Senator Rob Black talks about Soil Health and Canada Food Day with SFC

May 23, 2023

This editor finds the Senator at the centre of Canada’s Food Day is no slouch! Senator Rob Black’s bill to establish Food Day in Canada passed in the House of Commons on May 8 and is awaiting royal assent. He has now focused on the foundation of most food, farming and forest enterprises, soil.

In a recent interview I caught up with my OAC 85 classmate, Senator Rob Black. After a quick catch-up Rob discusses his passion to examine the status of soil health in Canada. As well as Canada’s Food Day, Senator Black is the driving force behind: The Standing Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry examining and reporting on the status of soil health in Canada.

The purpose to improve soil health and enable Canadian forest product and agricultural producers to become sustainability leaders, while improving their economies.

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Video: Democratizing Gene Editing - Pairwise’s Vision for the Future of Agriculture

Pairwise has built its business around an idea that runs counter to how many companies approach innovation: make transformative technology easier to access.

In this Seed World interview, CEO Tom Adams discusses why broader access to gene editing could speed crop improvement, expand innovation opportunities and help agriculture address emerging challenges. He explains why Pairwise believes no single company can solve all of agriculture's problems alone—and why making advanced breeding technologies available to more organizations could accelerate progress across the industry.

The conversation explores how consumer trust influences technology adoption, why innovations like pitless cherries and seedless blackberries matter beyond convenience, and how future crop improvements could help address labor shortages, automation, harvest efficiency and other production challenges. Adams also shares his perspective on what the industry may be underestimating about the next wave of gene editing innovation.

Watch the full interview to hear why Pairwise believes agriculture is approaching an important inflection point for gene editing, and why the pace of innovation over the next decade could surprise the industry.

Topics Covered:

o Democratizing agricultural innovation

o Consumer trust and technology adoption

o The business case for sharing innovation

o Expanding innovation beyond major crops

o Next-generation breeding technologies