researchers awarded $5.5 million in CFI funding

Published: 18 September 2024

Twenty researchers have received infrastructure awards from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) to support their innovative projects, for a total federal investment of $5.5 million.  ...

Are Canadian Froot Loops healthier than those in the US? Comments from Prof. Stéphanie Chevalier

Published: 25 November 2024

In a new article, La Presse investigates claims made by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Donald Trump's Secretary of Health nominee, that Froot Loops sold in Canada have far less ingredients than their...

Trying to protect agriculture and preserve antibiotics—interview with Prof. Jennifer Ronholm

Published: 9 September 2024

A major issue associated with antimicrobial resistance is the overuse and potential misuse of antibiotics in agriculture.

More expensive beef: why such a meteoric rise in price? Interview with Pascal Thériault

Published: 6 November 2024

Beef prices have risen in recent years, and could continue to do so in the coming year, Le Journal de Montréal reports....

Shrinkflation hits orange juice again—Pascal Thériault on Radio-Canada

Published: 26 August 2024

Often considered a symbol of shrinkflation, orange juice is shrinking again, Radio-Canada reports. A modified bottle of the Tropicana brand is making its way into grocery stores in a format reduced...

students shine at the NAIDC: Progressive Dairy interviews Beatrice Neveu and Connor Velthuis

Published: 23 October 2024

In April 2024, four students from the Macdonald Campus' Farm Management and Technology (FMT) program participated in the 2024 North American Intercollegiate Dairy Challenge (NAIDC...

The effects of ultra-processed foods (comments from Michèle Iskandar and Stéphanie Chevalier)

Published: 16 December 2024

In a recent article, La Presse addressed the question of whether ultra-processed foods increase cases of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and allergies in children....

The little-known—and threatened—orcas of the North Atlantic

Published: 10 September 2024

Anaïs Remili, PhD(AgEnvSc)'23, an ecotoxicologist and postdoctoral researcher, tracks contaminants that threaten the health of North Atlantic orcas. While Pacific orca populations are well studied,...

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