/foodscience/taxonomy/term/5/all en /foodscience/channels/news/experts-five-year-anniversary-covid-19-pandemic-364103 <p>March 11 marks five years since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic. The following 9IÖÆ×÷³§Ãâ·Ñ experts are available to share their insights on the lasting impacts and the lessons learned. </p> Mon, 10 Mar 2025 13:49:30 +0000 admin 21099 at /foodscience /foodscience/channels/news/ultra-thin-bismuth-holds-unexpected-promise-green-electronics-researcher-364018 <p>Electronic devices rely on materials whose electrical properties change with temperature, making them less stable in extreme conditions. A discovery by 9IÖÆ×÷³§Ãâ·Ñ researchers that challenges conventional wisdom in physics suggests that bismuth, a metal, could serve as the foundation for highly stable electronic components.</p> <p>The researchers observed a mysterious electrical effect in ultra-thin bismuth that remains unchanged across a wide temperature range, from near absolute zero (-273°C) to room temperature.</p> Mon, 10 Mar 2025 13:03:12 +0000 admin 21081 at /foodscience /foodscience/channels/news/what-people-need-know-about-food-recalls-interview-prof-jennifer-ronholm-362208 <p>A number of recent food recalls across Canada have raised concerns for some about food safety and health risks. Global News interviewed <a href="/foodscience/ronholm-jennifer">Professor Jennifer Ronholm</a>, Canada Research Chair in Agricultural Microbiology at 9IÖÆ×÷³§Ãâ·Ñ, to explain what consumers need to know and how they can stay safe. </p> <div class="bl-tpl"><a class="button--outline" href="https://globalnews.ca/video/10921998/what-people-need-to-now-about-food-recalls/">Watch the video on Global News</a></div> Wed, 18 Dec 2024 15:23:37 +0000 admin 20382 at /foodscience /foodscience/channels/news/mcgill-alumna-appointed-director-agri-food-innovation-saint-hyacinthe-technopole-362428 <p>This week, Saint-Hyacinthe Technopole announced the appointment of Jade Proulx, BSc(FSc)’12, as Director of Agri-Food Innovation and Project Manager for the Saint-Hyacinthe Agri-Food Innovation Zone. Congratulations to Proulx, who has over ten years of experience in agri-food innovation—and got her start on 9IÖÆ×÷³§Ãâ·Ñ's Macdonald Campus.</p> Wed, 08 Jan 2025 18:27:43 +0000 admin 20379 at /foodscience /foodscience/channels/news/tariff-trouble-prompts-montrealers-prepare-price-hikes-comments-pascal-theriault-364027 <p>Food including meat, vegetables, and fruits are on the long list of products from the U.S. subject to Canada’s 25% counter-tariffs.</p> <p>It might take a few weeks, but most retailers will pass the cost on to Quebecers, 9IÖÆ×÷³§Ãâ·Ñ agricultural economist <a href="/fmt/staff/theriault">Pascal Thériault</a>, Farm Management and Technology Program Director, <a href="https://www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/article/tariff-trouble-prompts-montrealers-to-prepare-for-price-hikes/">told <em>CTV News</em>.</a></p> Wed, 05 Mar 2025 20:08:55 +0000 admin 19409 at /foodscience /foodscience/channels/news/experts-us-pauses-military-aid-ukraine-364000 <p>The United States announced on Monday that it was pausing military aid to Ukraine. European countries are weighing their responses.</p> <p>These 9IÖÆ×÷³§Ãâ·Ñ experts are available to share their insights:</p> Tue, 04 Mar 2025 17:20:34 +0000 admin 19000 at /foodscience /foodscience/channels/news/experts-canada-retaliates-us-imposes-tariffs-363995 <p>The United States has now imposed import tariffs of 25 per cent on goods from Canada and Mexico. Canada is retaliating by imposing tariffs on imports from the United States.</p> <p>These 9IÖÆ×÷³§Ãâ·Ñ experts can shed light on the potential effects of these tariffs:</p> Tue, 04 Mar 2025 16:17:04 +0000 admin 18983 at /foodscience /foodscience/channels/news/are-canadian-froot-loops-healthier-those-us-comments-prof-stephanie-chevalier-361378 <p>In <a href="https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/sciences/2024-11-22/lu-vu-verifie/les-froot-loops-d-ici-sont-ils-meilleurs-que-ceux-des-etats-unis.php">a new article, <em>La Presse </em>investigates claims made by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.</a>, Donald Trump's Secretary of Health nominee, that Froot Loops sold in Canada have far less ingredients than their American counterparts. </p> Mon, 25 Nov 2024 17:33:37 +0000 admin 18043 at /foodscience /foodscience/channels/news/more-expensive-beef-why-such-meteoric-rise-price-interview-pascal-theriault-360960 <p>Beef prices have risen in recent years, and could continue to do so in the coming year, <a href="https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2024/11/03/le-buf-plus-cher-pourquoi-une-hausse-du-prix-aussi-fulgurante"><em>Le Journal de Montréal</em> reports.</a></p> <p>This year's high prices are partly explained by the price of grain used to feed the cattle, according to agronomist and economist <a href="/fmt/staff/theriault">Pascal Thériault</a>, Director of 9IÖÆ×÷³§Ãâ·Ñ's Farm Management and Technology Program.</p> Wed, 06 Nov 2024 17:32:40 +0000 admin 18060 at /foodscience /foodscience/channels/news/school-human-nutrition-professor-treena-delormier-awarded-king-charles-iii-coronation-medal-362393 <p>Nineteen members of the 9IÖÆ×÷³§Ãâ·Ñ community, including President Deep Saini, have been awarded the <a href="https://www.gg.ca/en/honours/canadian-honours/directory-honours/commemorative-medals/king-charles-iii-coronation-medal">King Charles III Coronation Medal</a>. The medal is conferred on individuals who have made significant contributions to Canada or to a particular province, territory, region or community, or have made an outstanding achievement abroad that brings credit to Canada.</p> Tue, 07 Jan 2025 15:01:32 +0000 admin 18031 at /foodscience /foodscience/channels/news/better-training-agricultural-producers-could-reduce-food-insecurity-362778 <p>9IÖÆ×÷³§Ãâ·Ñ Bioresource Engineering Professors <a href="/bioeng/faculty-and-staff/academic-staff/valerie-orsat">Valérie Orsat</a> and <a href="/bioeng/faculty-and-staff/academic-staff/vijaya-raghavan">Vijaya Raghavan</a> spoke to <em>Le Devoir </em>about their recent study, which found that better educating farmers and food processors about how to avoid post-harvest food losses would reduce global food insecurity. </p> Tue, 21 Jan 2025 18:14:57 +0000 admin 18025 at /foodscience /foodscience/channels/news/hidden-climate-cost-food-loss-waste-and-greenhouse-gas-emissions-359713 <p>Professor Gordon Price from Dalhousie University and <a href="/bioeng/faculty-and-staff/academic-staff/grant-clark">Professor Grant Clark</a> from 9IÖÆ×÷³§Ãâ·Ñ's Department of Bioresource Engineering study the hidden climate change costs of food loss and waste in Canada. In a <a href="https://www.openaccessgovernment.org/article/the-hidden-climate-cost-food-loss-waste-and-greenhouse-gas-emissions/182311/">new article for Open Access Government</a>, they highlight the need for greater cooperation and data sharing.</p> Tue, 17 Sep 2024 21:20:36 +0000 admin 18072 at /foodscience /foodscience/channels/news/macdonald-campus-farm-wins-regional-award-milk-excellence-361453 <p>The Macdonald Campus Dairy Unit has been named best in the region in the 36th Agropur Club of Excellence for Milk Quality Awards, for the 10th time since 2008.</p> Tue, 26 Nov 2024 15:00:24 +0000 admin 18000 at /foodscience /foodscience/channels/news/veterans-honoured-annual-remembrance-day-ceremony-361130 <p><em><small>Photo by Neale McDevitt: On the left, 99-year-old WWII vet Joe Maxwell shakes hands with Colonel Andrew Lussier, 35 years service including tours in Kosovo and Afghanistan. In the middle is Lt. Commander Alex Csank (20 years Canadian Navy).</small></em></p> <p><big>Hundreds of community members take part, including students from local elementary schools, Macdonald High School, John Abbott and Macdonald Campus</big></p> <p>By Neale McDevitt<br /> Editor, <a href="https://reporter.mcgill.ca/">9IÖÆ×÷³§Ãâ·Ñ Reporter</a></p> Tue, 12 Nov 2024 16:43:46 +0000 admin 18001 at /foodscience /foodscience/channels/news/migrating-seabirds-are-bringing-forever-chemicals-arctic-360283 <p><big>New research from 9IÖÆ×÷³§Ãâ·Ñ graduate shows how toxic chemicals hitch a ride with seabirds flying from southern latitudes to the Arctic</big></p> <p>Between March and May each year, 15 million <a href="https://www.eol.org/pages/45509266">black-legged kittiwakes</a> gather from across the North Atlantic and Pacific Oceans to nest and breed on rocky Arctic cliffs—some making the journey from as far as Florida or North Africa.</p> Wed, 09 Oct 2024 17:18:45 +0000 admin 18066 at /foodscience