Air Canada Backs Effort to Build Homegrown ‘Green’ Jet Fuel Infrasructure
The University of Toronto, McGill University [BioFuelNet - Don Smith] and the International Air Transport Association are also part of the project as members of the BioFuelNet Aviation Task Force. Funding is coming from the Green Aviation Research and Development Network, which gets its support from the federal government and Canada’s aerospace sector.
Le carnage des poussins mâles pourrait bientôt prendre fin
Chaque année, des millions de poussins mâles, jugés sans valeur par l'industrie des poules pondeuses, sont euthanasiés dès leur sortie de l'oeuf. Une pratique que l'Allemagne veut cesser d'ici 2017, et à laquelle une mystérieuse invention de l'Université McGill pourrait mettre fin....Au Québec, l'Université McGill planche aussi secrètement sur une technologie semblable.
What if the only way to save the planet is to dramatically slow our economies
“The ultimate objective is not to establish a degrowth economy—the goal is to establish an economic system which is in line with biological limits,” Dr. Nicolas Kosoy, a professor in Ecological Economics at McGill University, tells Quartz. “It would be achieved through small-scale practices on a community level.”
Life lessons on what it takes to be a successful entrepreneur with Peter McAuslan
| EDUARDO GANEM CUENCA
It’s a tough job market out there, and students can no longer rely on getting a job right out of university. Students from McGill’s Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences longing to start business ventures of their own now have a new toolkit to help them reach their goals—the Entrepreneurship and Innovation program.
Growing Young Farmers at the Macdonald Student Gardens
It was nearing eleven and the late September sun was beating down on the rolling cornfields surrounding the quiet town of Saint-Anne-de-Bellevue as I toured the MacDonald Student Run-Ecological Gardens (MSEG). On the two-acre plot of land situated on McGill University’s MacDonald Campus Farm, a small but passionate team of student farmers is growing over sixty different crop species.
Lest We Forget - Remembrance Day Ceremonies at Macdonald
| November 6 2015Faculty, staff and students from McGill's Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences joined with their campus partners - John Abbott College and Macdonald High School - as well as with Veterans from the Veterans' Hosital in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue and invited guests from the local community to remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice so that we can enjoy the freedoms and privileges we have today.
Study finds plants need active social lives to stay healthy
STUDY FINDS PLANTS NEED ACTIVE SOCIAL LIVES TO STAY HEALTHY
Speaker challenges Conference participants to "take action"
| KATHY MACLEAN, October 27, 2015
Why do we wait for a crisis to hit before we take action? Has "prevention is better than a cure" lost all its meaning? Two important questions, Kanayo F. Nwanze, President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development, put to attendees at the Public Lecture launching the 8th McGill Conference on Global Food Security: Current and Future Challenges for Sustainable Food Security.
Sperm protein links father's lifestyle with offspring's health
Finding suggests more attention needs to be paid to fathers' pre-conception health. CBC News
Honorary Degree Recipient Receives Nobel Prize in Medicine
Dr. William C. Campbell, D.Sc.'07, is among the three scientists awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, announced October 5, 2015, by the Nobel Prize Committee. William Campbell received his Honorary Doctorate at the Macdonald Campus convocation in 2007.
Breakfast Television visits the Mac Campus Farm
City TV's morning show, Breakfast Television, spent an early morning on the Macdonald Campus Farm to hear about McGill's agriculture programs and try to learn some farm skills. Visits were made to the Dairy Barn, the Horticulture Centre, and the high tunnels; reporter Wilder Weir talked with Farm Director Paul Meldrum and Mike Bleho about the various programs offered at Macdonald and the "McGill Feeding McGill" program.
Farming of the future
Bioresource Engineering professor Mark Lefsrud and PhD candidate Débora Parrine were featured on CBC's The National on Tuesday, September 22.
Mark spoke about his work with Urban Barns, and how the new growth systems that he is developing are changing the face of agriculture.
Laptops in classrooms distracting students
Associate Dean (Student Affairs) Chris Buddle was interviewed on CBC's The Current about the use of laptops in the classroom. A new study suggests that taking notes on a laptop leads to poorer marks citing distraction. Buddle says that "laptops and technology can play a pretty powerful role in the classroom..."
Interview with Lawrence Goodridge, Professor and Salmonella Researcher
Professor Lawrence Goodridge, Ian and Jayne Munro Chair in Food Safety and Food Science professor, was interviewed by Food Safety News about his $9.8 M Salmonella research project while attending recent International Association for Food Protection meetings in Portland, Oregon.
$1 Million donation to Macdonald College Campus
Gift from graduate William Ritchie forms centrepiece of $2.5-million plan to educate the public, open campus to more visitorsA $1-million gift from Macdonald College of McGill University alumnus J.