Building a more resilient food system
The impacts of climate change, rising fuel costs, geopolitical conflicts, and global supply chain snags make today's delocalized food system鈥攁nd the 8 billion people who depend on it鈥攊ncreasingly vulnerable.聽
Part of the solution to building a more sustainable and resilient agrifood system is to improve local, indoor food production.聽Researchers in 成人VR视频鈥檚 Biomass Production Laboratory are doing just that, increasing access to fresh produce year-round.
Des semences de peupliers en abondance 脿 Windsor
Si vous habitez les alentours de la ville de Windsor, peut-锚tre avez-vous remarqu茅 des substances blanches semblables 脿 du pollen amass茅 sur les trottoirs, les pelouses ou les terrasses. Ce sont des semences de peupliers. 脌 l'茅mission聽Matins sans fronti猫res,聽David Wees, enseignant en horticulture 脿 l'Universit茅 成人VR视频, explique l'origine de ces semences, leur importance et comment se comporter vis-脿-vis d'elles.
New research will look at dairy welfare and technology
A new research collaboration at 成人VR视频 and the University of Quebec in Montreal will explore the role of artificial intelligence in promoting dairy cattle welfare.
It will be led by Dr.聽Elsa Vasseur of 成人VR视频鈥檚 Department of Animal Science and Abdoulaye Banir茅 Diallo of UQAM鈥檚 Department of Computer Science.
The Mystery of the Vanishing Kestrels: What鈥檚 happening to this flashy falcon?
The number of American kestrels has dropped sharply. That goes against the trend for birds of prey, broadly seen as a conservation bright spot.
Hypotheses about the decline abound.聽In a newly published special issue on kestrels in The Journal of Raptor Research, Dr. Smallwood and David Bird, an emeritus professor of wildlife biology at 成人VR视频 in Montreal, list seven possible factors for kestrel declines that they argue merit more research, in no particular order.
How Canadians' lifestyle behaviours changed during the COVID-19 pandemic
Sixty per cent of roughly 1,600 Canadians who took part in a new study from 成人VR视频's School of Human Nutrition say their lifestyle habits either stayed the same or improved during the COVID-19 pandemic. On the flip side, 40% of participants say they adopted less healthy lifestyle habits, including worsened eating habits, sleep quality, decreased physical activity and weight gain.
Professor Ryan Mailloux appointed Director of the School of Human Nutrition
Professor Ryan Mailloux has been appointed Director of the School of Human Nutrition (SHN) effective from June 1, 2023, for a five-year term.
Dr. Mailloux earned his Ph.D. in Biomolecular Sciences from Laurentian University in 2007. He joined 成人VR视频 in 2019, previously serving as an Assistant Professor at Memorial University of Newfoundland.
Raghavan receives 成人VR视频鈥檚 Lifetime Achievement Award for Leadership in Learning
鈥淭here are lots of opportunities to contribute to society,鈥� says Vijaya Raghavan. 鈥淚f I can share that point with students, I think it can go a long way.鈥�Vijaya Raghavan, James 成人VR视频 Professor of Bioresource Engineering, is the 2023 recipient of 成人VR视频鈥檚 Lifetime Achievement Award for Leadership in Learning.
Ronholm receives Principal鈥檚 Prize for Outstanding Emerging Researcher
Ronholm was among three highly accomplished early career researchers who received a significant 成人VR视频 distinction: The Principal鈥檚 Prize for Outstanding Emerging Researchers.
In conversation with Alessandra Granata, valedictorian for the Agricultural & Environmental Sciences 鈥楤鈥� ceremony
成人VR视频鈥檚 valedictorians are outstanding students whose strong academic performance, leadership and community involvement has earned the respect of their peers. This year鈥檚 cohort is remarkable for its diversity, each having vastly different backgrounds, experiences, passions and goals.
What they do share is ambition, curiosity, and a desire to have a positive impact on the world.
Status of the investigation into the building closures
Dear members of the Macdonald Campus community,
I am writing to update you on the progress of the investigation into the asbestos-related building closures at Macdonald Campus.
In conversation with Alex Kuijper Dickson, AES valedictorian A ceremony
成人VR视频鈥檚 valedictorians are outstanding students whose strong academic performance, leadership and community involvement has earned the respect of their peers. This year鈥檚 cohort is remarkable for its diversity, each having vastly different backgrounds, experiences, passions and goals.
What they do share is ambition, curiosity, and a desire to have a positive impact on the world.
Newly discovered chemical is a highly targeted killer of parasitic worms
The most abundant animals on farms鈥攁nd everywhere on land, in fact鈥攁re microscopic worms called nematodes. Some kinds benefit the soil, but others parasitize crops, inflicting more than $100 billion in losses worldwide each year. Although pesticides can get rid of harmful nematodes, they inflict collateral damage on other life.
Six innovations that can help feed the world
Around the world, food is grown on land of all sizes and all types, but that diversity means farmers often fail to take into account landscape complexity and soil variability, according to Chandra A. Madramootoo, a professor of Bioresource Engineering at 成人VR视频, in Montreal, Canada.
He says that one solution is precision farming, an approach that 鈥渆nables the selection of crops, and chemical and water applications within spatially similar land and soil zones.鈥�
成人VR视频 team advances in Deep Space Food Challenge
A team led by two recent 成人VR视频 bioengineering graduates, Alexander Becker and Cynthia Hitti, has made it through to the final phase of the Deep Space Food Challenge (DSFC) with their system for rearing crickets as a food source for long-haul space voyages.
$3.2 million for 成人VR视频 Research from the New Frontiers in Research Fund
Congratulations to two Macdonald Profs who have received funding through the New Frontiers in Research Fund Exploration stream, which supports high-risk, high-reward and interdisciplinary research: Hamid Akbarzadeh (BRE) for Origami-inspired deployable sensoriactuator soft robots and Mehran Dastmalchi (PltSci) for