UM Today UM Today University of Manitoba UM Today UM Today UM Today

Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences News Archive

Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences

Get me off the island

July 17, 2015 — 
Colin Penner, a farm management instructor in the School of Agriculture, will raise funds for STARS air ambulance this fall.

, ,

Rotimi Aluko working in the lab

A Year Later

July 14, 2015 — 
A student and professor reflect on the department of Human Nutritional Sciences’ move to the Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences

,

Compost

Research and International

Expert compost tips

July 13, 2015 — 
Mario Tenuta, Canada Research Chair in Applied Soil Ecology at the University of Manitoba, explains everything you need to do to successfully compost at home

, ,

thumbnail

Academic Structure Initiative Update: Human Ecology

June 26, 2015 — 
As part of the University’s Academic Structure Initiative (ASI), the Faculty of Human Ecology and its departments have been exploring and formalizing structural changes

, , , , , ,

Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences

Sustainable farm systems focus of field day

June 25, 2015 — 
Designing productive farming systems that require fewer chemicals and incorporate compost will be the focus of a field tour hosted at the University of Manitoba Glenlea Research Station on July 8.

, ,

a cross section of dark, rich soil

What organic soils and teenagers have in common

June 23, 2015 — 
For healthy results, you have to force them to look after themselves

, ,

Blacklegged ticks on a finger

Ticks 101

June 5, 2015 — 
How to identify different types of ticks

,

checking dog for ticks

How to: Tick Edition

June 5, 2015 — 
How to check yourself (and your dog) for ticks and if you find one, how to properly remove it

,

Tick bite

Tick Mythbusters

June 5, 2015 — 
Do ticks lay eggs in a host? Can they turn humans into zombies?

,

thumbnail

Wpg Free Press: Bee expert skeptical of Fairmont’s plans for bee hotels

June 4, 2015 — 
No buzz

,

© University of Manitoba • Winnipeg, Manitoba • Canada • R3T 2N2

Emergency: 204-474-9341