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Grocery Prices—Can we hope for a lull?

Published: 21 August 2023

Although grocery prices continue to rise at a higher rate than inflation, they slowed in July, according to Statistics Canada, and some items are currently on the shelves at the same price as they...

Birds nesting in agricultural lands more vulnerable to extreme heat, study finds

Published: 25 October 2023

As climate change intensifies extreme heat, farms are becoming less hospitable to nesting birds, a new study found. That could be another barrier to maintaining rapidly eroding biodiversity that...

91˿Ƶ team advances in Deep Space Food Challenge

Published: 3 May 2023

A team led by two recent 91˿Ƶ bioengineering graduates, Alexander Becker and Cynthia Hitti, has made it through to the final phase of the Deep Space Food Challenge (DSFC) with their system for...

Palm oil plantations and deforestation in Guatemala: Certifying products as 'sustainable' is no panacea

Published: 27 July 2023

Palm oil, which can be found in roughly half of all packaged supermarket products, is notorious for causing deforestation and biodiversity loss. Efforts to curtail the damage have largely focused...

Achieving alternate futures in the Anthropocene

Published: 4 October 2023

A recent article, written by a team which includes Professor Elena Bennett in 91˿Ƶ’s Department of Natural Resource Sciences, explores the challenges of the Anthropocene, a new geological epoch...

L’agriculture en manque de relève

Published: 20 April 2023

Un récent rapport indique que 40 % des travailleurs agricoles partiront à la retraite d'ici 2033 et que le pays manquera de 24 000 employés d'ici là. Pascal Thériault, économiste et directeur du...

Experts: WHO's cancer research agency to list aspartame sweetener a possible carcinogen

Published: 19 July 2023

Aspartame, used in products such as diet sodas and chewing gum, will soon be listed as "possibly carcinogenic to humans" for the first time by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC)...

How can the use of plastics in agriculture become more sustainable?

Published: 27 September 2023

It is impossible to imagine modern agriculture without plastics—12 million tons are used every year. But what about the environmental consequences? An international team of authors, including...

Rabais pour l’épicerie : 467 $ par année pour une famille, c’est 9 $ par semaine, nuance un économiste

Published: 3 April 2023

Le budget fédéral dévoilé mardi prévoit un « rabais pour l'épicerie » sous forme d'aide ponctuelle pour aider les citoyens à composer avec l'inflation. Cette mesure de 2,5 milliards de dollars, qui...

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