By Stephanie Bieri, University of Saskatchewan Food sovereignty The terms food security and food sovereignty are often used interchangeably, when in fact they are quite different. The FAO defines food security as the right for all people to have the…
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, or so we thought. In recent research undertaken by my summer student Claire, it appears…
By Robert Wager, Vancouver Island University I’ve had the great pleasure of being a faculty member of the Biology Department of Vancouver Island University for the past 23 years. My area of research is agricultural biotechnology with an emphasis on…
