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Sales of American products are falling—comments from Pascal Thériault

webfull — Wed, 26 Mar 2025 19:57:24 +0000

Quebec supermarket chains say boycotts of American products are having a direct impact on US food sales, TVA reports.

Grocery stores have put new measures in place to indicate the origin of their products. Loblaw recently announced they will be adding a logo to identify products subject to customs tariffs.

Published: 26 March 2025

Nobody knows why this snowy owl is orange—David Bird weighs in

webfull — Wed, 26 Mar 2025 19:39:43 +0000

An orange tinted snowy owl in Michigan has baffled scientists with its orange colouring, CBC News reports. Experts say it could be a genetic mutation, an accident, or human mischief.

Ornithologist and Professor Emeritus at ��о��, David Bird, expressed some doubts about the strange colouration being caused by genetics.

Published: 26 March 2025

Four exceptional Macdonald Campus student leaders selected for Gold Key Awards

webfull — Wed, 26 Mar 2025 18:48:17 +0000

Please join us in congratulating the 2025 winners of the Macdonald Campus Gold Key Awards, selected for their outstanding contributions, passion, and commitment to enriching student life on our campus. Read their stories below.

Published: 26 March 2025

Quebec adopts new code to regulate 'forever chemicals' in biosolids—comments from Prof. Grant Clark

webfull — Wed, 19 Mar 2025 17:38:28 +0000

The presence and concentration of PFAS, also known as "forever chemicals," in fertilizing residual materials will be monitored under new standards in Quebec through a management code, according to Quebec's Environment Ministry.

Quebec's code on the management of fertilizing residual materials such as sewage sludge, also known as biosolids—which come from treating municipal or industrial wastewater—will take effect Nov. 1.

The code takes into account a total of 13 types of substances and includes monitoring guidelines.

Published: 19 March 2025

Pascal Thériault on U.S. tariffs impact on Canada's dairy industry

webfull — Wed, 19 Mar 2025 17:24:33 +0000

In a recent article, CBC News spoke to several experts who say U.S. tariffs on Canadian dairy products would have little effect on Canada's protectionist system.

The director of ��о��'s Farm Management and Technology Program agrees that these tariffs would have a "somewhat limited" impact on industry.

Published: 19 March 2025

Evolution of Canadian agriculture and need for sustainable solutions

webfull — Wed, 19 Mar 2025 16:27:32 +0000

In the Hill Times, Saji George, Associate Professor in ��о��'s Department of Food Science and Agricultural Chemistry, argues that with the right investments in research, innovation, and farmer education, Canada can lead the global transition toward a more sustainable and resilient agricultural future.

Published: 19 March 2025

Loblaw to identify U.S. products affected by tariffs in its grocery stores—Pascal Thériault comments

webfull — Wed, 19 Mar 2025 15:59:42 +0000

Canadian grocery giant Loblaw is preparing to add labels to U.S. products affected by tariffs, allowing consumers to distinguish them from other products on shelves and understand why they cost more.

��о�� agronomist and economist Pascal Thériault told Radio-Canada that this measure will support consumers in their choices.

Published: 19 March 2025

Canada invests in ��о�� project to protect Lake Simcoe

webfull — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 19:55:52 +0000

The Government of Canada recently announced an investment of over $1 million in three freshwater projects for the protection of Lake Simcoe, including $412,700 to ��о�� to demonstrate and evaluate best management practices to reduce phosphorus runoff from urban and agricultural sources in the Lake Simcoe watershed and to engage the community through outreach and events.

Published: 18 March 2025

Decades after peregrines came back from the brink, a new threat emerges—comments from Prof. David Bird

webfull — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 19:43:34 +0000

After DDT use nearly wiped out peregrine falcons in the 20th century, numbers are collapsing again in many countries, the Guardian reports.

Though scientists have yet to determine a definite cause, many—including ��о�� Professor Emeritus David Bird, who formerly led the University's Avian Science and Conservation Centre—think highly pathogenic bird flu may be largely to blame.

Published: 18 March 2025

Rendering: The devil is in the details

webfull — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 18:06:51 +0000

A Sanimax animal rendering plant in Montreal's east end has drawn complaints from residents for years, largely centering on odors coming from the facility. Recently, an agreement reached between the company and the City of Montreal to address the issue by retrofitting the factory seems to have fallen apart.

Published: 18 March 2025

�����о��� News - Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences

Sales of American products are falling—comments from Pascal Thériault

Nobody knows why this snowy owl is orange—David Bird weighs in

Four exceptional Macdonald Campus student leaders selected for Gold Key Awards

Quebec adopts new code to regulate 'forever chemicals' in biosolids—comments from Prof. Grant Clark

Pascal Thériault on U.S. tariffs impact on Canada's dairy industry

Evolution of Canadian agriculture and need for sustainable solutions

Loblaw to identify U.S. products affected by tariffs in its grocery stores—Pascal Thériault comments

Canada invests in �����о��� project to protect Lake Simcoe

Decades after peregrines came back from the brink, a new threat emerges—comments from Prof. David Bird

Rendering: The devil is in the details

��о�� News - Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences

Canada invests in ��о�� project to protect Lake Simcoe