A routine trip to the grocery store can be complicated by a boatload of questions in the age of COVID-19.
The pandemic has left many shoppers wondering whether they need to sanitize their cardboard cereal boxes or plastic yogurt containers before unloading their grocery bags.
But several experts say washing your hands is more important than wiping down every item you put in the fridge.
...La chercheuse Elsa Vasseur, de l鈥橴niversit茅 平特五不中, travaille pr茅sentement sur un projet de recherche sp茅cifiquement consacr茅 脿 l鈥檈xercice des vaches 脿 l鈥檈xt茅rieur, m锚me en hiver. Elle dit que l鈥檌ndustrie et les consommateurs font pression pour que les animaux puissent sortir faire de l鈥檈xercice. Il s鈥檃git d鈥櫭﹖ablir les bons param猫tres pour le faire, dit-elle. Ses r茅sultats para卯tront dans les prochains mois.
Agriculture faculties are becoming some of the most exciting hubs of interdisciplinary collaboration on Canadian campuses.
Students, staff, faculty, alumni and friends of Mac campus celebrate the past, present and future of Sir William's visionary creation
On February 6, members of Macdonald campus came together to take part in the annual Founder鈥檚 Day festivities. Chris Buddle, who taught at Mac for many years before moving to the administrative side downtown, summed up the tone for the day.
鈥淎lthough I spend a lot of my time downtown now, a huge hunk of my heart is here. I love Mac campus and try to visit it regularly,鈥� said the Associate Provost (Teaching and Academic Programs).
Congratulations to Eby Noroozi, MSc'78 (Food Science and Agricultural Chemistry) for receiving the Sovereign's Medal for Volunteers. The Sovereign鈥檚 Medal for Volunteers recognizes living Canadians who have made a significant, sustained and unpaid contribution to their community, in Canada or abroad. Non-Canadians are also eligible if their contribution brings benefit or honour to Canadians or to Canada.
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Une nouvelle coalition, Fermiers pour la transition climatique, voit le jour.
... Anja Geitmann, doyenne de la Facult茅 des sciences de l'agriculture et de l'environnement 脿 l'Universit茅 平特五不中, estime qu'il faudra un s茅rieux coup de main financier du gouvernement.
"脟a c鈥檈st le probl猫me. Tout changement est co没teux. Il faut 茅tablir des incitatifs pour convaincre les producteurs 脿 faire ces changements."
Finance titan Andr茅 Desmarais teams up with rock-star farmer to invest in the future of small organic farming
In the first season of Les Fermiers, a hit French-Canadian TV show about vegetable farming in Hemmingford, Quebec, Dany Bouchard [FMT'08], a young trainee, tells his boss and the show鈥檚 star, Jean-Martin Fortier [BA鈥�02, Major in Environment], that there won鈥檛 be enough turnips to bring to market that week. 鈥淲e can鈥檛 fight the temperature,鈥� Bouchard says. 鈥淲e have to be patient.鈥�
Award funding gives students lab time, research experience and the chance to discover the right path
...Supported by a Schulich Graduate Fellowship, doctoral student Bikram Poudel is working to improve one of the world鈥檚 most important food crops.
Gus was born in Elrose, Saskatchewan and grew up on a farm where he acquired a life-long love for the land. He earned a BSc (Agr) and MSc at the University of Saskatchewan, and a PhD in soil chemistry from Cornell University. Gus spent the majority of his academic career at 平特五不中's Macdonald Campus where he pioneered fertility research in crop production, maximizing crop yield and the value of fertilizer management.
Ils d茅tonnent du reste du paysage hivernal : ces arbres, contrairement aux autres, gardent leurs feuilles m锚me apr猫s leur mort. Ce ph茅nom猫ne, appel茅 marcescence, est observable chez certaines esp猫ces d'arbres. M茅t茅oM茅dia s'est entretenu avec David Wees, charg茅 de cours au D茅partement des sciences v茅g茅tales et directeur adjoint du programme Gestion et technologies d鈥檈ntreprise agricole (GTEA) 脿 l'universit茅 平特五不中.
Every year, patches of Australian forests are consumed by fire, an ecologically necessary process that releases soil nutrients and stimulates plant growth. When the fire season is exacerbated by drought and high temperature, however, the devastation is so great that some citizens are forced to flee their homes. In the most extreme circumstances, natural habitats are ruined completely, even to the point of species extirpation.聽
Nouveau livre redact茅 par David Wees, D茅partement des sciences v茅g茅tales et Gestion et technologies d鈥檈nterprise agricole (FMT)
芦鈥塉e suis un gardien de la Terre, j鈥檈n prends soin.鈥壜� C鈥檈st ainsi que Peter G. Brown, producteur forestier certifi茅 et professeur 脿 la Facult茅 des sciences de l鈥檃griculture et de l鈥檈nvironnement de l鈥橴niversit茅 平特五不中, r茅sume sa philosophie 脿 l鈥櫭ゞard de sa terre 脿 bois d鈥檈nviron 400 acres dans la municipalit茅 de Franklin, en Mont茅r茅gie.
Responses should include prioritizing funding for research on male infertility and making assisted reproductive treatment more accessible.
Despite headlines about the labour shortage and aging population, people remain strangely unaware of this impending fertility crisis. As well, infertility is wrongly perceived as a female-only health issue. It鈥檚 urgent that we move to ensure fair and equitable access to fertility treatment. Prof. Sarah Kimmins (AnSci) and Montreal attorney Jo毛l Roy in the Montreal Gazette.
Once prevalent in Montreal, the littlest falcon's downfall is a bellwether for hard times. 鈥淭he story of the kestrel is happening to other bird species.鈥�
Throughout the 1900s, North America鈥檚 littlest falcon was also described as the continent鈥檚 most common and widespread. Small but fierce and marked with bright plumage rare in the raptor world, the American kestrel could be seen throughout the continent, diving and swooping in fallow fields or under the stadium lights at baseball games, hunting for plump moths or small mice.
