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Podcast: How has the science of producing food changed?

In the podcast Ian Affleck discusses how science has developed new technologies that ensure the safety, affordability and abundance of food.

Is Soy Good For Our Health?

A common question or concern people have is whether the consumption of soy is safe. Let's look at what science is telling us.

What Innovation Can Do

As the world’s population continues to grow, we will need to produce more food from less land and with fewer resources. Innovation will be critical.

Traceability: Locating And Controlling Disease Along The Food Chain

You may have never heard of traceability, but it plays a very important role in managing animal health and food safety in Canada.

Ensuring Animal Welfare On Canadian Farms

Animal welfare is a term that covers both the physical and mental wellbeing of an animal. Good animal welfare means an animal is growing or producing normally, is healthy, free from pain and injury and displays normal behaviour.

How Do You Know Canadian-Grown Food Is Safe?

Food safety is a shared responsibility of all those involved in food production. Health Canada is the government body responsible for creating the safety and nutritional quality regulations, policies and standards of all food sold in Canada.

Biosecurity: Keeping Animals Healthy On Canadian Farms

Biosecurity refers to procedures that prevent the introduction of diseases and reduce the frequency and severity of infection when they occur.

What are Codes of Practice for Animal Care

Codes Of Practice: The Building Blocks that Ensure Farm Animal Care.

How Is Wheat Grown In Canada?

Wheat is a staple food for 35% of the world's population and it is Canada's largest field crop. Wheat is grown on nearly 50,000 farms in Canada and our country is the fifth-largest wheat producer in the world.

Recycling On The Farm: Cleanfarms

Cleanfarms’ goal is to keep recyclable materials that are no longer useful on the farm out of landfills and burn piles.

Why Do Farmers Spray Sweet Cherries?

Farmers spray cherry trees for one of three things - nutrients to promote tree health and better fruit quality, a pesticide to suppress or control a pest or disease, or crop protectant to prevent tree or fruit damage.

Potatoes From Farm To Table

Potatoes are perhaps the most versatile and easily grown vegetable around the globe. Here in Canada, Prince Edward Island is one of the country’s largest potato producing regions

Turnips From Field To Plate

One of the heartiest of all vegetables, turnips are grown primarily in Ontario, Quebec and Prince Edward Island.

Protecting Biodiversity: Environmental Farm Plans

One of the key elements of environmental stewardship focuses on maintaining or improving the quality of soil, water, air and biodiversity of the land.

Healthy Soil For Today And The Future: 4R Nutrient Stewardship

4R Nutrient Stewardship is an internationally recognized Canadian innovation. It is a voluntary program that advocates for responsible and effective management of fertilizer by using a science-based approach to guide farmers in the proper use of plant nutrients.

How Are Dry Peas Grown?

We spoke with Trent Richards, a farmer from Saskatchewan to learn more about how peas are grown in Canada.

Six Generations of Advances in Crop Production

The Colborns have always made investments in new technology a key part of their farm business plan. This applies to their egg production and cattle herds, and also to their grain production operation, where there have been dramatic changes since the first Colborns started planting wheat in 1910.