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Canada Steps Up to the Plate…or Not

Jun 01, 2021

Video: Canada Steps Up to the Plate…or Not


You’ve likely heard about gene editing recently, and with good reason. It’s what could help close the gap and get Canadian Agriculture more competitive. Or the Federal Government could decide otherwise. Brian Treacy “grew up with DNA”, is a molecular biologist and leads Government and Industry Affairs at Bayer Canada. He and Gunter Jochum, Wheat Growers President and Manitoba farmer, discuss why this is a big deal, and they hope that we all do a better job of explaining gene-editing to consumers than we’ve done with some technologies.