Sugar Roots: Canada’s Sweet Sector
Happy Halloween! In a few short hours, Canadian streets will have more candy and chocolate than we know what to do with. While at Halloween …
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Dealing Under the Dinner Table: Fraud in Canada’s Food Supply
The decentralization of agriculture has separated most of us Canadians from primary food production. Normally, this is fine. Farmers care about their farms and product …
Agricultural Plastics and the Challenge of Permanence
In less than a year, Agriculture and Agrifood Canada (AAFC) will require reports on the quantity of plastic produced or imported to Canada for 2024. …
Trade-Offs Between Food Production and Biodiversity
In a perfect world, food production would have no impact or cost on the environment or biodiversity. However, this world only exists in fairytales and …
Did You Get Your Fill of Pie?
Yesterday was Canadian Thanksgiving, and for many of us, that meant pumpkin pie. But the question is, did you make it or buy it? There …
Farming in the 21st Century is a different image
Our nostalgic views of farming no longer match modern farming American Gothic, a red barn, or a small tractor without a cab are no longer …
2024 Harvest Wrap-up!
After another long crop season in the fields, most Saskatchewan farmers are wrapping up harvest for 2024, if they haven’t already. This year brought with …
A Summer Without Fruit
Unpacking the BC Tree Fruit Co-op Closure Picture this… It is the last week of July 2024. The Okanagan is the hottest it has ever …
Innovation Adoption Lags in Agriculture
Every innovative product of technology that is commercialized eventually reaches what is known as “full adoption”. This is the point at which the peak percentage …
Direct and Indirect Environmental Impacts of GM Crops
Review Evidence from Noack et al. (2024) Here, on SAIFood, our opinions on genetic modification (GM) have been apparent: we know that they are beneficial …