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More expensive beef: why such a meteoric rise in price? Interview with Pascal Thériault

Beef prices have risen in recent years, and could continue to do so in the coming year, Le Journal de Montréal reports.

Published: 6 Nov 2024

Call for Nominations: Mastery for Service Award (due November 29)

Every five years, Macdonald honours an individual who has provided "outstanding contributions to the Macdonald community as demonstrated by a commitment and dedication to the Campus which has added immeasurably to the quality of the institution, its programs and student life". The award is open to all: faculty or staff, active or retired, alumni and friends.

Published: 30 Oct 2024

Anja Geitmann begins term as inaugural Vice-President (Global Engagement)

Her mission is to advance Â鶹AV’s vision for global academic leadership by enhancing the University’s international presence and ties 

By Neale McDevitt, Editor, Â鶹AV Reporter

Anja Geitmann sees herself as a catalyst. 

“I’m here to connect the dots and to support collaborations between Â鶹AV and the rest of the world,†said Geitmann, who today began a five-year renewable term as the University’s Vice-President (Global Engagement). 

Published: 30 Oct 2024

The impact of global warming on fall colors—interview with Prof. Benoît Côté

While climate change may not dictate the arrival of Fall colors, it does affect this phenomenon... and its eventual disappearance.

Published: 23 Oct 2024

Â鶹AV students shine at the NAIDC: Progressive Dairy interviews Beatrice Neveu and Connor Velthuis

In April 2024, four Â鶹AV students from the Macdonald Campus' Farm Management and Technology (FMT) program participated in the 2024 North American Intercollegiate Dairy Challenge (NAIDC).

Published: 23 Oct 2024

Magic Mud Pots win a top award for Food Science students at Chicago food expo

Â鶹AV earned its second consecutive victory in the Smart Snacks for Kids category

By Stephanie Wereley for the Â鶹AV Reporter

Published: 24 Sep 2024

The little-known—and threatened—orcas of the North Atlantic

Anaïs Remili, PhD(AgEnvSc)'23, an ecotoxicologist and postdoctoral researcher, tracks contaminants that threaten the health of North Atlantic orcas. While Pacific orca populations are well studied, little is known about those that swim off the Canadian and European east coasts, and they are less protected.

Published: 10 Sep 2024

Feeding Quebecers—alumni-founded Ferme Coopérative Tourne-Sol is thriving

Ferme Coopérative Tourne-Sol, founded by five Â鶹AV graduates, supplies fresh, organic produce to about 700 families, and, with its seed business and planning tools, is giving a boost to fellow farmers and gardeners

By François Shalom for the Â鶹AV Reporter

“We’re a Quebec business, we feed Quebecers. About 700 Quebec families eat well thanks to us. They eat organic, locally grown food—healthy food—and that’s important.â€Â Â 

Published: 27 Aug 2024

The Jean-Martin Fortier phenomenon

In a recent article, L'actualité does a deep dive into small-scale farm enthusiast, author, and star of the popular series Les fermiers Jean-Martin Fortier (BA'02). This "rock-star" of organic microfarming in Quebec is highly regarded by many, though some have raised concerns that his presentation of the business as profitable and accessible to all is overly optimistic.

Published: 7 Aug 2024

101 Â鶹AV research projects awarded $23.5 million in NSERC Discovery Grants funding

Funding supports groundbreaking research in the natural sciences and engineering

The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) has awarded 101 Â鶹AV research projects funding from its Discovery Grants competition for a total investment of $23.5 million.

The Discovery Grants support ongoing programs with long-term goals, recognizing the creativity and innovation that are at the heart of all research advances.

Published: 24 Jul 2024

To remove CO2 from the atmosphere, this former Â鶹AV postdoc's startup looks to biomass

In 2019, while doing post-doctoral research in Â鶹AV's Department of Natural Resource Sciences, Qinhong Cai (better known as Tammy) travelled to Nunavut to join the Oceans Protection Plan, a federal initiative designed to improve marine safety and increase the protection and restoration of coastal and seaway ecosystems.

Published: 22 Jul 2024

2024 inductees selected for Canadian Agricultural Hall of Fame, including two former Mac professors

Four agricultural champions from across Canada have been selected by the Canadian Agricultural Hall of Fame as its 2024 inductees. Dr. Bruce Coulman, Dr. Michael Eskin, Paul Larmer and Dr. Charles Vincent will be formally inducted on November 2 at a ceremony during the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in Toronto, Ontario.

Published: 26 Jun 2024

Louis Robert (BScAgr’82, MSc’86), from agriculture to art

There aren’t many agronomists who have a piece of artwork that carries their name, but Â鶹AV Macdonald alum Louis Robert (BScAgr’82, MSc’86 – Agricultural Science and Plant Science) is one.

Published: 26 Jun 2024

17 Â鶹AV researchers honoured with prestigious Canada Research Chairs

Â鶹AV awarded $10.9 million in federal funding through Canada Research Chairs Program

Published: 25 Jun 2024

In conversation with Jamie Depolla, valedictorian for the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences ‘B’ ceremony

"The Mac Campus community is one of inclusivity, kindness and open-mindedness. I have felt loved, encouraged and pushed to do better every day."

Published: 12 Jun 2024

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