Building material made of corn cobs, chips made of duckweed and grain, and a non-alcoholic oat fibre beverage, were each named top innovations at this year’s Project SOY (Sustainable Opportunities for You) Plus finale event at the University of Guelph.
Riley McConachie grew up in a small town surrounded by agriculture. While studying environment and resource management at the University of Guelph, he discovered a keen interest in research through jobs with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.
With funding from OMAFRA, through the Ontario Agri-Food Innovation Alliance, the Animal Health Laboratory (AHL) uses cutting-edge technologies to test, diagnose and monitor infectious pathogens. The AHL continues to work closely with the CFIA and OMAFRA on the diagnosis of avian influenza in Ontario. Read the story.
Poultry immunologist and Alliance-funded researcher Dr. Shayan Sharif discussed avian flu outbreaks with CBC News.
Alliance-funded researcher Dr. Claudia Wagner-Riddle spoke to Chatelaine about the work being done in Canada to reduce beef’s environmental footprint.
Alliance-funded researcher Dr. Shayan Sharif discusses why the discovery of a “highly pathogenic subtype” of avian influenza across the globe and in Canada is worrisome, and how more effective and efficient ways to monitor and control the outbreaks are being explored.
Michelle Edwards, a longtime data management strategy leader, has been appointed as the inaugural director of agri-food data strategy with the Office of Research at the University of Guelph.
A U of G graduate, she will begin her appointment April 5.
This new position will provide stable, long-term leadership to agri-food research data strategy in the Office of Research.
New University of Guelph research at the Vineland Research and Innovation Centre, funded in part by the Alliance, is proving the old adage “apples to apples” may need some rethinking after a new study found apples are worth comparing and that texture and flavour are what drive consumer preferences.
The University of Guelph’s investments in teaching and research, people and organizations generate $8.6 billion for the national economy, according to the latest U of G economic impact report. The Ontario Agri-Food Innovation Alliance, a collaboration between U of G and the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, contributes $1.44 billion to Ontario’s GDP. This partnership benefits provincial industries by supporting research, commercialization and innovation, creating products and jobs, and increasing business productivity.
Alliance-funded researcher Dr. Christine Baes took Grey Bruce Farmers’ Week Dairy Day attendees on a genomic tour in January highlighting that the main benefits of genomics are improved selection accuracy and decreased generation interval.