/macdonald/taxonomy/term/650/all en /macdonald/channels/news/lean-times-hit-vertical-farming-business-349111 <p>Vertical farming, once touted as the future of agriculture, is currently facing a lean period. Challenges in scalability and energy consumption have cast a shadow on this innovative farming method. </p> Tue, 18 Jul 2023 20:12:23 +0000 katherine.maclean@mcgill.ca 1369146 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/quebec-increases-its-sustainable-agriculture-program-15-million-344253 <p>On Monday, Minister of Agriculture André Lamontagne will speak at the 7th Summit of Subnational Governments and Cities, an "official side event" of COP15. The Minister, alongside a dozen dignitaries, will participate in a panel that will stress the importance of making local governments ambassadors for the new global framework on biological diversity, set to be adopted at the close of COP15.</p> Mon, 12 Dec 2022 21:04:12 +0000 valerie.mcleod@mcgill.ca 1071116 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/25-million-creation-reseau-quebecois-de-recherche-en-agriculture-durable-334083 <p>On October 8th, the Fonds de recherche du Québec - Nature et technologies (FRQNT), along with its partner the ministère de l'Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l'Alimentation (MAPAQ) announced the creation of the Réseau québécois de recherche en agriculture durable (RQRAD), a flagship measure of the <a href="https://cdn-contenu.quebec.ca/cdn-contenu/adm/min/agriculture-pecheries-alimentation/publications-adm/dossier/plan_agriculture_durable/PL_agriculture_durable_synthese_MAPAQ.pdf?1603387731">Plan d’agriculture durable 2020-2030</a> (PAD).</p> Wed, 13 Oct 2021 12:47:45 +0000 valerie.mcleod@mcgill.ca 673260 at /macdonald /macdonald/joann-whalen Wed, 13 Apr 2016 22:13:58 +0000 hcrphoto.macdonald@mcgill.ca 52264 at /macdonald /macdonald/prospective/degrees/learning-beyond-classroom/fieldstudies/sustainable-agriculture <p><img alt="students riding in the back of a pickup truck in Guatemala" style="width: 756px; height: 250px;" class="file-original " src="/macdonald/files/macdonald/guatemala.jpg" width="2624" height="868" /></p> <p>Spend 2 intensive weeks touring agri-food enterprises in Guatemala, and learning about local agroecosystems and their sustainability. AGRI 325 (3cr) is offered in early May, on odd-numbered years.</p> <p><a href="/animal/agri-325-sust-ag-and-food-security-guatemala">Learn more</a></p> <p> </p> Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:07:28 +0000 hcrphoto.macdonald@mcgill.ca 3765 at /macdonald