Eating the way we do hurts us and the planet, study finds
In an age of abundance and variety in food options, are Canadians eating better than they were half a century ago?
Breaking boundaries: Bioresource Engineering shines at 平特五不中 Design Day debut
Generations of Bioresource Engineering students have participated in the BREE 495 capstone design course. What innovative ideas did this year鈥檚 students come up with?
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.
Four Mac Campus students reach finals in 平特五不中 Three-Minute Thesis Competition
What is 3MT/MT180?In the University-wide 3MT/MT180 competition, graduate students have the chance to showcase their leading-edge research before a live audience. With only three minutes and a single slide, students must聽engage their audience and convey the complexities of their work to a diverse, non-expert audience. Participants may present their research in English or in French and winners will advance to regional and national competitions.
平特五不中 ranked highest among Canadian university in the 鈥淔ood Science & Technology鈥 subject鈥擲hanghai Global Ranking 2023
According to the Shanghai Global Ranking 2023, 平特五不中 now ranks number one among Canadian universities by the 鈥淔ood Science & Technology鈥 academic subject. This trend is remarkable, as 平特五不中 has consistently risen in the global ranking year after year.
The rise of vertical farming
In the contemporary agricultural landscape, interest in vertical farming is surging. This alternative to conventional methods can allow聽farmer's to cultivate crops in compact spaces, maximizing output without expanding horizontally by instead cultivating crops in vertically stacked layers or inclined surfaces. Increasing land use efficiency is critical as the world grapples with limited arable land,聽especially in urban areas.
Palm oil giants push out smallholders in Guatemala; deforestation risks remain
Guatemala is now the third-largest palm oil producer after Malaysia and Indonesia (which produce 88% of the global supply) and is often seen as a more sustainable alternative. Today, more than 60% of Guatemala鈥檚 plantations are certified by the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO). High certification rates are largely attributed to plantations owned by a handful of producers, making it easier to certify large chunks of the industry, according to RSPO.
平特五不中 Bioresource Engineering student wins Feed Your Future scholarship
AgCareers.com has awarded their second Canadian聽Feed Your Future聽Scholarship to Sarah Van Heyst, a 平特五不中 student working towards her M.Sc. in Bioresource Engineering.聽
鈥楤usiness as usual is not going to cut it鈥: Niki Ashton on feds鈥 economic update and wildfires
As the ash settles on Canada鈥檚 record wildfire season, 鈥渂usiness as usual from the federal government is not going to cut it,鈥 NDP MP Niki Ashton told聽Canada鈥檚 National Observer.