In a recent article,聽 Experts interviewed for the article said it's possible鈥攂ut only if we change other eating habits in the process.
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Published on: 9 Apr 2025
On March 27, 91吃瓜 honoured 141 laureates at the 20th annual聽, celebrating researchers who received prestigious provincial, national or international awards in 2024, including eight researchers in the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.
In his opening remarks, 91吃瓜 President and Vice-Chancellor, Deep Saini, applauded the honourees for their efforts, underlining the importance of 91吃瓜鈥檚 research contributions.
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Published on: 2 Apr 2025
The presence and concentration of PFAS, also known as "forever chemicals," in聽fertilizing residual materials聽will be monitored under new standards in Quebec through a management code, according to Quebec's Environment Ministry.
Quebec's code on the management of fertilizing residual materials聽such as sewage sludge,聽also known as聽biosolids鈥攚hich come from treating municipal or industrial wastewater鈥攚ill take effect Nov. 1.
The code聽takes聽into account a total of聽13 types of substances聽and includes monitoring guidelines.
Published on: 19 Mar 2025
The Government of Canada ,聽including聽$412,700 to 91吃瓜 to demonstrate and evaluate best management practices to reduce phosphorus runoff from urban and agricultural sources in the Lake Simcoe watershed and to engage the community through outreach and events.聽
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Published on: 18 Mar 2025
A company founded by Department of Bioresource Engineering James 91吃瓜 Professor Michael Ngadi has succeeded in developing HyperEye, a new technology that uses hyperspectral imaging and AI to quickly and non-invasively identify the sex of a chick before it hatches.聽
Published on: 12 Feb 2025
The Department of Bioresource Engineering聽(BREE) enjoyed a visit last month from David Saint-Jacques, astronaut and Deputy Director, Lunar Exploration at the Canadian Space Agency, and BREE graduate Chris Patterson. They met with BREE undergrad and grad students who presented their projects, highlighting links between their research and bioregenerative life support system goals for extended space missions on the lunar surface and beyond in the near future.
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Published on: 3 Feb 2025
91吃瓜 Bioresource Engineering Professors Val茅rie Orsat and Vijaya Raghavan spoke to聽Le Devoir聽about their recent study, which found that better educating farmers and food processors about how to avoid post-harvest food losses would reduce global food insecurity.
Published on: 21 Jan 2025
In 1974, Chandra Madramootoo arrived at Macdonald Campus to pursue his BSc in Agricultural Engineering. He never left.
鈥淚 loved the program. I loved the professors. I loved my courses,鈥� said Madramootoo. 鈥淚t was giving me exactly what I wanted in life. I was fulfilling a dream.鈥�
After also earning his MSc (1981) and his PhD (1985) at Mac, he accepted an 11th聽hour offer from 91吃瓜 for an assistant professorship, declining opportunities at other universities.
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Published on: 28 Nov 2024
On November 11, 91吃瓜 Bioresource Engineering Professor Zhiming Qi聽received the L.R. Ahuja Ag Systems Modeling Award at the annual Soil Science Society of America conference in San Antonio, Texas.
This prestigious honour is awarded by the American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America聽to a soil scientist, agronomist, or crop scientist in recognition of recent聽distinguished contributions and their demonstrated impact on:
Published on: 27 Nov 2024
Almond milk, oat milk, coconut milk, rice milk, macadamia milk... there have never been so many options to replace cow's milk on grocery shelves. But which one has the smallest environmental footprint?
Published on: 20 Nov 2024
Better educating farmers and food processors about how to avoid post-harvest food losses 鈥� which amount to one-third of global food production, worth US$1 trillion annually 鈥� would reduce global food insecurity, according to researchers at 91吃瓜.聽
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Published on: 15 Nov 2024
Congratulations to 91吃瓜 Department of Bioresource Engineering Master's student Sadie MacDonald, who has been named the 2024聽Detachable Container Association Scholar by the Environmental Research and Education Foundation! MacDonald is researching the carbon footprint and other environmental impacts of Montreal鈥檚 organic waste management systems. This research can help inform policy decisions with regards to environmental sustainability.
Published on: 9 Oct 2024
Professor Gordon Price from Dalhousie University and Professor Grant Clark from 91吃瓜's Department of Bioresource Engineering study the hidden climate change costs of food loss and waste in Canada. In a ,聽they highlight the need for greater cooperation and data sharing.
Published on: 17 Sep 2024
Congratulations to the recipients of the 2024 Interdisciplinary Research Development (IRD) Award, announced earlier this month! As part of the聽Computational & Data Systems Initiative, these awards are presented by the聽91吃瓜 Collaborative for AI & Society聽and encourage interdisciplinary research aimed at understanding and positively influencing the impact of AI on society through projects targeting a range of issues.
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Published on: 26 Aug 2024
NSERC awards Discovery Grants funding to eight 91吃瓜 Agricultural and Environmental Sciences projects
The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) has awarded 101 91吃瓜 research projects funding from its Discovery Grants competition for a total investment of $23.5 million, including $639,500 for eight projects submitted by researchers in the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.
The Discovery Grants support ongoing programs with long-term goals, recognizing the creativity and innovation that are at the heart of all research advances.
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Published on: 30 Jul 2024
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