Government Decisions That Needlessly Extend Food Insecurity
What are the costs of not adopting the best food producing technologies? The ability to quantify a choice that is not made is not an …
Innovation
Is our meat future cultured enough to accept change?
This meat has something to snout about The next stage of meat innovation is nearing, and it’s skipping the whole slaughter and processing steps. That …
From Mad Scientists to Maddening Science Perceptions
An eerie evolution It’s Halloween, a time when we welcome horror and stories that provoke fear into our lives. Oddly we celebrate stories of chainsaw …
Plants Are Carbon Sequestration Factories
The vital human-plant relationship Humans and plants have a beneficial relationship, we breathe out carbon which through photosynthesis, plants use for growth and in this …
The Food Security Benefits from Genome Sequencing
A lengthy history of genome sequencing In the 1990s, the world witnessed an incredible scientific achievement, the sequencing of the human genome. This was a …
Environmental activist irony
The following article was originally posted by the Genetic Literacy Project (GLP), on August 25, 2022. Click here to see Dr. Smyth’s original post. Thank you to …
Can We Feed the World on Marginal Land?
Increasing population and growing food insecurity As the planet’s population continues its relentless march towards 10 billion, more food is going to need to be …
Health Canada Provides Risk Appropriate Regulation to Genome Edited Foods
Genome-edited crops and foods are no different from other products The importance of, and reliance upon, evidence-based regulations was reaffirmed last week in Canada! It …
Is the future of meat consumption canned meat?
Uncertainty and increasing prices The past two years have shown how things can quickly change! When COVID-19 rolled into our lives, I expect few realized …
Regulatory Barriers on Drone Use are Impacting GHG Emissions
Harmony of policy across borders The harmonization of regulations between neighbouring countries makes everything easier. It is vital to ensure that identical products and technologies …