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SPF Spotlight: The Macdonald Campus Orchards

22 Aug 2018

It was 35º C and cloudless at the Macdonald Campus Farm. Though Horticulture Specialist Michael Bleho greeted me at 11 AM, he and his staff had been on the farm since 6 AM. “The weather is tough on...

McGill's Farm to School Summer Camp Makes the CBC News

Published: 19 August 2014

http://www.cbc.ca/player/News/Canada/Montreal/ID/2487230329/ CBC News - August 11, 2014 McGill's Farm to School Project (SP0100) Summer Camp Click on the link above to watch the full story!

City-grown vegetables could feed urban dwellers

Published: 25 July 2014

In a number of cities around the world, residents have transformed previously derelict sites, ignored corners and over-grown verges into green and productive vegetable plots Published on July 30...

Can Urban Agriculture Feed the World's Growing Cities?

Published: 25 July 2014

Living in a city puts everything at your fingertips: From fashion and movies to social movements and political experiments, residents of urban areas experience most everything before it trickles...

Hungry for something healthy and new? Why not make dinner with crickets tonight!

Published: 25 July 2014

McGill Student Jakub Dzamba desigs cricket incubator to feed growing interest in insect farming Published on July 23, 2014 | Journal Metro by: Mathais Marchal

Is biodiverse agriculture an anachronism?

Published: 24 February 2014

Given the need to feed an estimated 2.4 billion more people by the year 2050, the drive toward large-scale, single-crop farming around the world may seem inexorable. Published on Feb 21, 2014 |...

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