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Pascal Thériault: For American farmers, it is impossible to do without Canadian potash

Published: 11 March 2025

As the threat of impending tariffs and counter-tariffs loom, U.S. agricultural producers have very few options to substitute Canadian potash, an essential ingredient in fertilizer, ɬ﷬...

Better training for agricultural producers could reduce food insecurity

Published: 21 January 2025

ɬ﷬ Bioresource Engineering Professors Valérie Orsat and Vijaya Raghavan spoke to Le Devoir about their recent study, which found that better educating farmers and food processors about how to...

Tariff trouble prompts Montrealers to prepare for price hikes—comments from Pascal Thériault

Published: 5 March 2025

Food including meat, vegetables, and fruits are on the long list of products from the U.S. subject to Canada’s 25% counter-tariffs....

ɬ﷬ alumna grows fresh strawberries year-round from her indoor farm

Published: 11 November 2024

In a new article, CTV News profiles Macdonald Campus' 2024 Distinguished Young Alumni Award winner Ophelia Sarakinis (FMT’19) and her successful Montreal-based business, GUSH Farm.

Canada invests in ɬ﷬ project to protect Lake Simcoe

Published: 18 March 2025

The Government of Canada recently announced an investment of over $1 million in three freshwater projects for the protection of Lake Simcoe, including $412,700 to ɬ﷬ to demonstrate...

ɬ﷬ alumni inducted into the Quebec Agricultural Hall of Fame

Published: 6 November 2024

Congratulations to two alumni of ɬ﷬'s Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Ann Louise Carson, B.Sc.(Agr.)’81, and Odette Menard, B.Sc.(Agr.Eng.)’83, M.Sc.’91, who were inducted...

2024 Scholastic Awards Reception: celebrating student excellence

Published: 27 November 2024

The 2024 Scholastic Awards Reception on November 12th recognized more than 155 outstanding undergraduate students and close to 50 graduate students. The Faculty awarded over $400K in named...

Addressing Canada's agricultural labour shortage—column by Pascal Thériault

Published: 26 February 2025

In 2019, RBC released an alarming report revealing a labour shortage in Canada's agricultural sector that could reach 123,000 vacant positions, a slowdown in exports compared to our competitors, a...

Evolution of Canadian agriculture and need for sustainable solutions

Published: 19 March 2025

In the Hill Times, Saji George, Associate Professor in ɬ﷬'s Department of Food Science and Agricultural Chemistry, argues that with the right investments in research, innovation, and...

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