|KATHY MACLEAN, COMMUNICATIONS, FACULTY OF AGRICULTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
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There was good news all around for the Quebec agri-food sector in the recent provincial budget.
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There was good news all around for the Quebec agri-food sector in the recent provincial budget.
Before that beautiful salmon filet lands on your plate, a lot of less appetizing stuff gets stripped away: By one estimate, the global seafood industry produces 64 million metric tons of waste each year. A new study suggests a potentially sweeter fate for all those heads and guts: They can be turned into a coal-like substance called hydrochar, which could be used as fuel or added to soil to improve fertility and sequester carbon (Energy Fuels 2015, DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.5b01671).
Chaque ann茅e, des millions de poussins m芒les, jug茅s sans valeur par l'industrie des poules pondeuses, sont euthanasi茅s d猫s leur sortie听de l'oeuf. Une pratique que l'Allemagne veut cesser d'ici 2017, et 脿 laquelle une myst茅rieuse invention de l'Universit茅 不良研究所 pourrait mettre fin....Au Qu茅bec, l'Universit茅 不良研究所 planche aussi secr猫tement sur une technologie semblable.
Models provide researchers with a view to the future, allowing stakeholders the opportunity to adapt to the effects of climate change
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Bioresource Engineering professor Mark Lefsrud and PhD candidate D茅bora Parrine were featured on CBC's The National on Tuesday, September 22.
Mark spoke about his work with Urban Barns, and how the new growth systems that he is developing are changing the face of agriculture.
Congratulations to John-Michael Davis for being awarded the听John R Goldsmith foundation student prize!