Is it possible to find true love based on a shared love for a particular kind of food or music or quirky obsession? Prof. Serge Desmarais, from U of G’s […]
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Prof. François Tardif, a weed science specialist in U of G’s Department of Plant Agriculture, offered his thoughts to CBC Business about a new machine that promises to destroy weeds […]
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The Government of Ontario has announced a $1.8-million investment in University of Guelph agri-food research to help find ways to enhance soil health and water quality. The investment, designed to […]
The creators of a cream liqueur for vegan- and lactose-intolerant consumers have become the first recipients of a newly created startup fund called the Oilseed Innovation Partners Entrepreneurship Fund. The […]
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Calgary’s 2019 Stampede is over and six horses in the chuckwagon races are dead, with many calling for change. But this pattern of tragedy, public outcry and incremental reform is as old as rodeo. By Prof. Susan Nance, Department of History. […]
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Prof. Merritt Turetsky, an ecosystem ecologist from U of G’s Department of Integrative Biology, spoke to the Washington Post and Gizmodo about the simultaneously burning forest fires in Alaska, northern […]
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Food Day Canada, a day to celebrate Canadian-grown food with all-Canadian meals, is this Saturday, Aug. 3. University of Guelph food laureate Anita Stewart, who founded the annual event 16 years […]
What is the perfect Canadian meal? Whether it’s pickerel and peas from Ontario, pork and poutine from Quebec, or salmon and spot prawns from British Columbia, the founder of Food […]
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The politics of food choices can be fraught, particularly when issues about culture and environmental sustainability clash. But food has always been politicizing, U of G’s Prof. Philip Loring told […]
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What role will universities play now that cannabis is legal and an entire new industry is blooming? Prof. Rene Van Acker, the dean of U of G’s Ontario Agricultural College […]
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Why is the new crop of plant-based veggie burgers so popular with consumers? It all comes down to better meat-like texture, Prof. Alejandro Marangoni told the Toronto Star. Marangoni, with […]
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Prof. Scott Weese, a pathobiology professor in U of G’s Ontario Veterinary College, is available for interviews about the risks posed by rabies. Earlier this month, a young B.C. man […]
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The research of Prof. Keith Warriner, Department of Food Science, features prominently in a Washington Post article about steps produce growers are taking to combat food-borne illness outbreaks. The article […]
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University of Guelph researchers are the first to uncover how the cannabis plant creates important pain-relieving molecules that are 30 times more powerful at reducing inflammation than Aspirin. The discovery unlocks […]
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Prof. Philip Loring, with the Department of Geography, Environment and Geomatics, spoke to CBC News about a controversy over a video urging less red meat consumption. Loring, who is the […]
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It’s “provocative in a good way.” That’s the assessment Prof. Christian Giroux offered to Quartz about a new Melania Trump statue recently erected in Trump’s home country of Slovenia. Giroux, […]
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Prof. Karen Racine, with U of G’s Department of History, spoke to the Edmonton Journal about a new research project led by a University of Alberta education professor to investigate how […]
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A rabies death in Canada indicates a breakdown in education, communication and health care. By Prof. J Scott Weese, Ontario Veterinary College […]
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U of G’s Prof. Shoshanah Jacobs was one of several Canadian scientists asked by CBC’s Quirks and Quarks radio program to describe what the Apollo 11 moon landing meant to […]
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Prof. Simon Somogyi, U of G’s Arrell Chair in the Business of Food, spoke to GlobalNews.ca about why carrot, potato and other root vegetable prices are on the rise. Somogyi […]
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