The Price of Animal Welfare: Economics of Humane Meat Certification
By Claire Williams, Animal and Poultry Science Student, University of Saskatchewan Despite the constant confusion, there is a difference between animal rights and animal welfare. …
Food
The Truth About GM Food Labels
GM salmon available for sale in Canadian grocery stores – is this a GM food label you’re looking for? In August GM salmon started appearing …
Is being cooped up longer preferred?
Are slow-growing chickens better? By Dr Alison Van Eenennaam Originally posted on Biobeef Blog February 8, 2017 Many agricultural scientists research ways to make agriculture more sustainable. …
Breeding a New Industry: Salmon
By Mitch Lyons, University of Saskatchewan Student The AquAdvantage salmon is a genetically engineered Atlantic salmon that can grow to market size in half …
Food Labelling Fads
Just how free is gluten free? Food fads come and go, as do dieting fads, but you might be less aware of food labelling fads. …
The Art of Brewing Beer
400 new micro-breweries are started every year in North America What’s in a beer? Behind every beer, there’s a great story of what it’s taken …
How does your garden grow?
Mary, Mary, on the Prairie, How does your garden grow? With pesky weeds and heirloom seeds, Each row eaten by a white tail doe. It …
The Truth About “Hormone Free” Beef
By Nicole Anhorn, University of Saskatchewan student Over a number of years, it has become common to hear of the ongoing controversies floating around the topic …
Has McDonald’s Gone Nuts?
Canadian’s newest beef with chain restaurants is nuts! When Earl’s Restaurant chain announced they were moving to use humane certified beef and A&W advertised their …
What’s your Beef?
By Courtney Nestman, University of Saskatchewan student Implants Safe for Cattle and Consumers With the rise of social media and scare tactic marketing, many consumers are …