Guest Speaker: Dr. Lenore Newman special guest on FoodFarm Talk
Dr. Lenore Newman, Canada Research Chair in Food Security and Director of the Food and Agriculture Institute at the University
8 July 2019
27 June 2019
Hosting interdisciplinary workshop in digital agriculture
Food from Thought hosted a digital agriculture workshop on June 27, facilitated by Bronwynne Wilton of Wilton Consulting Group. The
26 June 2019
Inaugural year for Agri-Food Excellence Symposium
Finding balance and an interdisciplinary approach to agri-food sustainability. These were two key messages that resonated across two and a
21 June 2019
U of G News: Prof Leads $180-Million Global DNA Barcoding Initiative
Food from Thought principal investigator prof. Paul Hebert is helping to launch BIOSCAN, a new $180-million, seven-year DNA barcoding project
6 June 2019
Award: Inaugural research assistant to be awarded top graduate student convocation award
One of Food from Thought’s inaugural research assistants, Andrew Nixon, will receive U of G’s top convocation award for graduate
27 May 2019
Agri-food radio program hosted by graduate students
Two University of Guelph graduate students have teamed up to deliver FoodFarm Talk, an interactive and innovative agri-food themed program
1 May 2019
Award: 2019 International Association for Food Protection (IAFP) – European Symposium
Krishna Gelda, a master’s student working on principal investigator Jeffrey Farber’s Food from Thought-supported research, has won the award for
26 April 2019
University Affairs: U of Guelph’s DNA barcode centre catalogues Earth’s biodiversity
The DNA barcoding work at the University of Guelph’s Centre for Biodiversity Genomics is highlighted in a new University Affairs
18 April 2019
Industry News: Dairy School: Optimizing health and welfare in robot herds
Food from Thought principal investigator prof. Trevor DeVries discusses dairy health and welfare, and leveraging large amounts of data collected
11 April 2019
National Post: Canadian cookbooks don’t have the best advice when it comes to food safety
Principal investigator prof. Jeff Farber is featured in the National Post discussing food safety and cookbooks. “The household kitchen is
9 April 2019
Industry News: Transition Milk Boosts Calves’ Digestive Development
Newborn dairy calves don’t grow much in the first week of life, and University of Guelph researcher Michael Steele thinks
4 April 2019
National Public Radio: Bad Diets Are Responsible For More Deaths Than Smoking, Global Study Finds
Food from Thought scientific director and principal investigator, Evan Fraser, comments on availability of healthy foods in this National Public
1 April 2019
Industry News: Questions remain around blockchain and beef traceability in Canada
Food from Thought’s director of research data strategy, Karen Hand, comments in Canadian Cattleman about considerations for blockchain in food traceability.
28 March 2019
Industry News: Precision agriculture meets precision conservation
Research funded in part by Food from Thought was featured in Country Guide on March 18th and March 21st. Prof.
12 February 2019
Conversation Canada: From cannabis edibles to plant proteins: 2019 food trends
Food from Thought principal investigator Alfons Weersink was featured in the Conversation Canada discussing 2019 food trends, including flexitarian diets,
16 January 2019
Assistant Professor in Pathogenomics and Disease Informatics to conduct microbiology, bacterial genetics and bioinformatics research
The University of Guelph is pleased to welcome Dr. Nicole Ricker as Assistant Professor in Pathogenomics and Disease Informatics. Her
10 January 2019
Utopian Dinner Table: How to feed the world in 100 years
Food from Thought scientific director and principal investigator Evan Fraser collaborated on a CBC Ideas project called the “Utopian Dinner
5 December 2018
The Hill Times: Canada’s agriculture system on the cusp of a circular revolution
Food from Thought scientific director and principal investigator, Evan Fraser, wrote an op-ed in The Hill Times about Canada’s role
