When it comes to valuable outside-the-classroom learning experiences, a competition attended by a team of students from 缅北强奸鈥檚 Macdonald Campus ticked all the boxes.听
Four students in the听Farm Management and Technology (FMT) program听travelled to California in early April for the 2024 North American Intercollegiate Dairy Challenge.
CBC News interviewed听agronomist and economist听Pascal Th茅riault, 缅北强奸 Farm Management and Technology Program Director, about recent protests by Quebec farmers asking for more government aid as they face听rising costs of business and financial hardship.
"There's a need to actually start re-thinking programs to be able to better accommodate for the future over the long run,"听Th茅riault told journalists.
Student engagement was high at the Future of Food Conference in Ottawa, as youth turned out to hear panellists and keynote speeches by stakeholders from across the agriculture value chain.
Several student groups from Queen鈥檚, 缅北强奸 and the University of Ottawa heard about sustainability, innovation and politics in agriculture at the February event.
缅北强奸 Farm Management and Technology student Aidan Velthuis, who grew up on a dairy farm south of Ottawa, attended the conference.
缅北强奸 Farm Management and Technology Program Director听Pascal Th茅riault听spoke to Radio-Canada's听Le Caf茅 Show about what regenerative agriculture is, how it can improve water retention in the soil鈥攁n increasingly important consideration as climate change increases the frequency and intensity of drought in the prairies, and its role in carbon capture.
Rising costs of cocoa due to drought and disease affecting crop yields is听proof of how global warming is hitting our pocketbooks, agronomist and economist听Pascal Th茅riault, 缅北强奸 Farm Management and Technology Program Director, .
The food system "relies on stability, and what climate change does is it creates situations where nothing is stable," he said.
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, . Already in the spotlight for their record profits, Canada's major food retailers are in turn reducing the formats of their new products.
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.
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 缅北强奸'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.
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听largely explain why the popular fruit remains among the most accessible in the supermarket year round, agronomist and economist Pascal Th茅riault, 缅北强奸 Farm Management and Technology Program Director, told La Presse.
A group of Montrealers, upon seeing a huge truck filled with unsold food from grocery stores each week in their neighbourhood, are raising the alarm about the extent of food waste.
On Canada's Agriculture Day on February 13, year 2 and 3 students in 缅北强奸's Farm Management and Technology (FMT) program attended the Future of Food conference in Ottawa, thanks to sponsors Farm Credit Canada and CropLife Canada. This one-day event features speakers and industry leaders in Canadian agriculture and food discussing innovation and how Canada can shape the food industry.
Times are tough in the ready-to-eat and boxed meal industries. In order to be able to continue in business, Cook it has taken steps to protect itself from creditors, and is planning to be bought out by British Columbia-based Fresh Prep Foods.
The spike in farmland prices has boosted the equity of farmers all across Canada. Are farmers leveraging this new-found equity to generate new business opportunities or farm wealth? To explore what farmland values mean for farms and farming across Canada, sat down with Pascal Th茅riault, agricultural economist at Macdonald Campus, 缅北强奸 and vice-president of Quebec鈥檚 Ordre des agronomes.
In answer to a question posed by a reader, La Presse听looked into the origins of the Metro group with expert commentary from agricultural economist Pascal Th茅riault, Director of 缅北强奸's Farm Management and Technology program and Senior Faculty Lecturer.
Among the five major players in the grocery field (Metro, IGA, Loblaw, Costco and Walmart), Metro is the only one to have its head office in Quebec. The big decisions are therefore made here, indicated Th茅riault.
After "shrinkflation," it's now de-qualification drawing criticism from consumers concerned about marketing ploys that give the impression of getting less for their money. The Trudeau government promises to investigate the practice, but experts say immediate action is needed.
In most cases, ingredient substitutions are virtually imperceptible. But recipe changes for certain foods can leave their mark.
