Tomorrow’s Table: Organic Farming, Genetics and the Future of Food
Pamela Ronald
Distinguished Professor, Department of Plant Pathology and the Genome Center Director, Institute for Food and Agricultural Literacy, University of California, Davis.
Thursday, February 16, 2017
9:00 - 10:30 a.m.
Delta Hotel and Conference Centre (John McCrae Room)
50 Stone Road West, Guelph, Ontario
Interested members of the University Community are invited to attend the M.Sc. Thesis Defence and Final Examination of Regan Arntz-Gray which will be held on Monday, December 19th at 3:00 p.m. in Room 318, MacKinnon Building.
The title of her presentation is: "How Has the Relationship Between Corn Yield and Precipitation Changed Over Time".
The Department of FARE is hosting a Graduate Open House for prospective graduate students. This event will provide an opportunity to learn about the MSC, MFARE and PHD graduate degrees offered in the department, as well as a chance to chat with faculty, current graduate students and alumni about their experiences.
The Department of Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics is pleased to announce that Michael von Massow has joined our Department. Mike brings a depth of experience and expertise that adds capacity to FARE's ability to respond to important issues in the agri-food sector, including agri-food value chains, food waste, sustainability, and animal welfare. An alumnus of the Department (BSc(AGR) and MSc degrees in Agricultural Economics), Mike also has a Ph.D. in Management Science from McMaster University.
The Department of Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics (FARE) is hosting a Graduate Open House for prospective graduate students.
This event will provide an opportunity to learn about the MSc and PhD graduate degrees offered in FARE, as well as a chance to chat with faculty, current students and alumni about their experience.
It will be held on Tuesday, January 26th from 5:00 to 7:00 pm in the Science Complex Atrium. Please RSVP to: fare@uoguelph.ca if you plan on attending.
Glenn Fox led a seminar course in Austrian Economics, sponsored by the Institute for Liberal Studies, and organized by Matt Bufton, Executive Director of the Institute, in Ottawa from October 23-25, 2015. The course was organized as a Socratic Seminar, with formal discussion, based on a text, in which the leader asks open-ended questions.
