Time for Environmental NGOs to Support Biotech
Cooperation is needed to reduce malnourishment, not protesting Environmental awareness is a growing issue for societies. The 2015 Paris Climate Conference highlighted the importance for …
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Be the Voice of Farm Sustainability
Your farm’s data can help to inform governments Change frequently happens slowly, we may not notice that things are done differently today than previously until …
#1 Post of the Year: Stuart’s Beef with A&W
How A&W Canada supports Unstainable Agriculture I miss A&W’s onion rings. The reason I miss them is that I no longer buy food at their …
#2 Post of the Year: Risk Management vs. Risk Avoidance:
Who to Believe in the Glyphosate Debate? Have you heard? Glyphosate could kill you. Well, that’s not the full story, but it caught your attention …
The Small Gift of Microfinancing Makes for a Big Difference
Helping others with microfinanced loans it’s the season of giving and there are various non-profit organizations seeking donations, volunteers and financial support such as local …
Will GM Salmon be a Sustainable Success, or Will it Flounder?
The Fishy Business of Rejecting Sustainable GM Salmon Science The announcement on November 19th, 2015 of regulatory approval for genetically modified (GM) salmon highlights the …
Banking for Sustainable Food
Weeds genomes may someday be how we feed a sustainable world “Svalbard seed vault IMG 8894” by Bjoertvedt – Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA …
Four diverse views of the bioeconomy
This past June we at SAIFood (Stuart & Savannah) travelled to Italy for the 19th International Consortium for Applied Bioeconomy Research (ICABR) conference. The conference …
Genetically Modified Cattle
GM cattle could aid in the sub-Saharan economy and health In Africa, farm size is dictated by the number of draught animals a farmer has …
The Vital Role Chemicals have for Current Agriculture
Since the World Health Organization’s International Agency of Research on Cancer (IARC) decision to classify five pesticides as carcinogenic (last week’s SAIFood blog believes this …