FARE News

Apr 6th, 2017
Prof. Getu Hailu, Associate Professor in the Department of Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics, and graduate students Natalia Piedrahita and Zili Lai have been studying the...
Mar 2nd, 2017
The Agricultural Growth Act and Future of Crop Research in Canada

Richard Gray

Professor and Canadian Grain Policy Chair, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics...
Feb 21st, 2017
Dr. Brady Deaton was called to speak on his research about "Farmland Ownership and Food Security" in the Canadian Senate in Ottawa on February 19th, 2017! http://bit.ly/...
Jan 16th, 2017
Tomorrow’s Table: Organic Farming, Genetics and the Future of Food

Pamela Ronald

Distinguished Professor, Department of Plant Pathology and the Genome Center Director,...
Nov 28th, 2016
After 10 years of working in the family business, Cassandra Loomans, B.Comm. ’07, is preparing to take the lead - 
Young alumna tackles family business succession
Nov 23rd, 2016
Three post-secondary students received Ontario Federation (OFA) of Agriculture’s 80th anniversary bursary on November 22nd, 2016, at the organization’s annual general meeting....
Sep 28th, 2016
At the International Plowing Match in Harrison, Ontario, FARE undergraduate student Antia Rastapkevicius (OAC '17) was crowned the 2016-2017 Ontario Queen of the Furrow. In her...
Sep 14th, 2016
The Department would like to congratulate Professor Alfons Weersink for being awarded the 2016 OAC Alumni Association Distinguished Teaching Award. This award recognizes the...
Sep 6th, 2016
Our own Brady Deaton and Bethany Lipka had an op-ed piece in Monday's on-line edition of the Globe and Mail. The piece addresses issues related to boil water advisories and First...
Aug 30th, 2016
Two students from the FARE department, Syer Tazim Haque and Qin Xu were both featured in a project detailing what a day in the life of an OAC grad student is like.  You can...