: An Essential Service
As an essential service, this spring farmers enter a season of more uncertainties than normal In the last few weeks, the Covid-19 crisis has impacted …
Finding Balance within International Trade is Essential
In times of uncertainty, we need to be certain about barrier-free trade What is happening in the world? I am not talking about the pandemic, …
Biotech, Poverty & Education in the 21st Century
Are GM Crops Contributing to Increased Rates of Female Education? The number one item on the United Nations’ (UN) list of Sustainable Development Goals is …