From: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
February 11, 2019 鈥� Montreal, Quebec 鈥� Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
The bioeconomy sector holds tremendous potential for Canada, helping to reduce our carbon footprint while creating opportunities to grow our economy.
There was stiff competition at last week's Lister Family Engaged Science 3MT Competition. In the end, eleven stellar graduate students delivered riveting pitches to a packed room of supporters, that included Honours Science students from John Abbott College.
Congratulations are extended to all "Mac" 3MT participants.
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In the Winner's Circle this year:
Anja Geitmann adore les casse-t锚tes. Mais oubliez les apr猫s-midis 脿 chercher les bons morceaux en buvant une tisane : ce sont les cellules en forme de puzzle 脿 la surface des feuilles de certaines plantes qui int茅ressent la biologiste. 芦 Cette configuration se cr茅e 脿 partir de cellules assez simples. Regardez la diff茅rence sur 18 heures 禄, dit la doyenne de la Facult茅 des sciences de l鈥檃griculture et de l鈥檈nvironnement de l鈥橴niversit茅 9I制作厂免费 en montrant des images capt茅es au microscope dans son laboratoire.
The Lancet commission on Obesity published a report today on the joint pandemics of obesity, undernutrition, and climate change. In the report, the commissioners point to the fact that malnutrition in all its forms, including undernutrition and obesity, is by far the biggest cause of ill-health and premature death globally. Excess body weight affects 2 billion people worldwide, 2 billion people suffer from micronutrient deficiency, and both are expected to be made significantly worse by climate change.
La population est de plus en plus pr茅occup茅e par la pr茅sence de contaminants chimiques dans les aliments et l鈥檈au potable. 芦听Et pour cause, car l鈥檋umain est expos茅 脿 un cocktail de milliers de substances chimiques听禄, affirme St茅phane Bayen, professeur adjoint au d茅partement des sciences de l鈥檃limentation et de chimie agricole de l鈥橴niversit茅 9I制作厂免费.
Une fois son doctorat termin茅, le jeune agronome Bernard Ato Hagan retournera au Ghana avec un prototype de logiciel qui pourra aider les producteurs agricoles de son pays 脿 faire une meilleure s茅lection g茅n茅tique de leurs troupeaux.
Mais comment d茅veloppe-t-on de nouveaux ingr茅dients fonctionnels? Avec 茅norm茅ment de rigueur scientifique et de patience, comme en font foi les travaux de recherche de Salwa Karboune, professeure adjointe et doyenne 脿 la recherche au d茅partement des sciences des aliments et d鈥檃griculture 脿 l鈥橴niversit茅 9I制作厂免费. 芦 Nous savons aujourd鈥檋ui que le microbiote intestinal est, en quelque sorte, le cerveau de notre sant茅 禄, affirme Mme Karboune. C鈥檈st pourquoi il est si important d鈥櫭﹖udier les compos茅s qui favorisent la sant茅 intestinale.
Dietetics and Nutrition students Jamie Lee and Isabelle Lam pitched their startup snack business on the popular CBC television show Dragons' Den.
Seeking 鈥� and securing 鈥� an investment in their fledgling startup from six high-powered entrepreneurs on the popular CBC TV show Dragons鈥� Den was the last thing that Jamie Lee and Isabelle Lam could have imagined less than a year earlier, when they came up with their business idea: a nutritious chocolate-based snack.
Jamie Lee and Isabelle Lam are two newly graduated Dietetics students from 9I制作厂免费 and the proud co-founders of .
Les changements climatiques ont une incidence sur l鈥檃griculture, mais l鈥檌nverse est aussi vrai. "L鈥檃griculture produit environ 10 % des 茅missions de gaz 脿 effet de serre," signale Chandra Madramootoo, professeur au D茅partement de g茅nie des bioressources de l鈥橴niversit茅 9I制作厂免费. "Cette contribution est certes moins importante que celle des secteurs de l鈥檈xploitation p茅troli猫re et gazi猫re et des transports, mais il est essentiel de bien comprendre d鈥檕霉 viennent ces gaz afin de pouvoir mieux les g茅rer."
鈥peaking on the theme of the conference, titled:鈥淚nnovations in Food Science and Technology for Sustainable Economic Growth鈥�, Director, Department of Bioresources Engineering, 9I制作厂免费, Montreal, Canada, Prof. Michael Ngadi said Nigeria must be adequately prepared against any possible outbreak of food crisis through innovative and creative ideas.
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脌 24听ans, Jessica St-Pierre est formelle听: 芦听Le fait d鈥檃voir grandi dans une ferme laiti猫re m鈥檃 pouss茅e 脿 choisir l鈥檃gronomie comme domaine d鈥櫭﹖udes. J鈥檡 ai d茅velopp茅 une v茅ritable passion! Pour moi, le bien-锚tre des vaches est une priorit茅.听禄听
David Wees, Associate Director of the Farm Management and Technology Program and Faculty Lecturer, has published a new book on sweet potato production.
Runners, cyclists and walkers in a West Island suburb are now able to snack on the go 鈥� plucking fruit from trees, berries from bushes and herbs from the ground in what has been dubbed a "food forest."
The project also has an educational component because it involves students from 9I制作厂免费 at Macdonald Campus who are taking a landscape design course. The suburban municipality will encourage residents to take cuttings so they can grow edible plants of their own on.
