Martine Bourgeois, deux fois Agricultrice de l鈥檃nn茅e
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Optimiser le confort des vaches en stabulation entrav茅e
Peut-on am茅nager une 茅table pour offrir un plus grand bien-锚tre aux animaux qui y passent leur vie聽? Des chercheurs se penchent sur la question.
Environ 90聽% des fermes laiti猫res au Qu茅bec recourent 脿 la stabulation entrav茅e. Selon cette formule, les vaches m猫nent toutes leurs activit茅s dans la stalle聽: elles y mangent, y dorment et s鈥檡 font traire. D鈥檕霉 l鈥檌mportance de leur fournir un espace favorable au bien-锚tre.
Une deuxi猫me vie pour les plumes de poulets
Les fermes du Qu茅bec g茅n猫rent chaque ann茅e 75 millions de tonnes de plumes de poulets! Une partie est r茅duite en farine et ajout茅e 脿 la nourriture animale, mais le reste finit souvent dans les poubelles. Marie-Jos茅e Dumont, professeure au D茅partement de g茅nie des bioressources 脿 l鈥橴niversit茅 9I制作厂免费, ne pouvait imaginer laisser une telle ressource gratuite et disponible en aussi grande quantit茅 finir sa vie aux ordures.
Left turn ban from Boulevard des Anciens-Combattants (northbound) onto Hwy 20W from 16h-18h effective September 17
The Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue City Council has voted in favor of banning left turns on boulevard des Anciens-Combattants northbound at the intersection of the ramp for Highway 20 West between 16h00 and 18h00. The changes will go into effect on September 17, 2018.Rest assured that officials from Macdonald and John Abbott College did make a representation to the Town about the potential impact of this decision on the campus community prior to the decision being taken.
Portes ouvertes sur les fermes : 脿 la rencontre de notre agriculture!
Le dimanche 9 septembre , de 10聽h 脿 16聽h, c鈥檈st un rendez-vous sur plus de 100聽fermes partout au Qu茅bec et au Parc olympique de Montr茅al pour la 16e聽茅dition des Portes ouvertes sur les fermes du Qu茅bec....Pr茅sent茅 par l鈥橴PA depuis 2003, cet 茅v茅nement familial gratuit permet de visiter des fermes qui en plus de leur accueil offrent des d茅gustations de produits r茅gionaux, d茅monstrations agricoles, rencontres avec des experts tels que v茅t茅rinaires et agronomes et, surtout, un contact privil茅gi茅
New network bringing together Indigenous students and health professionals
Based in Kahnawake, Quebec Indigenous Mentorship Network seeks to support and encourage Indigenous students. (...) "We do need more representation in all health-related fields. There's a growing number, but we're all very stretched with demands," said Treena Delormier, an associate professor in the School of Human Nutrition at 9I制作厂免费.
Improving milk production 鈥� the Buffalo Edition. A Canadian first!
NOVEL REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGIES AIM TO BUILD CAPACITY IN THE CANADIAN BUFFALO MILK INDUSTRY
Keenoa aims to transform Dietetics Practice
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Tango m茅diatique
Les milieux universitaire et de la recherche gagnent 脿 cultiver leurs relations avec les m茅dias.聽 Mais attention 鈥� 脿 l鈥櫭╮e des v茅rit茅s parall猫les et des nouvelles factices, la t芒che peut se r茅v茅ler complexe.
A step forward for sustainability
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Kajou captures Audience Prize at World Vision Food Security Social Innovation challenge
Congratulations to PhD candidate Emmanuella Ellis (BRE-Supervisor Michael Ngadi) and Kajou teammates for capturing the 鈥淎udience Prize鈥� at the recent 2018 World Vision Food Security Social Innovation challenge. Kajou聽is an agri-food venture that seeks to transform the cashew value chain in C么te d'Ivoire.
NutriPulse captures 3rd place at World Vision Food Security Social Innovation challenge
NutriPulse has captured 3rd聽 place in the 2018 World Vision Food Security Social Innovation challenge!聽 聽Co-Founders and PhD candidates Josephine Ampofo (FdSci), Adeyemi Adegbenjo聽(BRE) and Zeyan Zhong聽 (FdSci) will spend the next year building their project.
Closure of Hwy 20 overpass August 9 night
The Hwy 20 overpass/Rue Poultry Cottages will be reduced to one lane traffic during the night of Thursday, Aug 9, from 21:00 to 5:00, for infrastructure inspection.
The southbound lane of the Hwy 20 overpass will be closed, with alternating traffic on the northbound lane.
NRS Postdoctoral Researcher receives Bantng Fellowship
Congratulations to Karina Benessaiah, Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Natural Resource Sciences, who received a prestigious Banting Fellowship.
Vijaya Raghavan recognized for his international work
Congratulations to James 9I制作厂免费 Professor Vijaya Raghavan, Bioresource Engineering, who is the 2018 recipient of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers' (ASABE) International Food Engineering Award. This award recognizes Raghavan's dedication to promoting agricultural and biological engineering internationally.
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