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 …
Innovation
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 …
Science of Risk & the Influences of Politics
United Nations Biodiversity Conference At what point does prevention and precaution trump science and innovation? Depending on who one asks, the responses would run the …
Transferring University Developed Technologies
How good are Canadian Uni’s? Universities are known for the research undertaken by faculty and students. But how much of the research conducted by universities …
Measuring the Success of GM Crops
Are peak benefits of early GM varieties still to come? In recent years there has been considerable discussion about the perceived lack of benefits from genetically …
Crop Desiccation
Is it safe to eat a crop that has been desiccated? As of October 17, nearly 81% of Saskatchewan’s crops were harvested (91% in Manitoba & …
Reason for Probable Change in Conversations of Glyphosate
By Lindsay Pollard, University of Saskatchewan After an IARC decision, has 2A changed how we view glyphosate? In April 2015, SAIFood ran the blog, “Who to …
The Practice of “Owning” Plant Patents
Patenting plants and the processes to create them When you think about plant patents, it might surprise you to learn that the first plant patent …
Let’s Not Waste Coffee
Turning our Morning Fill into Fuel Those of us living in the industrial world waste more than we should, but what if some of the …
Growing the Urban Garden
Educating a new generation of consumers While there has been a seemingly endless amount of rain this summer, it did briefly dry up enough one …