How to reduce the ecological footprint of your plate without becoming vegan?

Published: 12 June 2024

Are you having guests over for a barbecue at the end of the week? What will you put on the grill? Animal proteins, most likely. Even if we know the effects of red meat consumption on the...

Marcel Groleau named Honorary Degree recipient in the Faculty of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences

Published: 23 May 2024

Ten exceptional individuals will receive honorary degrees from McGill as part of Spring 2024 Convocation ceremonies. This year’s recipients represent a diverse array of leaders whose contributions...

Professor Valerio Hoyos-Villegas receives early career scientist award

Published: 26 August 2024

Congratulations to McGill Plant Science Professor Valerio Hoyos-Villegas, 2024 winner of the North American Plant Phenotyping Network (NAPPN)'s Early Career Scientist Award! This award recognizes...

To remove CO2 from the atmosphere, this former McGill postdoc's startup looks to biomass

Published: 22 July 2024

In 2019, while doing post-doctoral research in McGill's Department of Natural Resource Sciences, Qinhong Cai (better known as Tammy) travelled to Nunavut to join the Oceans Protection Plan, a...

Migrating seabirds are bringing forever chemicals into the Arctic

Published: 9 October 2024

New research from McGill graduate shows how toxic chemicals hitch a ride with seabirds flying from southern latitudes to the Arctic...

Montreal drives for greener golf courses by banning most pesticides

Published: 13 June 2024

Montreal will become the first jurisdiction in Canada to legislate and regulate on golf course pesticide use after a decision to ban most pesticides at golf courses across the city starting next...

The hidden climate cost: Food loss, waste, and greenhouse gas emissions

Published: 17 September 2024

Professor Gordon Price from Dalhousie University and Professor Grant Clark from McGill University's Department of Bioresource Engineering study the hidden climate change costs of food loss and...

FAES Professors awarded $2.95 million for climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies

Published: 6 June 2024

Originally published in the McGill Reporter by Charlotte Bawol, Digital Communications & Event Administrator (Research and Innovation)

The cost of poutine, a symbol of rising prices—Pascal Thériault on 98.5fm

Published: 26 August 2024

The price of food has been increasing since the pandemic. Even poutine is not immune to inflation: the price of sunflower oil used in fryers has doubled, and even the price of potatoes has risen.

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