Time to Eliminate Supply Management
The following article was originally posted by The Macdonald-Laurier Institute (MLI) on June 3, 2025: Sacred (cash) cows – The urgent need to eliminate supply …
Food
Hometown Sustainability: Can Local Production Become Mainstream?
Agriculture Myth Busting Canada is a net food exporter, meaning for the most part, we grow and raise more than the country needs. This statement …
10 Seasons of Student Blogs
In the fall of 2015, in his Introduction to Agricultural Policy course, Stuart assigned the research and writing of student blogs. Students were instructed to …
What’s your Beef with Beef?
The Future of Lab-Cultured Meats in Canada By: Noelle Caouette University of Saskatchewan student What is Lab-Cultured Meat? Lab-cultured meat is an up-and-coming alternative to …
A Brewed Awakening
Soaring coffee prices are alarming for roasters, distributors, and coffee shop owners in Canada and worldwide. The price of unroasted (or green) coffee has hit …
Socially Acceptable Hunger: Food Security’s Part in Sustainability
Agriculture Myth Busting It is easy to think of sustainability aspects separately, as if improvement in one area is dependent upon another. There is something …
Organic Yields to Fall Further Behind Conventional Crops
A lack of sufficient nutrient application and the limited ability to control weeds, insects, and plant diseases, results in organic crop yields lagging behind conventional …
Canadian Food Focus
In the current climate we are facing in Canada, we think it is the perfect time to direct our audience to another great website Canadian …
Tariffs 101
It has been a few months of discussion in the news and media about tariffs, but what are they? How do they work? Will the …
Roses are Red, Violets are Blue, Valentine’s Day Chocolate is Expensive Now, Too
Let’s investigate the chocolate melt-down happening worldwide and see why the price-point of your Valentine’s Day chocolate is a bit more expensive than usual.