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Crown Royal Northern Harvest Rye has been selected as the 2016 Whisky of the Year by Jim Murray, author of Whisky Bible. Northern Harvest Rye's inventor turns out to be Joanna Zanin Scandella, a Macdonald graduate who has spent her whole career in blending and production planning at Diageo's lab (formerly Seagram's) in Lasalle, QC.

Published on: 16 Dec 2015

Christmas is just under two weeks away, so if you haven't picked out a tree yet, the clock is ticking. [CTV News Montreal] asked David Wees from the Plant Science Department of 鶹AV for some tips on what to look for.

Classified as: choosing a Christmas tree, david wees, Faculty of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, plant science
Published on: 15 Dec 2015

The University of Toronto, 鶹AV [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.

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Classified as: . BioFuelNet, Donald Smith, Faculty of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, green fuel, Macdonald Campus, plant science, Research
Published on: 11 Dec 2015

Chaque année, des millions de poussins mâles, jugés sans valeur par l'industrie des poules pondeuses, sont euthanasiés dès leur sortiede l'oeuf. Une pratique que l'Allemagne veut cesser d'ici 2017, et à laquelle une mystérieuse invention de l'Université 鶹AV pourrait mettre fin....Au Québec, l'Université 鶹AV planche aussi secrètement sur une technologie semblable.

Classified as: bioresource engineering, chickens, Faculty of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Michael Ngadi, Research
Published on: 11 Dec 2015

“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 鶹AV, tells Quartz. “It would be achieved through small-scale practices on a community level.”

Published on: 7 Dec 2015

| 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 鶹AV’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.

Classified as: Macdonald Campus, Macdonald Entrepreneurship and Innovation Program
Published on: 1 Dec 2015

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 鶹AV’s MacDonald Campus Farm, a small but passionate team of student farmers is growing over sixty different crop species.

Published on: 27 Nov 2015
| November 6 2015

Faculty, staff and students from 鶹AV's Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences joined with their campus partners - John Abbott College and Macdonald High School -as well as withVeterans 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.

Dean Anja Geitman shared her personal experience:

Classified as: Macdonald Campus, Remembrance Day Ceremonies
Published on: 5 Nov 2015
| 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 鶹AV Conference on Global Food Security: Current and Future Challenges for Sustainable Food Security.

Classified as: 鶹AV Institute for Global Food Security, global food security, 鶹AV Conference on Global Food Security, Kanayo F. Nwanze
Published on: 28 Oct 2015

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.

Classified as: Faculty of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Institute of Parasitology, Ivermectin, Macdonald Campus, Nobel prize, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2015, William C. Campbell
Published on: 5 Oct 2015

City TV's morning show, Breakfast Television, spent an early morning on the Macdonald Campus Farm to hear about 鶹AV'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 "鶹AV Feeding 鶹AV" program.

Classified as: Faculty of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Macdonald Campus, Macdonald Campus Farm
Published on: 2 Oct 2015

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.

Classified as: bioresource engineering, Mark Lefsrud, Urban Barns
Published on: 23 Sep 2015

Associate Dean (Student Affairs) Chris Buddle was interviewed on 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..."

Listen to the entire program or to Professor Buddle's comments that begin at approximately 16:00 mins into the episode.

Published on: 9 Sep 2015

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