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 is an error) there has been a hubbub around pesticide use, particularly glyphosate (Roundup). One…
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 chain of restaurants. A&W has initiated a marketing campaign that misleads consumers about beef production…
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 lunches when they were in elementary school. The inability to include apple slices in children’s…
In September 2013, I was speaking at a conference in New Delhi, India and had the good fortune to be part of a session that included Dr Aldo Malavasi. Aldo is an accomplished scientist from Brazil and at the time…
