Organics are an ideal idea
But how does it measure up on paper? If you haven’t noticed, SAIFood often focuses on GMOs, which may come across as opposition to organic. …
Research
What are the Environmental and Human Health Impacts of GM Corn?
A report on 21 years of GM corn data The first commercial production of GM corn was in the USA in 1995. In the subsequent …
Has organ transplant science gone hog wild?
The need for organ transplants is growing at a rate that needs to be urgently addressed In 2016, 18 of every 100,000 Canadians needed an …
Private Sector Funding of University Research Worth $7 Billion a Year
Is this a corruption of academic freedoms or simply how research is done in the 21st century? Many of the things you have done today …
Is There No Freedom in Science?: Right to Know
How USRTK is the Big Tobacco of the 21st Century In 1839, in the historical play Cardinal Richelieu, playwright Edward Bulwer-Lytton wrote that ‘the pen …
CBC – Controversy Before Credibility
When did it become okay for the media to be anti-science & anti-ag? A CBC news story over the weekend calls into question the research …
Synthetic Biology
How conventional plant breeding has evolved in the digital age While I generally have a pretty decent memory, my recollections of high school biology in …
Does Eating NON-GM Cost Consumers?
How Consumers Benefit from GM Crops One criticism that is frequently levelled against GM crops and biotechnology, in general, is that there are no benefits …
Transferring University Developed Technologies
How good are Canadian Uni’s? Universities are known for the research undertaken by faculty and students. But how much of the research conducted by universities …
Not Such a Fun Guy, These Fungi
Plant diseases having increasingly devastating effects In June I was fortunate enough to attend a captivatingly interesting conference organized by the University of Saskatchewan’s Global …