Does it Make Affordability Cents? What Manitoba’s PST Removal says about Food Security
I don’t know about you, but I am desensitized to sales tax. Between goods and services tax (GST), provincial sales tax (PST), and, where applicable, …
Policy
Swine Innovation Porc: Canadian Pork Success Stories
When we think about research, it can be easy to skip ahead to the conclusions and focus solely on those papers with immediate, real-world implications. However, …
Why Averages Fall Short in Emissions Accounting
By Dr Saulé Burkitbayeva Measuring Agri-food products’ carbon footprint A little while ago, it was considered impossible to measure emissions in agriculture, especially at the …
The Summer Fruit Was Just Fine
An Okanagan update following the 2024 BC Tree Fruits Cooperative closure About a year ago, I took the opportunity to cry out the end of …
Welcome to the 11th Year of SAIFood Blogs!
Welcome Back! My team and I take July and August off from writing blogs to reduce the weekly time demands, allow everyone to take some …
Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture Establishes Latin American Bioeconomy Network
Last month, I was fortunate to have been invited to participate as a speaker and attend IICA’s conference and workshop on the Latin American Bioeconomy …
10 Seasons of Student Blogs
In the fall of 2015, in his Introduction to Agricultural Policy course, Stuart assigned the research and writing of student blogs. Students were instructed to …
Safeguarding Saskatchewan
The Importance of Water Supply Rights and Management By: Trista Hamilton University of Saskatchewan student Stable water supply rights are essential for social, environmental, economic, …
What is Canada’s Bioeconomy Strategy?
What is a Bioeconomy? The term bioeconomy refers to economic activities based on the production of biological-based products. The definition is broad and somewhat ambiguous, …
EEFs vs Traditional Fertilizers
Are We Subsidizing the Right Solution? By: Danielle Dyok University of Saskatchewan student EEF Subsidies In a world where environmental sustainability is at the forefront …