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 …
Canada
Bill C-282: Revoking the Bargaining Power of Canada’s Trade Negotiators
Introduction Supply management is a hotly debated and long-standing agricultural institution in Canada. As I will explain further on, supply management was introduced over 50 …
Exploring Grasspea: A New Frontier for Canadian Farming
By Dr. Priyanka Gupta In the realm of agricultural innovation, the introduction of a novel crop like grasspea holds the potential to profoundly reshape Canada’s …
Hap-pea Planet: Pulsing with Vegetarian Opportunity?
The last few years have been a vegetarian’s playground. With the availability of new plant-based options and increased media attention to meatless recipes, it is …
Economic Sustainability vs. Environmental Sustainability
Over the past few years, ‘environmental sustainability’ has become commonplace within society. This is a term that frequently lacks definition as it is so widely …
Canadian Beef Farmers Left Out to Dry
By Konner Johnson University of Saskatchewan student Background Canadian beef production is extremely important as each year it contributes an estimated $22 billion to …
A Bovine Dispute – The “Beef” Regarding Cheese Trade with the United Kingdom
Introduction Improving upon the quantity of trade through expanded volume or number of trading partners is important for the export-reliant Canadian agriculture industry. However, throughout …
Prairie Agriculture Net GHG Emissions Decrease by 53%
Introduction In the past 30 years, grain and oilseed production across the prairies has undergone fundamental change. In the early 1990s, practices such as summerfallow …
2023 Canada Food Price Report
Marginal Increase in Food Prices Predicted The 2023 Canada Food Price Report is the 14th report that provides Canadians with insights on what to anticipate …
Navigating the Controversy of Glyphosate in Canadian Agriculture
Glyphosate, the active ingredient in many herbicides, has been at the center of numerous debates and discussions in Canada and globally. Its efficacy in controlling …