Ag’s promising future: Chelsea
Celebrating Canada’s Agriculture Day Today marks Canada’s Agriculture Day, a day we are proud to be celebrating, as we think agriculture is the best sector …
The EU’s Gene Editing Regulatory Dilemma
Scientists, grad students and fiscal research investments are all fleeing Europe As consumers, we all want to be reassured that the products we purchase are …
Communicating Empirically-based Science is Important for Society, Not Misinformation
The costs of misinformation adversely affects everyone Science is not like ice cream. With ice cream, we all have our favourite flavours or brands of …
Summer 2019 – Let the Grillin’ and Chillin’ Begin
It’s officially summer and we at SAIFood would like to wish you a pleasant summer (let’s hope for our producer audience, this means more rain, …
Top Good News Ag & Food Stories of 2018
For an industry that is seemingly under continuous attack by anti-science and anti-corporate idealists, there has been some positive press for agriculture, food and science …
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. …
Watch out Australia!
Over the course of this week, September 10th-14th, Stuart has the great pleasure of being in the beautiful country of Australia with the opportunity to …
How evidence and knowledge built GM crop regulatory frameworks
By Savannah Gleim & Stuart Smyth What came first, science or regulation? When you think about safety, you might think that regulation should lead science. …
Measuring the Success of GM Crops
Are peak benefits of early GM varieties still to come? In recent years there has been considerable discussion about the perceived lack of benefits from genetically …
Crop Desiccation
Is it safe to eat a crop that has been desiccated? As of October 17, nearly 81% of Saskatchewan’s crops were harvested (91% in Manitoba & …