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Bioresource Engineering Professor's company develops new technology to sex chicks before hatching

webfull — Wed, 12 Feb 2025 17:49:28 +0000

A company founded by Department of Bioresource Engineering James ��о�� Professor Michael Ngadi has succeeded in developing HyperEye, a new technology that uses hyperspectral imaging and AI to quickly and non-invasively identify the sex of a chick before it hatches.

Published: 12 February 2025

Live longer by swapping red meat for plant proteins: ��о�� research on CBC's What on Earth

webfull — Wed, 05 Feb 2025 19:21:31 +0000

Last year, a ��о��-led study found that replacing half their red and processed meat would increase people's life expectancy an average of nine months, while cutting their diet-related carbon footprint by 25 per cent.

Inspired by Veganuary, a U.K.-based challenge to eat vegan for the month of January, the CBC News podcast What on Earth interviewed lead author and PhD graduate of ��о��'s Department of Animal Science, Olivia Auclair, now a research fellow at the University of Oxford.

Published: 5 February 2025

Prof. Emeritus David Bird on wild turkey sightings in Montreal

webfull — Wed, 05 Feb 2025 18:47:24 +0000

Wild turkey sightings in Montreal are on the rise, Global News reports.

Experts told them wild turkey populations in southern Quebec have steadily climbed over the past two decades due to warming temperatures.

This has raised concern that predators could be following close behind.

Published: 5 February 2025

Department of Bioresource Engineering welcomes astronaut David Saint-Jacques

webfull — Mon, 03 Feb 2025 13:32:07 +0000

The Department of Bioresource Engineering (BREE) enjoyed a visit last month from David Saint-Jacques, astronaut and Deputy Director, Lunar Exploration at the Canadian Space Agency, and BREE graduate Chris Patterson. They met with BREE undergrad and grad students who presented their projects, highlighting links between their research and bioregenerative life support system goals for extended space missions on the lunar surface and beyond in the near future.

Published: 3 February 2025

Ag Policy Connection podcast: The economics driving land use change, featuring Pascal Theriault

webfull — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 19:08:48 +0000

A new episode of the Ag Policy Connection podcast, a collaboration between RealAgriculture and the Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute, features ��о�� economist and agronomist Pascal Thériault, Director of the Farm Management and Technology Program, in an expert panel discussing the economics driving land use change.

The episode dives into the economics driving land use decisions by farmers and landowners, focusing on the impact of private and public sustainability programs and other market incentives.

Published: 29 January 2025

FMT Director Pascal Thériault comments on boycott of American products

webfull — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 18:58:24 +0000

American companies that employ hundreds of Quebec workers could suffer from a call for a boycott as suggested on certain social media, reports TVA Nouvelles and others.

Published: 29 January 2025

Better training for agricultural producers could reduce food insecurity

webfull — Tue, 21 Jan 2025 18:14:57 +0000

��о�� Bioresource Engineering Professors Valérie Orsat and Vijaya Raghavan spoke to Le Devoir about their recent study, which found that better educating farmers and food processors about how to avoid post-harvest food losses would reduce global food insecurity.

Published: 21 January 2025

Bieler School of Environment welcomes new director

webfull — Tue, 21 Jan 2025 15:50:18 +0000

The Bieler School of Environment (BSE) is thrilled to announce Professor Anthony Ricciardi as its new director, effective immediately. An expert in invasion ecology and aquatic ecosystems, Ricciardi has been a key figure at the school since 2001 and now steps up to lead.

“My vision for the School is to become the gateway of environmental research at ��о��,” said Ricciardi.

Founded in 1998, the BSE appoints directors for five-year terms.

Published: 21 January 2025

Orange juice to start the day off right? Comments from Pascal Thériault

webfull — Wed, 15 Jan 2025 16:35:41 +0000

In a recent video, Radio-Canada's L'épicerie investigates the nutritional, environmental, and economic reasons why orange juice might not be the best choice to accompany a healthy breakfast.

Published: 15 January 2025

��о�� alumna appointed Director of Agri-Food Innovation for Saint-Hyacinthe Technopole

webfull — Wed, 08 Jan 2025 18:27:43 +0000

This week, Saint-Hyacinthe Technopole announced the appointment of Jade Proulx, BSc(FSc)’12, as Director of Agri-Food Innovation and Project Manager for the Saint-Hyacinthe Agri-Food Innovation Zone. Congratulations to Proulx, who has over ten years of experience in agri-food innovation—and got her start on ��о��'s Macdonald Campus.

Published: 8 January 2025

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