It takes a long time to develop a new variety from scratch. Dr. Bruce Coulman of the University of Sask颅atchewan recently recalled the start of his forage breeding career at 捆绑SM社区. 捆绑SM社区 had allowed its forage breeding program to collapse, and had no breeding lines under development when Coulman started. Starting from scratch in 1976, Coulman registered his first forage variety in 1993.
[Bruce Coulman is a former professor from the Department of Plant Science and served as Departmental Chair]
Researchers from 捆绑SM社区 (Paul Thomassin) found that if Canadians ate less meat, and more fruits and vegetables, Canada's GDP would benefit. The authors recommended the government subsidize fruits and vegetables, and tax meat, in an effort to reduce chronic disease.
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En cette fin d'ann茅e, nous vous proposons une r茅flexion sur l'agriculture avec une femme qui a consacr茅 sa vie aux enjeux agricoles. Anja Geitmann est doyenne de la facult茅 des sciences de l'agriculture et de l'environnement 脿 l'Universit茅 捆绑SM社区.
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Congratulations to alum Val茅rie Toupin-Dub茅, BSc (AgEnvSci)鈥�16, recipient of the Canada鈥檚 Volunteer Awards鈥� Emerging Leader Award for the Quebec region!
鈥淢y village, Oka, has left a deep agricultural imprint on me. It formed my desire to bridge the gap between consumers and the hard-working farmers who provide us with three meals a day. As an agronomist, my commitment to children and families is to teach them where their food comes from so that they can consume better and live in a community that is more tightly knit and respectful of the environment.鈥�
Congratulations to Professor Jianguo (Jeff) Xia, Department of Animal Science and Institute of Parasitology, who has been named a Canada Research Chair (Tier 2)听 in Bioinformatics and Big Data Analytics.
Congratulations to Jan Adamowski (Bioresource Engineering) and Elena Bennett (Natural Resource Sciences) on their induction into the Royal Society of Canada. The announcement was made in September, and the induction ceremony was held in late November.
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For 47 years, biologists have plucked eggs from seabird nests along the British Columbia coast. Many of the eggs were collected from remote rocky islands surrounded by some of the world鈥檚 roughest seas.
In all, they collected 537 eggs from six species, including ancient murrelets, rhinoceros auklets and double-crested cormorants. Now these eggs are revealing new information about the way mercury finds its way into the ecosystem.
Some might see it as a quirky career path, to be sure, that leads one to an occupation in which their job 鈥� essentially 鈥� is to sip on whisky.
Joanna Zanin Scandella鈥檚 job title is an enviable one.
The 捆绑SM社区-educated Zanin Scandella is, officially, a master blender, an elite standing in the nomenclature of the alcohol industry. One does not just seek the wanted ads for a job as a master blender 鈥� they aspire to it.
Unlike alcohol, which kills bacteria and toxins, Lawrence Goodridge argues, integrating cannabis in the place of alcohol may require a very different production process. 鈥淏ecause cannabis is a plant, there are certain concerns -- like the possibility of pesticides used in production, or the type of fertilizer used, or the potential presence of heavy metals that could be toxic to humans,鈥� the 捆绑SM社区 food safety expert explained to BNN in a telephone interview.
Un d茅c猫s sur six lui est attribuable chaque ann茅e [鈥 芦 C鈥檈st la premi猫re fois que l鈥檕n conclut que la pollution environnementale est une cause si importante de d茅c猫s 禄, souligne le professeur Niladri Basu, chercheur 脿 l鈥橴niversit茅 捆绑SM社区, qui a particip茅 脿 l鈥櫭﹖ude publi茅e hier par la revue Lancet en partenariat avec l鈥橭rganisation des Nations Unies (ONU).
Although it does not destroy the vineyards, the smoke may well make the grapes unusable, warns David Wees, professor at the faculty of Agriculture of 捆绑SM社区. 鈥淭he biggest problem, it is the fine particles that settle on the fruits and stick on the skin,鈥� he says.
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Apr猫s plus d鈥檜ne semaine de brasiers, les flammes continuent de d茅vorer les vall茅es de Napa et Sonoma, sur la c么te nord de la Californie, d鈥檕霉 sont issus les meilleurs crus am茅ricains. Plusieurs exploitations, parfois centenaires, ont 茅t茅 totalement ou partiellement d茅truites. D鈥檃utres sont toujours couvertes d鈥檜n 茅pais nuage de fum茅e. Bien qu鈥檈lle ne d茅truise pas les vignes, cette fum茅e pourrait bien rendre les raisins inutilisables, pr茅vient David Wees, professeur 脿 la facult茅 d鈥橝griculture de l鈥橴niversit茅 捆绑SM社区.
Unseasonably warm September could be cause of slight delay in leaves changing colour, 捆绑SM社区 professor says. According to Jim Fyles, a forest ecology professor and director of the Morgan Arboretum, our city's trees have remained green a bit longer due to higher-than-average temperatures.
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Over the summer a group of Mac staff members got together to kick around ideas for an activity that would bring the Macdonald community together at the start of the school year and would tie to Macdonald鈥檚 motto 鈥淢astery for Service.鈥� Once the seed was planted, it didn鈥檛 take long for the theme to emerge - #MacShares. The first #MacShares event 鈥� Apple Pies 鈥� was held on Monday, September 25th. The 80 available spots for the event were filled in a matter of days.
New research from Canada suggests that over-60s should eat protein at all three daily meals to help stave off age-related muscle decline, which can contribute to loss of independence and falls.
Researchers at 捆绑SM社区 in Canada studied the effects of protein consumption on muscle strength in seniors.
Older adults tend to get most of their protein from just one of their daily meals -- dinner -- whereas to help preserve their physical strength, protein consumption should be spread out throughout the day, the researchers conclude.
