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In conversation with Alessandra Granata, valedictorian for the Agricultural & Environmental Sciences ‘B’ ceremony

Published: 31 May 2023

91˿Ƶ’s valedictorians are outstanding students whose strong academic performance, leadership and community involvement has earned the respect of their peers. This year’s cohort is remarkable 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...

Food companies are swapping ingredients with lower-quality substitutes to cut costs, experts say

Published: 5 September 2023

If you’ve noticed that certain products in the grocery store taste different from how you remember, it’s possible some of their ingredients have been swapped for cheaper alternatives. ...

From AI to robot butchers, automating the meat packing industry is not cut-and-dried

Published: 11 October 2023

Artificial intelligence, automation and robotics are reshaping many parts of the economy, and experts say the meat-processing sector could benefit from improved technology to overcome labour...

Woodsmen Competition returns to Mac

Published: 3 April 2023

On March 18, the familiar sounds of sawing and chopping filled the air of Macdonald Campus with the return of the Macdonald Campus Woodsmen Competition. On hiatus since the outset of the pandemic,...

$3.2 million for 91˿Ƶ Research from the New Frontiers in Research Fund

Published: 27 April 2023

Congratulations to two Macdonald Profs who have received funding through the New Frontiers in Research Fund Exploration stream, which supports high-risk, high-reward and interdisciplinary research:...

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)...

Operational Constraints Fall 2023

Published: 30 August 2023

Dear members of the Macdonald Campus community,...

Sports Logging: She'd never touched an axe before coming to 91˿Ƶ

Published: 2 October 2023

Even though she grew up on a farm, Stéphanie Naud had never touched an axe or saw before studying at 91˿Ƶ's Mac campus. As a natural athlete who loved the outdoors and working with her hands,...

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