Bioresource Engineering - In The News

Eating the way we do hurts us and the planet, study finds

ƽ��岻�� — Mon, 06 May 2024 14:48:42 +0000

In an age of abundance and variety in food options, are Canadians eating better than they were half a century ago? According to a recent paper by researchers at ƽ��岻�� and the International Food Policy Research Institute, those relying on Canada’s food supply for their dietary needs not only face deficiencies in healthier alternatives, but they also contribute to the disproportionate levels of environmental degradation caused by Canadian agricultural and food distribution policies.

Breaking boundaries: Bioresource Engineering shines at ƽ��岻�� Design Day debut

ƽ��岻�� — Thu, 02 May 2024 17:56:58 +0000

Generations of Bioresource Engineering students have participated in the BREE 495 capstone design course. What innovative ideas did this year’s students come up with?

Canada and Quebec are preparing for another heavy forest fire season

ƽ��岻�� — Thu, 11 Apr 2024 20:04:26 +0000

No one can say for sure whether Canada’s 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 ƽ��岻�� Three-Minute Thesis Competition

ƽ��岻�� — Tue, 26 Mar 2024 18:45:21 +0000

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 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.

ƽ��岻�� ranked highest among Canadian university in the “Food Science & Technology” subject—Shanghai Global Ranking 2023

ƽ��岻�� — Fri, 15 Mar 2024 15:15:12 +0000

According to the Shanghai Global Ranking 2023, ƽ��岻�� now ranks number one among Canadian universities by the “Food Science & Technology” academic subject. This trend is remarkable, as ƽ��岻�� has consistently risen in the global ranking year after year.

Food Science & Technology is also one the best ranked subjects at ƽ��岻��.

The rise of vertical farming

ƽ��岻�� — Mon, 22 Jan 2024 18:32:18 +0000

In the contemporary agricultural landscape, interest in vertical farming is surging. This alternative to conventional methods can allow 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, especially in urban areas.

Palm oil giants push out smallholders in Guatemala; deforestation risks remain

ƽ��岻�� — Wed, 17 Jan 2024 16:03:18 +0000

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’s 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.

ƽ��岻�� Bioresource Engineering student wins Feed Your Future scholarship

ƽ��岻�� — Fri, 22 Dec 2023 00:35:21 +0000

AgCareers.com has awarded their second Canadian Feed Your Future Scholarship to Sarah Van Heyst, a ƽ��岻�� student working towards her M.Sc. in Bioresource Engineering.

AgCareers.com created the Feed Your Future $1,000 Scholarship to financially assist a Canadian post-secondary student studying agriculture or intending to pursue a career in agriculture, in support of the organization's goal to "Feed the World with Talent" by supporting education and career opportunities in agriculture and food.

‘Business as usual is not going to cut it’: Niki Ashton on feds’ economic update and wildfires

ƽ��岻�� — Thu, 30 Nov 2023 20:22:00 +0000

As the ash settles on Canada’s record wildfire season, “business as usual from the federal government is not going to cut it,” NDP MP Niki Ashton told Canada’s National Observer.

AI for data analysis in agriculture

ƽ��岻�� — Mon, 20 Nov 2023 18:28:24 +0000

In the not-so-far-off future, artificial intelligence could help farmers analyze data to make decisions and improve their outputs.

“The bottleneck right now is that farmers have data but don’t necessarily know what it means. They often need a specialist to figure it out,” says Felippe Karp, a PhD candidate in ƽ��岻��'s Bioresource Engineering department and member of the Precision Agriculture and Sensor Systems (PASS) research team led by Professor Viacheslav Adamchuk.