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FMT students competing in the Dairy Challenge

McGill has sent four of its top students in the Farm Management and Technology (FMT) program at Macdonald Campus to compete in the North American Intercollegiate Dairy Challenge (NAIDC), from April 12鈥�14 in Visalia, California. Visalia is in the San Joaquin Valley, one of the most productive agricultural areas in the US, about 310 km north of Los Angeles.

Martha Mackinnon, Craig Waddell, Thomas MacDougall and V茅ronique Brisson are members of the Macdonald Dairy Challenge Club of the Macdonald Campus Student Society (MCSS) representing McGill at the Dairy Challenge.

Classified as: dairy farm, North American Intercollegiate Dairy Challenge
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Published on: 13 Apr 2018

Emeritus Professor Bruce Downey, 1939 - 2018

DOWNEY, Bruce R.

October 15, 1939 - April 4, 2018

The Department of Animal Science is saddened to announce the passing of Emeritus Professor Bruce Downey.

Classified as: Obituary, Bruce Downey
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Published on: 11 Apr 2018

A Scarlet Key for Christine Ha

If you participated in the MEDLIFE McGill Macdonald Branch/Global Food Security Club Krispy Kreme fundraiser, the We Are Aware: Montreal Campaign, or the Mac Basket Food Drive, you likely crossed paths with the ever-cheery Christine Ha, U3, BScNutrSc (Global Nutrition).

Classified as: global nutrition, nutrition, Volunteering, Scarlet Key, Human Nutrition
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Published on: 4 Apr 2018

Communicating science through podcasts

to 4 Mac campus student podcasts created at the Lister Family Engaged Science Broad Science Podcast Workshop Series this March.听 听 听

Classified as: Lister Family Engaged Science Initiative
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Published on: 26 Mar 2018

Qu茅bec's legal maple syrup cartel dictates prices for Vermont maple producers

鈥淭he system that's in place, the supply management system, is good for Qu茅bec producers and U.S. producers because it guarantees good prices and that allowed U.S. producers to actually expand rapidly in the last few years,鈥� explains Pascal Th茅riault, an economist at 香蕉视频's Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences in Montr茅al.

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Classified as: maple syrup
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Published on: 12 Mar 2018

Canadian researchers open a new front in the fight against MS

Discovery of calnexin protein鈥檚 role in the blood-brain barrier could lead to new MS treatments.

A discovery led by scientists at the University of Alberta and 香蕉视频 is providing hope of a new therapeutic target in Multiple Sclerosis (MS) patients, which could one day be used to prevent the symptoms and progression of the disease.

Classified as: Luis Agellon, School of Human Nutrition, MS treatments, calnexin protein
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Published on: 8 Mar 2018

Are we ready for the cannabis industry?

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CTV News Montreal

March 6. Dean Anja Geitmann was interviewed by CTV News Anchor Mutsumi Takahashi about what will be needed to meet the demands of the cannabis industry once legalization occurs, and how the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences is responding to this need for trained professionals.

Classified as: medical cannabis, cannabis workshops
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Published on: 7 Mar 2018

Les vaches pr茅f猫rent-elles le p芒turage ?

[...] 芦 Dans l'essai, la grande majorit茅 des vaches sont all茅es et sont rest茅es au p芒turage 禄, observe Elsa Vasseur, de l'universit茅 de McGill. Cela a repr茅sent茅 entre 90 脿 98 % de l'effectif en semaine 1, 2 et 4. En semaine 3, seulement 40 % des vaches ont choisi le p芒turage, 芦 probablement en raison des temp茅ratures plus froides associ茅es 脿 des conditions pluvieuses et venteuses 禄.


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Classified as: cows, grazing
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Published on: 28 Feb 2018

L'industrie des l茅gumineuses re莽oit un coup de 芦 pousse 禄

De plus en plus de consommateurs se tournent vers des substituts aux prot茅ines provenant de la viande, entre autres les prot茅ines de sources v茅g茅tales. [...] Pascal Th茅riault, agro茅conomiste 脿 l'Universit茅 McGill, nous parle des changements 脿 pr茅voir dans le monde agricole en mati猫re de cultures et aussi en mati猫re d'茅levages.



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Classified as: protein, legumes
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Published on: 28 Feb 2018

Food and Nutrition Lab hosts inter-university Iron Chef competition

From the McGill Reporter...

On Saturday, Feb. 24, the cilantro flew and the paring knives flashed as talented student chefs from five North American universities took part in the hotly-contested Inter-University Iron Chef Competition.

After the final succulent morsel had been devoured, the panel of judges named the University of Massachusetts Amherst听as this year鈥檚 champion. The win was UMASS Amherst鈥檚 fourth in five years, sparking whispers of a Dine-esty in the making.

Classified as: Inter-University Iron Chef Competition
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Published on: 28 Feb 2018

The search for life on Mars begins at McGill's Macdonald Campus

It鈥檚 a question that has long plagued humanity: are we alone in the universe?

Scientists at McGill鈥檚 Macdonald campus are venturing towards a definitive answer with the development of a biosignature or life-detection platform.

...鈥淭here are some indications that Mars, many billions of years ago, was much warmer 鈥� and much wetter,鈥� explained Lyle Whyte, a McGill professor. 鈥淲here it would have been an environment that we can envision it would have hosted life as we know on Earth.鈥�

Classified as: Life on Mars
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Published on: 26 Feb 2018

Why drones are counting thousands of decoy ducks

Conducting a bird census by foot can also be disruptive, David Bird, an emeritus professor of wildlife biology at 香蕉视频, told Popular Science. 鈥淲hile you鈥檙e doing that, you鈥檙e disturbing the hell out of the birds,鈥� Bird said.

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Classified as: birds, drones
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Published on: 21 Feb 2018

McGill joins 'superclusters under Ottawa initiative

Dozens of McGill researchers will participate in two of the five 鈥溾�� announced Thursday, Feb. 15, by the federal government and funded under its听.

Classified as: protein, Research, supercluster, grains
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Published on: 19 Feb 2018

124 millet porridge vendors from eight states trained in food safety, hygiene

Participants, including scientists from 香蕉视频, Canada, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, NGOs, representatives from processing machineries industry, small and micro level food enterprises, push cart vendors and farmers took part in the workshop.

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Classified as: small millets, food process engineering
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Published on: 19 Feb 2018

Holistic policy needed to promote small millets

Vijaya Raghavan, Professor, 香蕉视频, which is one of the collaborators of the project, said that promoting the consumption of small millets was not only key for addressing malnutrition related issues, but also to address climate change.

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Classified as: climate change, malnutrition, small millets
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Published on: 19 Feb 2018

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