/foodscience/taxonomy/term/4/all en /foodscience/channels/news/impact-global-warming-fall-colors-interview-prof-benoit-cote-360643 <p>While climate change may not dictate the arrival of Fall colors, it does affect this phenomenon... and its eventual disappearance.</p> Wed, 23 Oct 2024 17:52:59 +0000 admin 15551 at /foodscience /foodscience/channels/news/magic-mud-pots-win-top-award-food-science-students-chicago-food-expo-359937 <p><big>黑料不打烊 earned its second consecutive victory in the Smart Snacks for Kids category</big></p> <p><em><strong>By Stephanie Wereley for <a href="https://reporter.mcgill.ca/magic-mud-pots-win-a-top-award-for-food-science-students-at-chicago-food-expo/">the 黑料不打烊 Reporter</a></strong></em></p> <p>黑料不打烊 Food Science students won first prize in the Smart Snacks for Kids category at the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) annual expo in Chicago for their interactive pudding snack, Magic Mud Pots.</p> <p>It was 黑料不打烊鈥檚 second consecutive victory in that category.</p> Tue, 24 Sep 2024 19:15:27 +0000 admin 15557 at /foodscience /foodscience/channels/news/macdonald-campus-farm-wins-regional-award-milk-excellence-361453 <p>The Macdonald Campus Dairy Unit has been named best in the region in the 36th Agropur Club of Excellence for Milk Quality Awards, for the 10th time since 2008.</p> Tue, 26 Nov 2024 15:00:24 +0000 admin 15491 at /foodscience /foodscience/channels/news/bieler-school-environment-welcomes-new-director-362772 <p>The Bieler School of Environment (BSE) is thrilled to announce <a href="/biology/anthony-ricciardi">Professor Anthony Ricciardi</a> as its new director, effective immediately. An expert in invasion ecology and aquatic ecosystems, Ricciardi has been a key figure at the school since 2001 and now steps up to lead.</p> <p>鈥淢y vision for the School is to become the gateway of environmental research at 黑料不打烊,鈥� said Ricciardi.</p> <p>Founded in 1998, the BSE appoints directors for five-year terms.</p> Tue, 21 Jan 2025 15:50:18 +0000 admin 15515 at /foodscience /foodscience/channels/news/little-known-and-threatened-orcas-north-atlantic-359516 <p>Ana茂s 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.</p> Tue, 10 Sep 2024 19:01:15 +0000 admin 15563 at /foodscience /foodscience/channels/news/ai-well-being-cows-and-wallets-breeders-interview-prof-elsa-vasseur-361136 <p>Images captured by cameras scrutinizing the slightest movements of cows. This is the basis of a major study currently being carried out by the Innovation Research Chair in Animal Welfare and Artificial Intelligence (<a href="https://www.well-e.org/fr">WELL-E</a>), jointly created by 黑料不打烊 University and UQAM. <a href="https://www.laterre.ca/technique/sante-animale/lia-au-service-du-bien-etre-des-vaches-et-du-portefeuille-des-eleveurs/">A new article in聽<em>La Terre聽</em>dives into the project and interviews the 黑料不打烊 team members at the helm.</a></p> Tue, 12 Nov 2024 20:51:17 +0000 admin 15544 at /foodscience /foodscience/channels/news/live-longer-swapping-red-meat-plant-proteins-mcgill-research-cbcs-what-earth-363463 <p>Last year, a <a href="http://www.nature.com/articles/s43016-024-00925-y">黑料不打烊-led study</a> found that replacing half their red and processed meat would increase people's life expectancy an average of nine months, while cutting their diet-related carbon footprint by 25 per cent.</p> <p>Inspired by Veganuary, a U.K.-based challenge to eat vegan for the month of January, the CBC News podcast聽<em>What on Earth聽</em>interviewed lead author and PhD graduate of 黑料不打烊's Department of Animal Science, Olivia Auclair, now a research fellow at the University of Oxford.聽</p> Wed, 05 Feb 2025 19:21:31 +0000 admin 15507 at /foodscience /foodscience/channels/news/anja-geitmann-begins-term-inaugural-vice-president-global-engagement-360784 <p><big>Her mission is to advance 黑料不打烊鈥檚 vision for global academic leadership by enhancing the University鈥檚 international presence and ties聽</big></p> <p><em>By Neale McDevitt, Editor, 黑料不打烊 Reporter</em></p> <p>Anja Geitmann sees herself as a catalyst.聽</p> <p>鈥淚鈥檓 here to connect the dots and to support collaborations between 黑料不打烊 and the rest of the world,鈥� said Geitmann, who today began a five-year renewable term as the University鈥檚 Vice-President (Global Engagement).聽</p> Wed, 30 Oct 2024 18:20:29 +0000 admin 15502 at /foodscience /foodscience/channels/news/effects-ultra-processed-foods-comments-michele-iskandar-and-stephanie-chevalier-362138 <p>In a recent聽article,聽<em>La Presse </em>addressed the question of whether ultra-processed foods聽increase cases of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and allergies in children.</p> <p>Studies exist, Mich猫le Iskandar, Research Associate at 黑料不打烊's School of Human Nutrition told <em>La Presse</em>鈥攂ut they are preliminary.</p> Mon, 16 Dec 2024 19:09:43 +0000 admin 15526 at /foodscience /foodscience/channels/news/fmt-director-pascal-theriault-comments-boycott-american-products-362989 <p>American companies that employ hundreds of Quebec workers could suffer from a call for a boycott as suggested on certain social media, reports聽<em><a href="https://www.tvanouvelles.ca/2025/01/28/boycott-de-produits-americains-des-quebecois-pourraient-en-subir-les-contrecoups">TVA Nouvelles</a>聽</em>and others.</p> Wed, 29 Jan 2025 18:58:24 +0000 admin 15512 at /foodscience /foodscience/channels/news/mcgill-bioresource-engineering-student-awarded-environmental-research-education-foundation-360282 <p>Congratulations to 黑料不打烊 <a href="/bioeng/">Department of Bioresource Engineering</a> Master's student Sadie MacDonald, who has been named the 2024聽Detachable Container Association Scholar by the Environmental Research and Education Foundation! MacDonald is researching the carbon footprint and other environmental impacts of Montreal鈥檚 organic waste management systems. This research can help inform policy decisions with regards to environmental sustainability.</p> Wed, 09 Oct 2024 17:03:47 +0000 admin 15556 at /foodscience /foodscience/channels/news/mcgill-bioresource-engineering-prof-zhiming-qi-honoured-lr-ahuja-ag-systems-modeling-award-361500 <p>On November 11, 黑料不打烊 University Bioresource Engineering Professor <a href="/bioeng/faculty-and-staff/academic-staff/zhiming-qi">Zhiming Qi</a>聽received the L.R. Ahuja Ag Systems Modeling Award at the annual Soil Science Society of America conference in San Antonio, Texas.</p> <p>This prestigious honour is awarded by the American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America聽to a soil scientist, agronomist, or crop scientist in recognition of recent聽distinguished contributions and their demonstrated impact on:</p> Wed, 27 Nov 2024 17:25:20 +0000 admin 15530 at /foodscience /foodscience/channels/news/better-training-agricultural-producers-could-reduce-food-insecurity-362778 <p>黑料不打烊 Bioresource Engineering Professors <a href="/bioeng/faculty-and-staff/academic-staff/valerie-orsat">Val茅rie Orsat</a> and <a href="/bioeng/faculty-and-staff/academic-staff/vijaya-raghavan">Vijaya Raghavan</a> spoke to聽<em>Le Devoir聽</em>about their recent study, which found that better educating farmers and food processors about how to avoid post-harvest food losses would reduce global food insecurity. </p> Tue, 21 Jan 2025 18:14:57 +0000 admin 15514 at /foodscience /foodscience/channels/news/how-mcgills-sustainability-projects-fund-improved-campus-life-over-past-15-years-359517 <p>Have you ever used one of 黑料不打烊鈥檚 water-bottle聽<a href="/sustainability/ban-bottle-sp0179">refill stations</a>?</p> Tue, 10 Sep 2024 19:15:14 +0000 admin 15504 at /foodscience /foodscience/channels/news/bioresource-engineering-professors-company-develops-new-technology-sex-chicks-hatching-363585 <p>A company founded by Department of Bioresource Engineering James 黑料不打烊 Professor <a href="/macdonald/michael-ngadi">Michael Ngadi</a> has succeeded in developing HyperEye, a new technology that uses hyperspectral imaging and AI to quickly and non-invasively identify the sex of a chick before it hatches.聽</p> Wed, 12 Feb 2025 17:49:28 +0000 admin 15506 at /foodscience