Digital Agriculture Research Fund Town Hall
Digital Agriculture Research Fund Call for Proposals Town Hall Date: Monday, November 26, 2018, 10:00-11:00am Location: University Centre, room 441;
1 November 2018
25 October 2018
Globe and Mail: Not enough fruits, vegetables grown to feed global population a healthy diet
The Globe and Mail featured groundbreaking research from a study co-authored by scientific director and principal investigator Evan Fraser, along
23 October 2018
Top Canadian food universities to collaborate on CFREF food security and sustainability initiatives
The University of Guelph (U of G) and the University of Saskatchewan (USask) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) last
9 October 2018
New Animal Biosciences professors will support animal sciences research through diverse approaches
Two new faculty joined the Department of Animal Biosciences within the Ontario Agricultural College on September 1: Dr. Michael Steele,
18 September 2018
Industry News: Our data road map
Food from Thought director of research data strategy, Karen Hand, was featured in a Country Guide article about agriculture data.
6 September 2018
Appointment of Assistant Professor in Statistics to support Food from Thought through computational statistics and big data analytics
The University of Guelph has named Dr. Khurram Nadeem as Assistant Professor in Statistics. His role began on August 1,
3 September 2018
Globe and Mail: ‘Slow’ chickens? Not so fast. Why an animal-welfare solution is more complicated than some expected
Food from Thought principal investigator Dr. Tina Widowski and lead researcher Dr. Stephanie Torrey are featured in a Globe and
1 September 2018
Reddit: Not enough land to produce recommended food
The Food from Thought-funded paper “Global land use implications of dietary trends” went viral on social media networking site Reddit.
13 August 2018
Appointment of Assistant Professor in Precision Agriculture to advance Food from Thought research and training in sustainable agriculture
The University of Guelph has named Dr. John Sulik as Assistant Professor of Precision Agriculture. His role began on June
7 August 2018
Food from Thought Welcomes New Research Assistant Cohort for September 2018
The University of Guelph has selected sixteen outstanding graduate students to receive exclusive Food from Thought Research Assistant awards for
3 July 2018
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Plant Communication – Clarence Swanton Ecological Entanglement: Spooky Action at a Distance – Kevin McCann Merritt Turetsky – Carbon Climate
12 June 2018
Conversation Canada: Restaurants not only feed us, they shape our food preferences
Food from Thought principal investigator Alfons Weersink was featured in the Conversation Canada discussing restaurants and food preferences. Prof. Weersink
22 May 2018
Industry News: Trust the opportunity
Food from Thought principal investigator and scientific director, Evan Fraser, discusses the amount of food available to feed the planet
25 April 2018
Appointment of Director of Research Data Strategy for Food from Thought
The University of Guelph has named Dr. Karen Hand as the new Director of Research Data Strategy for the Food
23 March 2018
Phys.org: Monitor climate change, not predators, to protect lake diversity
Food from Thought principal investigator Andrew MacDougall weighs in on the role of climate change and fish diversity. According to
30 January 2018
FeedBack: Discovering a bigger impact for the agri-food system
Michelle Thompson is an Food from Thought research assistant and a Masters student in Plant Agriculture with Dr. Manish Raizada,
22 January 2018
FeedBack: Touring family-owned crop, poultry and dairy farms
On a sunny day during the last week of September, we, the inaugural Arrell Food Institute and Food from Thought
7 December 2017
The Hill Times: Canada needs to adopt Blockchain technology to meet ambitious agriculture and food goals
Food from Thought scientific director and principal investigator, Evan Fraser, wrote an op-ed in The Hill Times about Blockchain in
