The Government of Ontario, the University of Guelph, and Agricultural Research and Innovation Ontario are celebrating a year of world-class research, innovation, training and laboratory testing that have delivered sustainable solutions for Ontario’s $51-billion agri-food sector.
Culinary students from across Canada gained first-hand experience with Canada’s world-class beef production system through a unique field trip this past October to the Ontario Beef Research Centre in Elora, Ont.
The excursion, which was also attended by selected online food influencers, a collaborative venture among the University of Guelph, Agricultural Research and Innovation Ontario (ARIO), Canada Beef, Taste Canada and Canadian Food Focus.
The dark red kidney bean dubbed Dynasty has earned the University of Guelph’s 2024 Innovation of the Year award.
Happy holidays! The University of Guelph will be closed from Monday, December 23, 2024, to Wednesday, January 1, 2025, and will re-open on Thursday, January 2, 2025.
Amanda Mongeon, PhD candidate in the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development (SEDRD), has co-authored a report with Dr. Leith Deacon, of SEDRD and Dr. Kate Mulligan, of the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto.
As the egg industry transitions to cage-free production, Dr. Grégoy Bédécarrats, a professor at the University of Guelph, is leading innovative research to ensure that hens in cage-free environments thrive.
By fine-tuning poultry management practices, Dr. Bédécarrats and his team are working to prevent early puberty and strengthen hens' skeletons. This will reduce the risk of injuries and improve overall bird health.
This marks the 10th year in a row that the University has held this spot among Canadian comprehensive universities in an annual survey of top research institutions.
Machine learning predictions from University of Guelph researchers are helping Canadians get a better picture of what they will need to spend on groceries next year.
The 2025 Canada Food Price Report, now in its 15th edition, relies on a team of U of G researchers in food science, food economics, global food sustainability and artificial intelligence to inform food price predictions for the next year.
For professor Dr. Asim Biswas, the world is full of new problems requiring new solutions.
By 2030, the global population will reach 8.5 billion, driving an immense demand for food. At the same time, climate change is weakening food systems by depleting soil, a resource so precious it takes 100 years to form a single inch.
Madeleine McAuley’s “Perch Party” photo has won the Agri-Food in Focus prize supported by the Ontario Agri-Food Innovation Alliance in the 2024 University of Guelph Research in Focus photo contest.
McAuley, an Animal Biosciences PhD student in U of G’s Ontario Agricultural College, snapped the photo while assisting lab-mate and MSc student Steeley Ellis to collect data for her experiment about the development of perching behaviour.