Le rapport sur la contamination de l’eau potable du Québec par le glyphosate, un pesticide bien connu, a fait grand bruit dans toute la province. Selon Vigilance OGM, la population...
Farmers have been feeling the weight of the most recent trade negotiations, as tariffs on both agricultural inputs and soybean exports have become a sticking point in the redrafting of American trade relations. President Donald Trump has sought...
Un nouveau rapport sur le glyphosate relance la peur au Québec. Derrière les titres alarmistes, aucun danger réel: les niveaux détectés sont bien en dessous des seuils légaux. Un titre...
October 12 is National Farmers’ Day in America, and the federal government is shut down, again, with at least 42,000 employees of the Department of Agriculture furloughed. A time usually reserved for...
Nearly half a year into Donald Trump’s second term in office, America’s farmers are justified in being frustrated with the president’s policies. Tariffs and an HHS chief that seeks to meddle in...
Partisan du principe de précaution à l’européenne, le ministre de la Santé américain s’attaque à la FDA et freine l’innovation médicale et agricole. Une vision méfiante envers la science industrielle...
LES IDÉES DES AFFAIRES. Alors que la guerre commerciale insensée de Donald Trump fait des ravages sur les marchés internationaux et que le Canada reste la cible de tarifs douaniers...
Chemicals are inherently perceived as bad, while substances of natural origin are seen as positive. Laypeople generally disregard the dose of a toxic substance altogether and classify even the smallest...
President Trump took to Truth Social on Monday to announce April tariffs on all imported food, framing the move as a boon to U.S. farmers who will produce even more product for domestic consumption....
Don’t be like Europe. That was the message to farmers during a keynote speech at this year’s CropConnect Conference in Winnipeg in mid-February. “The European approach in general is that,...
L’Europe reconnaît enfin que sa sur-réglementation étouffe ses agriculteurs et amorce un virage vers plus de liberté. Englué dans la bureaucratie, le Québec doit s’en inspirer pour redonner aux producteurs...
Bill Wirtz is a Senior Policy Analyst at the Consumer Choice Centre who specializes in evidence-based policy-making, agriculture, trade policy, and lifestyle choices. Originally from Luxembourg, he publishes in German,...
