/macdonald/taxonomy/term/270/all en /macdonald/channels/news/covid-19-qa-pascal-theriault-canadian-food-security-during-pandemic-322149 <p>"Our food supply chain is a highly efficient mature system, but it has been knocked off balance by the crisis... In a way, we went from being on cruise control to hitting traffic."</p> <p>In recent days, we鈥檝e seen major meat processing plants shutting down because of COVID-19 outbreaks. Farmers are struggling because foreign workers can鈥檛 come into the country to plant or harvest crops. Are Canadians facing shortages and rising prices at the grocery store?</p> Thu, 14 May 2020 17:26:12 +0000 hcrphoto.macdonald@mcgill.ca 222040 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/event/can-china-be-self-sufficient-food-300787 <p>The Department of Bioresource Engineering invites you to a Special Seminar by <strong>Prof. Dennis McLaughlin</strong>, H.M.</p> Wed, 18 Sep 2019 18:24:08 +0000 hcrphoto.macdonald@mcgill.ca 87764 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/event/scaling-small-millet-post-harvest-and-nutritious-food-products-project-india-285767 <p>The Department of Bioresource Engineering invites you to attend a special presentation by team members from 黑料不打烊 and DHAN Foundation</p> Mon, 12 Mar 2018 15:42:04 +0000 hcrphoto.macdonald@mcgill.ca 53243 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/event/world-food-day-celebration-towards-world-zero-hunger-269579 <h3>The <a href="/globalfoodsecurity" target="_blank">黑料不打烊 Institute for Global Food Security</a> invites you to a Special Presentation to recognize World Food Day.</h3> <p>The presentation will cover:</p> Thu, 17 Aug 2017 14:53:58 +0000 hcrphoto.macdonald@mcgill.ca 52840 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/humphries-named-mcgill-northern-research-chair-263888 <p>Today at a press conference in Quebec City, the Institut Nordique du Quebec (INQ) announced three Northern Research Chairs, as well as a newly recruited Science and Innovation Director, Louis Fortier.</p> Tue, 01 Nov 2016 20:22:51 +0000 katherine.maclean@mcgill.ca 52542 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/food-security-and-access-land-resources-263076 <p><strong>Margaret A. Gilliam Fellowship</strong> recipient<strong> June Po</strong> is a PhD candidate in the Department of Natural Resource Sciences; June works on food security, focusing on the relationships between food security and women鈥檚 access to land resources in dryland Kenya. In early 2015, she returned to the rural communities in Kenya to report her research findings to smallholder farmers. This effort has so far been extremely valuable, as she learned multiple ways of translating research into practice.</p> Tue, 27 Sep 2016 15:08:29 +0000 hcrphoto.macdonald@mcgill.ca 52500 at /macdonald