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.
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.
When it comes to valuable outside-the-classroom learning experiences, a competition attended by a team of students from 91ε’s Macdonald Campus ticked all the boxes.
Four students in theFarm Management and Technology (FMT) programtravelled to California in early April for the 2024 North American Intercollegiate Dairy Challenge.
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.
CBC News interviewedagronomist and economistPascal Thériault, 91ε Farm Management and Technology Program Director, about recent protests by Quebec farmers asking for more government aid as they facerising 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,"Thériault told journalists.
Photo: Anaïs Remili (centre), winner of the Prize for Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Fellows, with Valérie Orsat, Acting Dean, Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, and 91ε President, Deep Saini
InThe Conversation, Department of Natural Resource Sciences PhD Candidate Elson Ian Nyl Galang andDalhousie University PostdocLara Cornejo write about their experience gatheringa group of leading thinkers in Halifax, near the iconic Bay of Fundy, to set about imagining “what could plausibly happen to the Bay of Fundy coast by 2072.”
On March 21, 91ε celebrated 111 laureates at the 19thedition 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 91ε’s academic administration, gathered to celebrate their accomplishments.
Eight of the honourees were from the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences:
The Palais des congrès de Montréal honoured five 91ε professors at its 2024 ambassadors’ gala for their exceptional contributions to the city’s economic and societal growth. Although there are a few other professors among the total of 14, 91ε alone can boast of multiple honourees.
The basis for earning the kudos is the ability to organize large-scale events in Montreal.
Congratulations to School of Human Nutrition PhD candidate Manon Fantino, winner of 91ε’s francophone 3-Minute Thesis (MT180) competition! Manon will represent 91ε at the Concours Nationals in Ottawa on May 15th.
Although Zoey Li, BSc(NutrSc)’17, always had an interest in business, she never expected to launch a company that helps people take charge of their health.
Li, who was recently named to theForbes 30 Under 30in the food and beverage category, built her success on her ability to find opportunities, develop new skills and make connections, as an undergraduate and afterward.
Macdonald community members gathered at the Ceilidh on Wednesday, April 3, to celebrate the Gold Key Recipients for 2024. Students, staff, friends, and family listened in asDaniil Batanau, Henry Cordoba Novoa, Sara Kosumi, Philippe Leblond, and Henry Leeshared their inspiring stories of how they became involved in community life at Macdonald Campus and how rewarding it has been for them to give back to their fellow students.
Student engagement was high at the Future of Food Conference in Ottawa, as youth turned out to hear panellists and keynote speeches by stakeholders from across the agriculture value chain.
Several student groups from Queen’s, 91ε and the University of Ottawa heard about sustainability, innovation and politics in agriculture at the February event.
91ε Farm Management and Technology student Aidan Velthuis, who grew up on a dairy farm south of Ottawa, attended the conference.
It’s possible animals — pets and wildlife alike — will behave unusually during Quebec’s total solar eclipse on April 8 , according to experts on their behaviour.
David Bird, emeritus professor of wildlife biology at 91ε, that birds, insects and bats are the main groups expected to be affected, or “the main ones that everybody’s sort of keeping an eye on.”
Imagine cows roaming freely in a barn equipped with cameras and sensors linked to artificial intelligence in a system that predicts their mood and lifespan. Implementing such a system is the mission of the new Research and Innovation Chair in Animal Welfare and Artificial Intelligence (), created jointly by 91ε and UQAM thanks to $5 million in funding over five years.
91ε Farm Management and Technology Program DirectorPascal Thériaultspoke to Radio-Canada'sLe Café Show about what regenerative agriculture is, how it can improve water retention in the soil—an increasingly important consideration as climate change increases the frequency and intensity of drought in the prairies, and its role in carbon capture.