Farm to Fork: Agricultural Traceability in Canada and its Benefits to Consumers
By: Deanna Bysterveld, University of Saskatchewan student Recent years have shown an increase in the consumer demand for a greater public knowledge of the safety …
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Set Cattle Aside, Not the Meat
By Oliver Xuan, University of Saskatchewan Student 2020 has been a relatively more challenging year for every individual around the world. However, especially for Canada’s …
Crunching the Big Numbers: Farm Startup Costs
What would it take to start farming on your own in 2020? In an industry born on family, tradition, and generational transfer, many farmers have …
Are Canada’s Intellectual Property Laws Facilitating Innovation?
Is the 35-year-old Patent Act getting the job done? The 150th anniversary of Canada’s intellectual property (IP) protection passed unnoticed in 2019. Over its history, …
Canadian Agriculture: An Essential Service
As an essential service, this spring farmers enter a season of more uncertainties than normal In the last few weeks, the Covid-19 crisis has impacted …
Finding Balance within International Trade is Essential
In times of uncertainty, we need to be certain about barrier-free trade What is happening in the world? I am not talking about the pandemic, …
Gene Editing and Plant Breeding in Canada
Are Canadian plant breeders utilizing the innovations of gene editing? It would be inaccurate to say that plant breeders in Canada are ‘a dime a …
25th Anniversary of the First GM Crop Approval in Canada
The dawning of a new era in ag sustainability Who would have fathomed how significant a day in March 1995 would become in the history …
Celebrating 5 Years of SAIFood Blogs
Proud of a simple idea 5 years later turning into SAIFood success When I began my Research Chair in Agri-Food Innovation back in October 2014, …
Assessing Impacts on Innovation
What matters more, time or money when it comes to innovation? Innovation impacts are the ripples of change we experience in our lives and throughout …