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Today, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, alongside Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, announced that the Government of Canada will be launching a national school food program. This announcement comes in the wake of increased political discussions around access to nutritious, accessible meals for children in Canada and the impacts that healthy food can have on education … Continued
Whether the intention is to assist, replicate, or replace human labor, commercial robotics are emerging in response to labor needs. In commercial greenhouses, smart harvesting robots can help fill labour gaps, completing long hours of tedious and strenuous work that until recently, have mostly been people powered. Arrell Scholar alumnus Evan Tollenaar helped create one … Continued
The future of the agri-food workforce is changing. The sector is dealing with wicked challenges like climate change and disrupted supply chains that will impact operations; sophisticated technologies are increasingly being used on farms and in processing plants; and the agricultural sector must increase productivity to feed a projected 10 billion people by 2050. Meeting … Continued
Whether the apples you eat come from ten kilometres away or a thousand, they most likely followed similar paths to get into your hands, from harvest, storage, or transport. Despite improvements in food storage and transport, up to 40% of all picked fruits are wasted, in part due to their perishable nature. In communities where fruit … Continued
Two of Canada’s leading agri-food research universities — the University of Guelph and University of the Fraser Valley – have launched a new partnership aimed at advancing new pathways for sustainable innovation within Canada’s $140-billion food and agriculture industry. The memorandum of understanding (MOU) names long-time collaborators Dr Evan Fraser, director of Arrell Food Institute (AFI) at U … Continued