Environmental Impacts of Synthetic vs Organic Herbicides
All chemicals that are applied during food production have impacts on the environment, regardless of whether they have been synthetically developed or derived from natural …
Safety
GROW-Grasspea: Turning an Underrecognized Legume into a Global Hero
Dr. Priyanka Gupta (GROW-Grasspea Initiative) Grasspea (Lathyrus sativus) has long flown under the radar. Once limited by misconceptions, this humble legume is now emerging as …
Maximum Residue Limits for Pesticides in Canada
By: Loren Topliss University of Saskatchewan student A common public misconception is that a pesticide’s role is to kill insects, when truthfully, a pesticide …
Withdrawal Dates on Antibiotics and Building Consumer Trust
By Maria Taschuk University of Saskatchewan student What are antibiotics? And why are they given to cattle? The production of animals for food has …
Regulatory Goldilocks Zones
Finding the ‘not too much’ or ‘not too little’ sweet spot It’s often said that there’s a fine line between too much and not enough …
Farmers are Fed up with Rural Crime
By: Michael Babey, University of Saskatchewan student A Common Concern Growing up in a rural setting, I can count a handful of times when a …
Consumer Insights on Canada’s Food Safety and Risk Assessment System
Canada has one of the best food safety and risk assessment systems in the world. In the Conference Board of Canada’s 2014 food safety rankings, …
Food Safety in Canada not a #1 Concern
Consumer perspectives and awareness about how risks are assessed and managed Food and the safety of our food are of the utmost importance to people, …
Glyphosate: Weed killer or desiccant?
By Myles Dupin, University of Saskatchewan Student Should we scrap the pre-harvest application of glyphosate? Glyphosate used as a desiccant Glyphosate is being used as …
The Politics of Food Safety
How foreign governments & eNGOs are playing politics over a handful of GM wheat kernels In mid-June 2018, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) reported …