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Huge crowd pays respect to military veterans

Published: 11 November 2022

Standing at the podium surrounded by 1,500 people on the John Abbott football field, Joe Maxwell, gazed up into the sunny November sky and said “It’s good to be alive.”...

Janice Pierson named General Manager of Macdonald Farm

Published: 9 January 2023

Ms. Janice Pierson will join Macdonald as the General Manager of the Macdonald Campus Farm effective January 9, 2023.

Rethinking the world, one small farm at a time

Published: 20 June 2022

How can we help societies achieve more resilient agriculture in the face of geopolitical disturbances and climate change? Why do we continue to propose agricultural systems based on globalized...

U.S. fruit sellers look to Canada for berry production amid drought, rising costs

Published: 29 September 2022

While there is a lot of trial and error, partnering with larger players may be worth it for the Canadian growers, says Mary Doidge, Assistant Professor of Agricultural Economics at 91˿Ƶ...

Natasha Lapointe wins Principal’s Award

Published: 2 November 2022

Every day for the past 18 years, Natasha Lapointe has been showing up for work at the Dairy Unit at Macdonald Campus Farm at 5 am. Luckily, she has a short commute....

An update on the Bicentennial tree planting project

Published: 7 December 2022

David Wees (FMT) provides an update on a recent project coordinated with Lindsay Flood, Franco Nardi and Freida Beauregard, to plant 200 trees on Campus to honour 91˿Ƶ’s Bicentennial....

Fresh produce contaminated with toxic BPA-like chemicals found in food labels, study finds

Published: 23 March 2023

Steps were taken in Canada to reduce the use of Bisphenol A (BPA), a toxic chemical linked to prostate and breast cancer, commonly found in plastics, the lining of food cans, water bottles, and...

Patrick Cortbaoui on securing food for the future

Published: 18 July 2022

Food security is one of the fundamental challenges to sustainability of the 20th century, with approximately 11.7 percent of the global population experiencing extreme food insecurity, according to...

Nutrition student helps MUHC add Indigenous option to menu

Published: 6 October 2022

When an Indigenous patient receiving treatment at the MUHC refused to eat, 91˿Ƶ MScA candidate Manveen Sethi was enlisted to find an authentic recipe for Bannock bread, a traditional Indigenous...

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