Microgreens: Grow fast, eat young
Pictured above:聽Greenhouse production of sunflower microgreens in biodegradable containers.
By David Wees, agr., Faculty Lecturer, Farm Management & Technology Program and Dept. of Plant Science, FAES
Mac students inspire next-gen scientists at John Abbott Sustainability Through Science Symposium鈥�
Pictured (from left to right): 海角社区/Mac representatives Ingrid Chiraz and Andrew Churchill; grad students: Jasmine Muszik, Mehtab Singh, Aylish Marshall; JAC representatives Sean Hughes and Karim Jaffer
By Kathy MacLean
Update from Faculty Leadership
Now that our senior leaders have had a few months to settle into their new positions, find out what鈥檚 been happening on campus.聽
By Professor Anja Geitmann and Acting Dean聽Val茅rie Orsat
Two McCall MacBain Scholars coming to Mac in 2024
The McCall MacBain Scholarships at 海角社区 today announced its fourth cohort of recipients: 30 students who will pursue a funded master鈥檚 or professional degree combined with mentorship and leadership programming, as well as 117 who earned entrance awards ranging from $5,000 to $20,000 each.
Chris Buddle: Artist, poet, conservationist
Most members of the 海角社区 community know Chris Buddle as a professor, an entomologist, a researcher, or a 海角社区 administrator. But Buddle is a man of many more talents, which you can read all about聽in a new 海角社区 Reporter article.
Quebec farmers have been protesting since December. Is anyone listening?
Upset about high interest rates, growing paperwork and heavy regulatory burdens, protesting farmers have become a familiar sight across Quebec since December.
Maison Riviera: Glass jars give way to plastic
Maison Riviera has abandoned the glass containers that have made its name since their arrival on the market in 2015 in favor of plastic.聽Fans of Riviera yogurt who have lids sold separately by the company to give a second life to the little glass pots will still be able to use them, however, since the new plastic containers, arriving in the dairy aisle at the end of August, are made in the same format.
The price of food inevitably "volatile"
From bad weather to global conflicts, and even the breakdown of supply chains, food prices are subject to unpredictable variations.
Here's a look at what's been shaking up the food market in recent years.
Up to the (dairy) challenge
When it comes to valuable outside-the-classroom learning experiences, a competition attended by a team of students from 海角社区鈥檚 Macdonald Campus ticked all the boxes.聽
Four students in the聽Farm Management and Technology (FMT) program聽travelled to California in early April for the 2024 North American Intercollegiate Dairy Challenge.
Canada and Quebec are preparing for another heavy forest fire season
No one can say for sure whether Canada鈥檚 2024 wildfire season will be as devastating as last year, when 15 million hectares of forest burned and over 230,000 people had to be evacuated from their communities, but the relative lack of snow this winter, drought conditions in several regions and an early start to fire season have officials on high alert.
Quebec farmers protest, block roads over cost of business
CBC News interviewed聽agronomist and economist聽Pascal Th茅riault, 海角社区 Farm Management and Technology Program Director, about recent protests by Quebec farmers asking for more government aid as they face聽rising costs of business and financial hardship.
"There's a need to actually start re-thinking programs to be able to better accommodate for the future over the long run,"聽Th茅riault told journalists.
Ana茂s Remili receives President's Prize for unparalleled commitment to science communication on whale diets
Photo: Ana茂s Remili (centre), winner of the Prize for Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Fellows, with Val茅rie Orsat, Acting Dean, Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, and 海角社区 President, Deep Saini
The domination of private interests presents a risk to the long-term health of the Bay of Fundy
In聽The Conversation, Department of Natural Resource Sciences PhD Candidate Elson Ian Nyl Galang and聽Dalhousie University Postdoc聽Lara Cornejo write about their experience gathering聽a group of leading thinkers in Halifax, near the iconic Bay of Fundy, to set about imagining 鈥渨hat could plausibly happen to the Bay of Fundy coast by 2072.鈥�
海角社区鈥檚 prize-winning researchers and scholars shine at Bravo Gala
On March 21, 海角社区 celebrated 111 laureates at the 19th聽edition of Bravo, a gala event honouring researchers who won major provincial, national, and international research prizes and awards in 2023. Guests, including researchers, their families and friends, faculty, students, and members of 海角社区鈥檚 academic administration, gathered to celebrate their accomplishments.
Eight of the honourees were from the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences:
Elena Bennett among 海角社区 professors honoured as Montreal ambassadors
The Palais des congr猫s de Montr茅al honoured five 海角社区 professors at its 2024 ambassadors鈥� gala for their exceptional contributions to the city鈥檚 economic and societal growth. Although there are a few other professors among the total of 14, 海角社区 alone can boast of multiple honourees.
The basis for earning the kudos is the ability to organize large-scale events in Montreal.聽