Innovating Your Supper Staple: Potatoes
Will disease devastate spud production? The ease of growing and storing potatoes allowed it to spread around the world and onto our cultural menu. The …
Innovation
Private Sector Funding of University Research Worth $7 Billion a Year
Is this a corruption of academic freedoms or simply how research is done in the 21st century? Many of the things you have done today …
The Attack of the Killer Non-GMO Verified Tomatoes
I’ve been frustrated by the ‘verification’ labelling of non-GMO foods which fail to have GMO equivalents in the market. This past summer I decided to …
Feeding a Future Population of 9-11 Billion
The immense challenge facing us all While the science of increasing food security continues to make advancements, the politics of technology options for feeding a …
Grocery shopping is undergoing a revolution, finally, thank goodness.
I’ve bought clothes online along with furniture, flowers and books. But my favourite so far is groceries. While home delivery has been an option with …
Could agriculture without chemicals mean a world without food?
United Nation’s Human Rights Council corrupted by environmental activists If you enjoy eating a broad palate of healthy, nutritious foods, then you can thank the …
Taking an Axe to the Carbon Tax
How the Carbon Tax Will Affect Agriculture By MacKenzie Henn, University of Saskatchewan Student There is no doubt that environmental sustainability is a hot topic …
Food Security Costs
How the EU implicitly encourages rejection of GM ag As a researcher, I have dedicated considerable time to the coexistence of GM, conventional and organic …
Synthetic Biology
How conventional plant breeding has evolved in the digital age While I generally have a pretty decent memory, my recollections of high school biology in …
Economic and Environmental Benefits from GM Crops in Colombia
By Diego Macall (Twitter: @DMM473 | Diego’s LinkedIn) Motivated by report Colombia is in the process of ending a civil war and is taking steps towards …