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Four Mac Campus students reach finals in McGill Three-Minute Thesis Competition

In the University-wide 3MT/MT180 competition, graduate students have the chance to showcase their leading-edge research before a live audience. With only three minutes and a single slide, students must聽engage their audience and convey the complexities of their work to a diverse, non-expert audience. Participants may present their research in English or in French and winners will advance to regional and national competitions.

Food Security Summit fosters collaboration between student food advocacy groups

Representatives from student groups across campus and beyond gathered in the University Centre for a Food Security聽Summit聽on March 15 to discuss ways to improve the sustainability, accessibility, and affordability of food systems at McGill. The summit included presentations, 鈥渧isioning sessions鈥� where attendees exchanged ideas on discussion questions in smaller groups, and a free lunch.聽

Shrinkflation in house brands

Large retailers are reducing their formats to cut production costs in a period of high food inflation.

Shrinkflation is not sparing the private labels that consumers love to save money on, Radio-Canada reports. Already in the spotlight for their record profits, Canada's major food retailers are in turn reducing the formats of their new products.

Eclipse events abound at McGill

McGill will be hosting three solar eclipse events on April 8, one downtown, one at Macdonald campus, and another at the Gault Nature Reserve.

Campus garden initiatives can help grow the next generation of environmental change-makers

No longer a problem of the future, the climate crisis is now driving devastating real-world impacts聽here in Canada聽and worldwide.

Less polluting burps

With its burps and farts, a dairy cow emits as much methane every year as a car driven 20,000 kilometers. Ottawa has just authorized the marketing of a feed additive that could transform the fight against global warming on the farm. 3-NOP could reduce methane emissions from dairy cows by an average of 30%, and from beef cattle by an average of 45%.

Methane is formed in cows' rumen鈥攖he front compartment of their stomach鈥攄uring digestion.

McGill ranked highest among Canadian university in the 鈥淔ood Science & Technology鈥� subject鈥擲hanghai Global Ranking 2023

According to the Shanghai Global Ranking 2023, McGill now ranks number one among Canadian universities by the 鈥淔ood Science & Technology鈥� academic subject. This trend is remarkable, as 香蕉视频 has consistently risen in the global ranking year after year.

McGill Food Science students selected as Institute of Food Technologists finalists

Three teams of McGill Food Science students (food product development class-U3) have been selected as finalists in three different Institute of Food Technologists Student Association (IFTSA) competitions. They will attend the annual IFT FIRST event and expo taking place on July 14-17 in Chicago, the world鈥檚 largest gathering of food science professionals,聽where they will compete with the other teams for cash prizes.

Ottawa Valley Farm Show highlights latest technology and techniques in Canadian farming

The Ottawa Valley Farm Show, a cornerstone event for the agricultural industry, not only celebrates the achievements of local farmers but also showcases the latest agricultural products and technologies essential for sustaining industry growth.

Caitlin Allen, a recent graduate of McGill's Farm Management and Technology Program, aspires to one day own a dairy farm, but knows that passion and hard work are just part of the puzzle. Innovation is crucial.

In Bermuda, the signs of the season are changing

White-tailed tropicbirds spend most of the year at sea, out of sight of people. When the seabirds make their annual descent into Bermuda to breed, though, their long, streamer-like tails, snowy white plumage, and shrill calls are impossible to miss. To locals, the birds鈥� return to the islands is a reliable sign of spring.

Celebrating International Women鈥檚 Day with McGill鈥檚 female Deans

Friday, March 8 was International Women鈥檚 Day, marking the achievements of women and serving as a call to action for accelerating women鈥檚 equality.

This year鈥檚 theme is Inspire Inclusion鈥攁 message exemplified by McGill鈥檚 female leaders. At the moment, 10 of McGill鈥檚 14 deans are women, including our own Acting Dean Val茅rie Orsat.

Restoring Quebec鈥檚 landscapes for sustainability and resilience

In a new article for the McGill Reporter, Department of Natural Resource Sciences聽PhD Candidate聽Elson Ian Nyl Galang argues that to restore Quebec鈥檚 landscapes for sustainability and resilience, we need to carefully think about which pathways of development and decision-making we prioritize.

Macdonald Campus Farm ranked best managed dairy herd in Vaudreuil鈭扴oulanges

Each year,聽Lactanet聽recognizes top performing herds and outstanding dairy herd management based on the Herd Performance Index.聽 McGill's Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences is very proud to share Macdonald Campus Farm鈥檚 results for 2023 and to underline the farm鈥檚 ranking:

1 of 29聽herds in聽Vaudreuil鈭扴oulanges

School of Human Nutrition Student Wins Prix 脡toiles Montantes Yves-Deshaies du R茅seau CMDO

Macdonald Campus student Meryem Talbo (BSc(NutrSc)'17, MSc(NutrSc)'19; pictured above on the right) has been awarded the Prix 脡toiles Montantes Yves-Deshaies du R茅seau CMDO, revealed during the Joint Scientifique meeting of the CMDO network and the Soci茅t茅 Qu茅b茅coise de Lipidologie, de Nutrition et de M茅tabolisme (SQLNM) held in February.

Why the price of bananas stays low and steady

Although bananas are not immune to price spikes, as seen recently due to poor harvests, the desire of retailers to keep them affordable and an efficient production chain聽largely explain why the popular fruit remains among the most accessible in the supermarket year round, agronomist and economist Pascal Th茅riault, McGill Farm Management and Technology Program Director,