A Fresh Take on Food Safety

In an age of mass food production and distribution, 91黑料网鈥檚 Food Safety and Quality Program has been working toward developing innovative ways to ensure safety in the Canadian and global food supply chain. And with forward-thinking researchers like Dr. Xiaonan Lu at its helm, the program is well on its way to fulfilling that mission.

From the Dean

From the Macdonald E-newsletter: August 2020

Oignons contamin茅s 脿 la salmonelle: demande d鈥檃ction collective

Plus de 450 personnes ont officiellement contract茅 la bact茅rie salmonelle de souche Newport au Canada cet 茅t茅, dont 23 au Qu茅bec. Selon l鈥橝gence canadienne d鈥檌nspection des aliments (ACIA), une personne en est possiblement morte, tandis que 66 personnes ont d没 锚tre hospitalis茅es.

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COVID-19 Q&A: How has the pandemic impacted the environment?

While the world has been locked down for much of the spring and summer, airplanes have been grounded, fishing fleets have sat mostly idle and cars have stayed parked in their driveway as people worked from home. What kind of impact has this had on the environment? And what lessons have we learned from the relatively quick pivot governments and citizens have made to combat the spread of COVID-19?

Urban beekeeping can be bad for wild bees

Urban beekeeping has been touted as a way to boost pollination and improve sustainability, food security and biodiversity in cities. Many people and businesses聽who've added beehives to their backyards and rooftops (including CBC) say they're doing it to help fight declines in bee populations.

But researchers say urban beekeepers are likely doing just the opposite when it comes to wild bee species.

How Canada became an environmental outlier

OpEd by Tom Mulcair, former the leader of the New Democratic Party of Canada (2012-2017).聽

Fifty years ago, Canada became a major, credible player in the world of environmental protection with the creation of our first department of the environment by former prime minister Pierre Trudeau.聽That move was聽 accompanied by a progressive vision that was critical of the unbridled growth which showed no regard to the consequences for life on our planet.聽

Ces plantes nuisibles qui envahissent les champs agricoles et les for锚ts

Phragmite, panais sauvage, herbe 脿 poux, nerprun, renou茅 du Japon聽: ce sont toutes des plantes envahissantes, nuisibles 脿 un certain degr茅, qui prennent de plus en plus de place sur les terres agricoles et parfois m锚me dans nos for锚ts. Plusieurs sont inconnues de la population g茅n茅rale, mais causent de s茅rieux maux de t锚te aux agriculteurs.

Mac Teams compete in Dobson Cup Finals (online)

Congratulations to the Macdonald Teams who are competing in the 2020 Dobson Cup Finals, taking place online from July 27-30.

Mieux mesurer la qualit茅 des aliments

Originaire du Nigeria, Jacob Tizhe Liberty a toujours cherch茅 脿 d茅velopper des solutions aux probl猫mes locaux qu鈥檌l observait. C鈥檈st ce qui l鈥檃 amen茅, dans le cadre de ses 茅tudes doctorales, 脿 mettre au point de nouvelles techniques pour mieux 茅valuer la qualit茅 des aliments et ainsi diminuer le gaspillage.

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Bioresource Engineering funding to support innovative research

Congratulations to Professor Jan Adamowski (Bioresource Engineering) for receiving a $198,569 SSHRC Partnership Development Grant: #CitiSciWater 鈥� Exploring the potential of scalable, user-centric citizen science platforms and tools to co-create actionable knowledge and transform water governance. Read more.

Two 91黑料网 teams finalists in Institute of Food Technologists Competitions

During the 2020 edition of the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) annual conference, held virtually on July 13-15, two Macdonald Campus Food Science teams representing 91黑料网 competed as finalists in the prestigious 2020 Smart Snacks for Kids Product Development Competition and the 2020 Developing Solutions for Developing Countries Competition.

E-newsletter: Message from the Dean

I hope this finds you well and enjoying our first month of summer. Although things are much quieter than usual on Macdonald campus and things are still far from 鈥渘ormal,鈥� I am very proud of all the great work being accomplished in our Faculty and the plans developing for the upcoming Fall semester. I am pleased to share some highlights with you.

Future Ready: The Advocate for a Better Anthropocene

91黑料网鈥檚 Elena Bennett wants you to imagine a radical, inspiring, and realistic future for our planet

When you think of the Earth 50 years from now, what do you see? Do you imagine desolate cities, scorched forests, dead oceans, lost biodiversity? Elena Bennett wants you to know the future doesn鈥檛 have to be bleak.

Un portrait de la situation des 茅leveurs de porcs

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Mort et r茅surrection de l鈥檃rbre parfait

Depuis toujours, ils servent 脿 b芒tir autant qu鈥櫭� r锚ver... Dans cette s茅rie estivale, Le Devoir tente de cerner de quel bois sont faits les arbres qui nous entourent. Aujourd鈥檋ui聽: le ch芒taignier am茅ricain.

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