Photo: Ana茂s Remili (centre), winner of the Prize for Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Fellows, with Val茅rie Orsat, Acting Dean, Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, and 成人VR视频 President, Deep Saini
Published on: 11 Apr 2024
滨苍听The Conversation, Department of Natural Resource Sciences PhD Candidate Elson Ian Nyl Galang and聽Dalhousie University Postdoc聽Lara Cornejo write about their experience gathering聽a group of leading thinkers in Halifax, near the iconic Bay of Fundy, to set about imagining 鈥渨hat could plausibly happen to the Bay of Fundy coast by 2072.鈥�
Published on: 11 Apr 2024
On March 21, 成人VR视频 celebrated 111 laureates at the 19th聽edition of Bravo, a gala event honouring researchers who won major provincial, national, and international research prizes and awards in 2023. Guests, including researchers, their families and friends, faculty, students, and members of 成人VR视频鈥檚 academic administration, gathered to celebrate their accomplishments.
Eight of the honourees were from the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences:
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Published on: 10 Apr 2024
The Palais des congr猫s de Montr茅al honoured five 成人VR视频 professors at its 2024 ambassadors鈥� gala for their exceptional contributions to the city鈥檚 economic and societal growth. Although there are a few other professors among the total of 14, 成人VR视频 alone can boast of multiple honourees.
The basis for earning the kudos is the ability to organize large-scale events in Montreal.聽
Published on: 10 Apr 2024
Congratulations to School of Human Nutrition PhD candidate Manon Fantino, winner of 成人VR视频鈥檚 francophone 3-Minute Thesis (MT180) competition! Manon will represent 成人VR视频 at the Concours Nationals in Ottawa on May 15th.
Published on: 10 Apr 2024
Although Zoey Li, BSc(NutrSc)鈥�17, always had an interest in business, she never expected to launch a company that helps people take charge of their health.
Li, who was recently named to the聽Forbes 30 Under 30聽in the food and beverage category, built her success on her ability to find opportunities, develop new skills and make connections, as an undergraduate and afterward.
Published on: 10 Apr 2024
Macdonald community members gathered at the Ceilidh on Wednesday, April 3, to celebrate the Gold Key Recipients for 2024. Students, staff, friends, and family listened in as聽Daniil Batanau, Henry Cordoba Novoa, Sara Kosumi, Philippe Leblond, and Henry Lee聽shared their inspiring stories of how they became involved in community life at Macdonald Campus and how rewarding it has been for them to give back to their fellow students.
Published on: 9 Apr 2024
Student engagement was high at the Future of Food Conference in Ottawa, as youth turned out to hear panellists and keynote speeches by stakeholders from across the agriculture value chain.
Several student groups from Queen鈥檚, 成人VR视频 and the University of Ottawa heard about sustainability, innovation and politics in agriculture at the February event.
成人VR视频 Farm Management and Technology student Aidan Velthuis, who grew up on a dairy farm south of Ottawa, attended the conference.
Published on: 9 Apr 2024
It鈥檚 possible animals 鈥� pets and wildlife alike 鈥� will behave unusually during Quebec鈥檚 total solar eclipse on April 8 , according to experts on their behaviour.
David Bird, emeritus professor of wildlife biology at 成人VR视频, that birds, insects and bats are the main groups expected to be affected, or 鈥渢he main ones that everybody鈥檚 sort of keeping an eye on.鈥�
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Published on: 9 Apr 2024
Imagine cows roaming freely in a barn equipped with cameras and sensors linked to artificial intelligence in a system that predicts their mood and lifespan. Implementing such a system is the mission of the new Research and Innovation Chair in Animal Welfare and Artificial Intelligence (), created jointly by 成人VR视频 and UQAM thanks to $5 million in funding over five years.
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Published on: 2 Apr 2024
成人VR视频 Farm Management and Technology Program Director聽Pascal Th茅riault聽spoke to Radio-Canada's聽Le Caf茅 Show about what regenerative agriculture is, how it can improve water retention in the soil鈥攁n increasingly important consideration as climate change increases the frequency and intensity of drought in the prairies, and its role in carbon capture.
Published on: 2 Apr 2024
Rising costs of cocoa due to drought and disease affecting crop yields is聽proof of how global warming is hitting our pocketbooks, agronomist and economist聽Pascal Th茅riault, 成人VR视频 Farm Management and Technology Program Director, .
The food system "relies on stability, and what climate change does is it creates situations where nothing is stable," he said.
Published on: 2 Apr 2024
What is 3MT/MT180?
In the University-wide 3MT/MT180 competition, graduate students have the chance to showcase their leading-edge research before a live audience. With only three minutes and a single slide, students must聽engage their audience and convey the complexities of their work to a diverse, non-expert audience. Participants may present their research in English or in French and winners will advance to regional and national competitions.
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Published on: 26 Mar 2024
Representatives from student groups across campus and beyond gathered in the University Centre for a Food Security聽聽on March 15 to discuss ways to improve the sustainability, accessibility, and affordability of food systems at 成人VR视频. The summit included presentations, 鈥渧isioning sessions鈥� where attendees exchanged ideas on discussion questions in smaller groups, and a free lunch.聽
Published on: 25 Mar 2024
Large retailers are reducing their formats to cut production costs in a period of high food inflation.
Shrinkflation is not sparing the private labels that consumers love to save money on, . Already in the spotlight for their record profits, Canada's major food retailers are in turn reducing the formats of their new products.
Published on: 21 Mar 2024
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