The Ideal Future: Can We Ever Truly Be “Sustainable”?
Agriculture Myth Busting You read correctly: Agriculture Myth Busting has returned! To match some of the in-office conversations we’ve been having about its increasing generality …
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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. …
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 …
Food System Transformations
Calls for transforming food systems have grown over the past several years. International governance organizations, such as the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), have issued …
The Conflict Between the Sustainable Development Goals and Environmental Activists
At the end of the 20th century, the United Nations (UN) launched the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The MDGs were a list of eight Goals with a 2015 …
Turning Green Coconut into Green Fuel
Ethanol Production from Coconut Husk Biomass By Dr. Luíza Favaratto Global scenario on climate change Modern transportation, with approximately 1.47 billion vehicles worldwide, propels …
Pioneering Sustainable Agriculture in Saskatchewan Through Local Innovations
By Elisabeta Lika The Global Institute for Food Security (GIFS) at the University of Saskatchewan recently conducted an in-depth study on the carbon footprint of …
Soil Health: Can Agriculture Be a Positive Influence?
Agriculture Myth Busting Agriculture needs soil. Not dirt, soil. The difference between dirt and soil should be on either end of the land spectrum but, …
GM Crop Contributions Towards Mitigating Climate Change
With GM crops having been produced for over 25 years now, there is an increasing amount of evidence regarding the degree and diversity of benefits …
Regenerative Agriculture: Consumer Perceptions
Introduction Arguably, the consumer perceptions facet of this blog series should have been the lead off, as it is consumer perceptions that drive product markets. …