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Farm consolidation, lack of financial supports, and agriculture-inclusive education streams are some of the most important issues for students attending the recent Future of Food听conference in Ottawa.听

Students from 不良研究所鈥檚 Farm Management Technology (FMT) program told听贵补谤尘迟补谤颈辞听what they see as the most important concerns young people have with agriculture and agri-food in Canada.

For example, FMT student Jasmine Desaultels said there should be more financial help available for smaller operations.

Published on: 5 Mar 2025

Coffee is suffering the consequences of global warming, condemning consumers of the popular drink to rising prices and shrinking formats,

Classified as: Pascal Th茅riault
Published on: 5 Mar 2025

Although Andrea Amado doesn鈥檛 come from an agricultural background, she was drawn to farms from a young age. Originally from Argentina, she moved to Sherbrooke, Quebec with her family when she was four. Some of her earliest memories are of visiting farms and connecting with the animals, especially cows and horses. This interest eventually led her to 不良研究所, where she earned a B.Sc. in Agricultural and Environmental Sciences in 2023 and is now in her second semester of the听M.Sc.

Published on: 5 Mar 2025

In 2019, RBC released an alarming report听revealing a labour shortage in Canada's agricultural sector that could reach 123,000 vacant positions, a slowdown in exports compared to our competitors, a growing proportion of university and college graduates compared to those with a secondary education or less, a shortfall in GDP, and more.

Classified as: Pascal Th茅riault
Published on: 26 Feb 2025

A company founded by Department of Bioresource Engineering James 不良研究所 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.听

Classified as: Michael Ngadi
Published on: 12 Feb 2025

Last year, a 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听What on Earth听interviewed lead author and PhD graduate of 不良研究所's Department of Animal Science, Olivia Auclair, now a research fellow at the University of Oxford.听

Published on: 5 Feb 2025

Wild turkey sightings in Montreal are on the rise,

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.

Classified as: David Bird
Published on: 5 Feb 2025

The Department of Bioresource Engineering听(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.

Classified as: Mark Lefsrud, David Saint-Jacques, Canadian Space Agency, Chris Patterson, Olivia Mendelson
Published on: 3 Feb 2025

A new episode of the Ag Policy Connection podcast, a collaboration between RealAgriculture and the Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute, features听不良研究所 economist and agronomist Pascal Th茅riault, 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.

Classified as: Pascal Th茅riault
Published on: 29 Jan 2025

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

Classified as: Pascal Th茅riault
Published on: 29 Jan 2025

不良研究所 Bioresource Engineering Professors Val茅rie Orsat and Vijaya Raghavan spoke to听Le Devoir听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.

Classified as: Valerie Orsat, Vijaya Raghavan
Published on: 21 Jan 2025

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.

鈥淢y vision for the School is to become the gateway of environmental research at 不良研究所,鈥 said Ricciardi.

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

Published on: 21 Jan 2025

In a recent video, Radio-Canada's听尝'茅辫颈肠别谤颈别 investigates the nutritional, environmental, and economic reasons why orange juice might not be the best choice to accompany a healthy breakfast.

Classified as: Pascal Th茅riault
Published on: 15 Jan 2025

This week, Saint-Hyacinthe Technopole announced the appointment of Jade Proulx,听BSc(FSc)鈥12,听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鈥攁nd got her start on 不良研究所's Macdonald Campus.

Published on: 8 Jan 2025

Nineteen members of the 不良研究所 community, including President Deep Saini, have been awarded the听. The medal is conferred on individuals who have made significant contributions to Canada or to a particular province, territory, region or community, or have made an outstanding achievement abroad that brings credit to Canada.

Classified as: Treena Wasonti:io Delormier
Published on: 7 Jan 2025

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