The 2018 Canadian Consumer Perspective of Genome-Edited Foods
Canadians have high trust in Canada’s food safety system, but not new food products Gauging consumer attitudes to genetically modified (GM) crops has been taking …
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How plant breeding innovations are helping to feed a hungry world
Mikaela Waldbauer University of Saskatchewan Student Guest Blogger As of 2019, nearly 26% of the globe’s population “experienced hunger or did not have regular” access …
Contributions of Genome Editing Towards SDG Achievement
Meeting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) requires innovation Innovations in agriculture productivity between 2005 and 2015, greatly contributed to reductions in the number of people …
The Importance of GMOs
Hailey Lang University of Saskatchewan Student Guest Blogger What are GMOs? It appears everywhere you look and everyone you talk to has a different opinion …
The Importance of Livestock Pastures
Is all land used for livestock capable of producing plant proteins? Soil quality is crucial for all forms of protein production, regardless of whether the …
Mexico to Willingly Increase Consumer Prices for Chicken
Still in Limbo In December 2020, Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador publicly declared that Mexico would ban all imports of genetically modified (GM) corn …
Canada’s Contribution to Feeding the World
For much of the latter half of the 20th century, Canada was often referred to as the ‘breadbasket of the world’, due to the high …
Alternative Dairy, is the Future Lactose-Free?
A growing aisle and trend If you haven’t noticed, the dairy aisle just keeps on growing. Back in 2016, the fine economists at Farm Credit …
7 years of SAIFood & more to come
Thanks for your time & support over the year! Wow, the time has flown by! It has been seven years since Stuart and I launched …
A 2022 Resolution for Many – Reducing Food Waste
Review of: ‘Zero Waste Cooking for Dummies’by Rosanne Rust Rosanne Rust is a renowned nutrition expert and prolific author, having already published eight diet and …