Banking for Sustainable Food
Weeds genomes may someday be how we feed a sustainable world “Svalbard seed vault IMG 8894” by Bjoertvedt – Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA …
Food
Hybridization, breeding and hybrid cultivars
By: Graham Scoles, Ph.D., PAg Hybridization Hybridization refers to the natural or deliberate pollination between two plants. It occurs all the time in the wild …
How GM papaya saved Hawaii’s papaya industry
The lush tropical islands of the Hawaiian chain are an ideal place to grow fruit. Climate conditions that provide in excess of 100 inches of …
Conning the Consumer: Chipotle
Chipotle’s move to go Non-GMO Last week, Chipotle, an American fast food company, announced that it has removed all GM ingredients from the menus of …
To Label or Not to Label: That is the Food for Thought
The March approval of GM Arctic apples by Health Canada (HC) triggered considerable debate over whether they should be labelled as a GM product. Food …
A(mbiguous) & W(rong): A&W
How A&W Canada supports Unstainable Agriculture I miss A&W’s onion rings. The reason I miss them is that I no longer buy food at their …
Agri-vated over Bacon!
I enjoy grocery shopping, but I’m increasingly becoming agri-vated by labelling and how food companies misuse labels to market products to consumers. Don’t get me …
The Apple of My Eye
Genetically Modified Apples My kids love apples. I can’t even fathom how many times I’ve wished I could have included sliced apple into their school …