A team of University of Guelph researchers led by Dr. Keith Warriner, a professor in the Department of Food Science in the Ontario Agricultural College, helped to develop a global web-based food safety toolbox.
As Canada’s Food University, the University of Guelph is shining a light on all the ways we are supporting and improving Canada’s food systems in celebration of the 20th Anniversary of Food Day Canada on August 5, 2023. Continue reading to get a "taste" of the exciting stories, news and updates that University of Guelph students, faculty, researchers and staff have been a part of over the past year that support food and food systems.
The 2023 Rural Symposium took place on March 2, 2023. This issue of Rural Review contains oral and poster presentations from the event. Please feel free to follow up with presenters if you have questions or would like further information.
The following presentations received funding from the Ontario Agri-Food Innovation Alliance:
The air pollution caused by smoke from forest fires across Canada is cause for concern for creatures large and small. That includes horses, who are at increased risk of developing equine asthma from smoke exposure, says Dr. Janet Beeler-Marfisi of the Ontario Veterinary College.
Despite retiring from his academic position, University of Guelph professor Dr. Wayne Caldwell continues his decades-long work to support rural Ontario and the people who depend on it.
Dr. Wayne Caldwell
Led by PhD student Amanda Armstrong and Dr. David Kelton, a professor in the Ontario Veterinary College, the team set out to better understand the relationship between hock and knee injuries and lameness in dairy cattle. They wanted to know what causes these injuries and how they can be resolved.
Supporting food security in Northern Ontario First Nations, making biocomposite parts for electric vehicles and using robotics for weeding vegetable crops are among the nearly 50 University of Guelph agri-food research projects to receive over $8 million in new funding from the Ontario government.
Announced today, the funding is intended to develop U of G innovations that support industry and make a difference to Ontario farmers and consumers.
A cutting-edge quarantine, isolation and recirculation facility opened today at the Ontario Aquaculture Research Centre in Alma, thanks to a $4.5-million investment from the Government of Ontario through the Agricultural Research Institute of Ontario, and with support from the Ontario Agri-Food Innovation Alliance.
Join Guilherme Madureira this summer as he speaks with Dairy at Guelph faculty on the latest research – everything from dairy calf nutrition and management to designing breeding strategies for long-term and sustainable genetic improvement. New episodes are available each month on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, or you can listen on the DairyatGuelph.ca website.
A University of Guelph study has found that reducing cow milking frequency can help treat ketosis, a common metabolic disorder that occurs within two weeks of delivering a calf.
This research was funded by the Ontario Agri-Food Innovation Alliance, a collaboration between the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs and the University of Guelph.