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Decades after peregrines came back from the brink, a new threat emerges—comments from Prof. David Bird

After DDT use nearly wiped out peregrine falcons in the 20th century, numbers are collapsing again in many countries, the Guardian reports.

Published: 18 Mar 2025

Rendering: The devil is in the details

A Sanimax animal rendering plant in Montreal's east end has drawn complaints from residents for years, largely centering on odors coming from the facility. Recently, an agreement reached between the company and the City of Montreal to address the issue by retrofitting the factory seems to have fallen apart.

Published: 18 Mar 2025

Natural Resource Sciences grad students reduce lab plastic waste by nearly 50%

Single-use plastics are everywhere—but two McGill University researchers are redefining the norm and championing sustainability.

"Although plastic pollution wasn’t the main focus of our research, safeguarding water bodies is essential to our work, and we knew we had to address the disconnect between our values and laboratory practices."

Published: 18 Mar 2025

Eleven new or renewed Canada Research Chairs awarded to McGill

On March 13, the Government of Canada, announced more than $308 million to advance science and research across the country. More than $153 million will support 179 new and renewed Canada Research Chairs at 38 research institutions.

Published: 17 Mar 2025

Tracking contaminant accumulation in Arctic marine mammals  

A new method of tracking the dietary habits and contaminant exposure of animals in Arctic marine ecosystems is providing critical insights as climate change reshapes the region's food web. 

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Published: 17 Mar 2025

Pascal Thériault: For American farmers, it is impossible to do without Canadian potash

As the threat of impending tariffs and counter-tariffs loom, U.S. agricultural producers have very few options to substitute Canadian potash, an essential ingredient in fertilizer, McGill agronomist and economist Pascal Thériault told TVA Nouvelles.

Published: 11 Mar 2025

Tariff trouble prompts Montrealers to prepare for price hikes—comments from Pascal Thériault

Food including meat, vegetables, and fruits are on the long list of products from the U.S. subject to Canada’s 25% counter-tariffs.

Published: 5 Mar 2025

Students weigh in on what matters to them in agriculture

Farm consolidation, lack of financial supports, and agriculture-inclusive education streams are some of the most important issues for students attending the recent Future of Food conference in Ottawa. 

Students from McGill’s Farm Management Technology (FMT) program told Farmtario what they see as the most important concerns young people have with agriculture and agri-food in Canada.

Published: 5 Mar 2025

Coffee, stuck between inflation and shrinkflation—comments from Pascal Thériault

Coffee is suffering the consequences of global warming, condemning consumers of the popular drink to rising prices and shrinking formats, reports Radio-Canada. 

Published: 5 Mar 2025

A passion for animal welfare

Although Andrea Amado doesn’t come from an agricultural background, she was drawn to farms from a young age. Originally from Argentina, she moved to Sherbrooke, Quebec with her family when she was four. Some of her earliest memories are of visiting farms and connecting with the animals, especially cows and horses. This interest eventually led her to McGill, where she earned a B.Sc.

Published: 5 Mar 2025

Addressing Canada's agricultural labour shortage—column by Pascal Thériault

In 2019, RBC released an alarming report revealing a labour shortage in Canada's agricultural sector that could reach 123,000 vacant positions, a slowdown in exports compared to our competitors, a growing proportion of university and college graduates compared to those with a secondary education or less, a shortfall in GDP, and more.

Published: 26 Feb 2025

Bioresource Engineering Professor's company develops new technology to sex chicks before hatching

A company founded by Department of Bioresource Engineering James McGill Professor Michael Ngadi has succeeded in developing HyperEye, a new technology that uses hyperspectral imaging and AI to quickly and non-invasively identify the sex of a chick before it hatches. 

Published: 12 Feb 2025

Live longer by swapping red meat for plant proteins: McGill research on CBC's What on Earth

Last year, a McGill-led study found that replacing half their red and processed meat would increase people's life expectancy an average of nine months, while cutting their diet-related carbon footprint by 25 per cent.

Published: 5 Feb 2025

Prof. Emeritus David Bird on wild turkey sightings in Montreal

Wild turkey sightings in Montreal are on the rise, Global News reports.

Experts told them wild turkey populations in southern Quebec have steadily climbed over the past two decades due to warming temperatures.

This has raised concern that predators could be following close behind.

Published: 5 Feb 2025

Macdonald Campus Seed Library opens February 24

La version française suit

On Monday, February 24, 2025 the Macdonald Campus Library will open up its Seed Library for online orders. The seed catalogue will be available to McGill students, faculty, and staff on opening day. 

Published: 4 Feb 2025

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