Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences News Archive
Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences
Remembering Jim Philp, award-winning teacher
May 20, 2020 —
Retired staff member and much-loved instructor Jim Philp died on May 12, 2020.
Asper School of Business
Asper MBA Students Excel at International Business Plan Competition
May 19, 2020 —
An Asper MBA business venture team excelled at the world’s first virtual business plan competition by reaching the final round of the 2020 SCG Bangkok Business Challenge, Asia’s longest-running global student start-up competition.
Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences
Manure Manager: Clearing the air, one cow at a time
May 16, 2020 —
Study explores how management strategies influence whole farm greenhouse gas emissions in cattle production systems
Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences
COVID-19 has created opportunity for change
May 12, 2020 —
Dr. Nazim Cicek, associate head of biosystems engineering at UM, says that some good could come out of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Bisons Kelsey Wog named Canada West Female Athlete of the Year
May 7, 2020 —
The best of Canada West were announced Thursday morning, as UM's Kelsey Wog and Saskatchewan's Taran Kozun were named the 2019-20 CW Athletes of the Year.
Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences
Food chemist recognized for outstanding research
May 3, 2020 —
Michael Eskin, Department of Food and Human Nutritional Sciences, has been named the 2020 recipient of the Supelco AOCS (American Oil Chemists Society) Research Award.
Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences
Food and agricultural markets during a pandemic: Insights from economists
May 1, 2020 —
Beyond the human-health issues associated with the pandemic, there are several concerns that transcend Canadian food and agricultural markets
Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences
Winnipeg Free Press: Letter to the editor from Dr. Joyce Slater
April 28, 2020 —
A letter to the editor from Dr. Joyce Slater in the Winnipeg Free Press (April 25, 2020) highlights the importance of a food systems approach to addressing the challenges brought by COVID-19.