How Genomics is Changing Plant Breeding
From the Human Genome Project to plant breeding, genomic research is here to stay The desire to know more about how genomes work has attracted …
From the Human Genome Project to plant breeding, genomic research is here to stay The desire to know more about how genomes work has attracted …
Chipotle’s move to go Non-GMO Last week, Chipotle, an American fast food company, announced that it has removed all GM ingredients from the menus of …
The March approval of GM Arctic apples by Health Canada (HC) triggered considerable debate over whether they should be labelled as a GM product. Food …
Since the World Health Organization’s International Agency of Research on Cancer (IARC) decision to classify five pesticides as carcinogenic (last week’s SAIFood blog believes this …
Who to Believe in the Glyphosate Debate? Have you hear? Glyphosate could kill you. Well that’s not the full story, but it caught your …
Risk impacts all aspects of life. Typically the riskiest thing we do every day is drive to work. Traditionally, risks have been evaluated by the …
Environmental groups that are opposed to the use of innovative crop technologies such as genetically modified (GM) crops that are herbicide tolerant (HT), frequently like …
How A&W Canada supports Unstainable Agriculture I miss A&W’s onion rings. The reason I miss them is that I no longer buy food at their …
I enjoy grocery shopping, but I’m increasingly becoming agri-vated by labelling and how food companies misuse labels to market products to consumers. Don’t get me …
Genetically Modified Apples My kids love apples. I can’t even fathom how many times I’ve wished I could have included sliced apple into their school …