Environmentalists love to get our blood pumping
The following article was originally posted by the Genetic Literacy Project (GLP), on January 10, 2023: ‘Mania of zero risk’: How environmentalists inflame concerns about …
Sustainable
Economic Profitability, Environmental Sustainability, and Food Security
The dilemma of advancing all three equally A little over 200 years ago, one of the noted economists and philosophers of the day, Thomas …
A Review of 2022 and a Look Ahead to 2023
A Quick Recap of 2022 If I was asked to assign a grade to the year that was, 2022 would likely be a C, possibly …
Let’s Talk Farming: What’s the Scoop on Pesticides?
Let’s Talk Farming Series Saskatchewan farmers rely on a vast toolkit of technologies to produce their crops every year. Farming practices are always changing, and …
Environmentalists are wrong on technological tweaks to agriculture
The following article was originally posted by the Genetic Literacy Project (GLP), on October 17, 2022: Viewpoint: ‘Environmentalists are wrong on technological tweaks to agriculture’: …
Let’s Talk Farming: What’s the Scoop on Fertilizer?
Let’s Talk Farming Series Saskatchewan farmers rely on a vast toolkit of technologies to produce their crops every year. Farming practices are always changing, and …
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 …
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 palm oil production be sustainable in Indonesia?
Claire Owen Agribusiness Undergraduate 2022 Can sustainable intensification alleviate agricultural production of oil palm in Indonesia? Palm oil is in many of the products that …
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 …