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EcoToxChip aims to slash cost and time for chemical toxicity tests, save lab animals

Published: 7 May 2019

The EcoToxChip is expected to generate huge savings in time, money and live animals in testing thousands of chemicals for toxicity. The project is being led by researchers at the University of...

La vague végé: vers un retour du pois jaune?

Published: 5 August 2019

Au début du XXe siècle, alors que la soupe aux pois faisait partie intégrante du menu des Québécois, on le cultivait beaucoup ici, raconte David Wees, chargé de cours et agronome à l'Université...

Chandra Madramootoo receives 2019 World Irrigation and Drainage Prize

Published: 13 September 2019

Professor Chandra Madramootoo is the recipient of the 2019 World Irrigation and Drainage Prize. During the Opening Ceremony of the World Irrigation Forum on September 02 in Bali, H.E. Minister...

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

Published: 27 August 2024

Ferme Coopérative Tourne-Sol, founded by five ɬ﷬ graduates, supplies fresh, organic produce to about 700 families, and, with its seed business and planning tools, is giving a boost to fellow...

To remove CO2 from the atmosphere, this former ɬ﷬ postdoc's startup looks to biomass

Published: 22 July 2024

In 2019, while doing post-doctoral research in ɬ﷬'s Department of Natural Resource Sciences, Qinhong Cai (better known as Tammy) travelled to Nunavut to join the Oceans Protection Plan, a...

ɬ﷬ students shine at the NAIDC: Progressive Dairy interviews Beatrice Neveu and Connor Velthuis

Published: 23 October 2024

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

The Jean-Martin Fortier phenomenon

Published: 7 August 2024

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...

ɬ﷬ awards honorary doctorate to Marcel Groleau

Published: 12 June 2024

By Myriam Laplante El Haïli, originally published in La terre de chez nous...

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