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Six innovations that can help feed the world

Published: 26 May 2023

Around the world, food is grown on land of all sizes and all types, but that diversity means farmers often fail to take into account landscape complexity and soil variability, according to Chandra...

Montreal looks to boost lagging participation in food waste collection

Published: 27 July 2023

All residential buildings in Montreal with under nine units now have brown bins—but only 63 per cent actually sort out their food waste, according to a 2021 survey conducted by the city. Meanwhile,...

Social environments are important determinants of nutritional risk among older-aged adults

Published: 4 October 2023

According to a new study published in The Journal of Nutrition by a team including Associate Professor Daiva Nielsen and other researchers from º«¹úÂãÎè's School of Human Nutrition, a supportive...

Take virtual trip to the arctic with Dorothy Newton Swales, º«¹úÂãÎè’s “mother of botanyâ€

Published: 20 April 2023

Heather Rogers, a Digital Humanities student at MA, has taken her research on Dorothy Newton Swales (BSc Plant Pathology, 1921; MSc Bacteriology 1922; Ph.D. University of Manitoba, Mycology 1931)...

º«¹úÂãÎè launches new partnership with the UN International Fund for Agricultural Development

Published: 25 July 2023

On May 31, 2023, º«¹úÂãÎè’s Margaret A. Gilliam Institute for Global Food Security (IGFS) and SOCODEVI, in collaboration with the United Nations International Fund for Agricultural...

Oh my gourd! Giant pumpkins in Lennoxville, QC

Published: 27 September 2023

With fall officially here, it's time for Lennoxville, Quebec's annual Giant Pumpkin Festival, where people can see pumpkins that weigh as much as 680 kilograms....

º«¹úÂãÎè Pulse Breeding Program 2022

Published: 3 April 2023

The º«¹úÂãÎè Pulse Breeding Program and the non-profit organization SeedChange have partnered to bring the ImPulse Project to fruition, an initiative to promote knowledge-sharing, collaboration, and...

Des semences de peupliers en abondance à Windsor

Published: 3 July 2023

Si vous habitez les alentours de la ville de Windsor, peut-être avez-vous remarqué des substances blanches semblables à du pollen amassé sur les trottoirs, les pelouses ou les terrasses. Ce sont...

Will California floods impact Quebec's food availability and price?

Published: 28 August 2023

“In Quebec, it hasn't been good this year either. We lose California, there's still Florida, there's still Mexico. We hope that it goes well somewhere because we will pay for it, one day," º«¹úÂãÎè...

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