Yesterday, GIFS hosted Christine Gould, founder of Thought for Food, who met with our team and shared insights into innovation and food systems for the future.

Thanks for visiting our facility and the great discussions!

Happy Earth Day!

Canada is home to some of the world's most sustainable ag producers and GIFS is proud to be part of the innovation ecosystem supporting them.

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New technologies are advancing research and promoting climate-resilient agriculture.

Listen below to hear GIFS CEO Steve Webb and other scientists discuss gene editing, research and development and sustainable ag production.

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Our Grower Advisory Panel member, Kristjan Hebert, shared an excellent post on #Saskatchewan , Western Canada and #Canada ’s #agriculture that is a global leader in feeding a growing world #sustainably - as demonstrated by our study (gifs.ca/sustainableag). Well done #CdnAg 👏

ICYMI: GIFS CEO Steven Webb discussed the innovations that are contributing to sustainable agricultural production in Western Canada.

Hear the conversation with Farm&FoodCareSK below.

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The creation of an ag technology centre is a focus of GIFS' collaborations in Bangladesh with USask AgBio, Global Institute for Water Security, NRC Canada, the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council and other institutions.

Learn more at gifs.ca/bangladesh.

GIFS’ Nancy Tout recently joined other agri-food leaders to discuss policies, public trust and new technologies that can advance the Western Canadian agriculture sector.

Watch the conversation below.

Canada is a leader in the sustainable production of safe and nutritious food.

In the interview below, GIFS CEO Steven Webb discusses the innovations that are driving these results and how growers in Western Canada are leading the way.

For more, see gifs.ca/sustainableag.

This morning, Government of Saskatchewan announced a $15 million funding commitment that will support GIFS and our market-facing programs that are enabling new collaborations to advance agri-food innovation.

Learn more below.

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In honour of International Women's Day, we would like to recognize and celebrate the integral role that women play in #USaskResearch . They are leaders, innovators, change-makers, advocates and collaborators. We honour their contributions today and all days.

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GIFS' Nancy Tout is participating in a Genome Alberta and Genome Prairie Inc. workshop next week that will explore genomics technologies for crop improvement.

Details and registration below.

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At the 2024 Barley Symposium, GIFS' Nancy Tout and Hakimeh Emamgholi Begli shared information on sustainable production and accelerated plant breeding.

Thank you to the organizers for this opportunity and to everyone in attendance who is working to advance agriculture.

GIFS CEO Steve Webb joined our partners at the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council and other leaders at #CIAC2024 to discuss how innovation can help prevent food loss.

Postharvest grain handling is one of the focuses of the GIFS-BARC partnership.

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GIFS' Board Chair Alanna Koch sat down for a further conversation with RealAgriculture about #sustainability and #agriculture , following her panel at #TheFutureOfFood . View the informative article and video.

Our Board Chair Alanna Koch moderated a panel on sustainability & farming at the Future of Food conference on #CdnAgDay - not new to SK ag. GIFS’ study shows Sask. farmers' practices result in the production of some of the world’s most sustainable crops gifs.ca/sustainableag

Saskatchewan's #sustainable #farming practices present a model to learn from, resulting in some of the least carbon-intensive crops produced in Canada and the world. Learn more from GIFS’ study: gifs.ca/sustainableag #agriculture #innovation

It's #CdnAgDay !

Canadian producers deliver safe, nutritious and sustainable food and they're supported by a world-class research community.

This morning, we're hosting a seminar exploring new technologies that will support further innovation and discovery in agri-food.

Saskatchewan is Canada’s largest producer of pulses, including lentils.

Growers in this province and Western Canada are global leaders in the sustainable production of these important crops. Learn how they do it at gifs.ca/sustainableag.

#WorldPulsesDay

There’s still time to register and join us online for our upcoming seminar exploring advances in — and diverse applications for — long-read sequencing technology.

Details below.

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The National Index on Agri-Food Performance is entering its next phase with the launch of the Centre for Agri-Food Benchmarking.

GIFS is a founding partner of the Index that has produced the first agri-food sustainability index in Canada.

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