Author: Food From Thought

Food from Thought’s Emerging Biological Threats and Pandemic Preparedness in Our Agri-Food System Research Integration Workshop took place on Thursday, June 13th, 2024, in Guelph, ON. This research integration workshop brought together leading researchers, industry experts, and policymakers to discuss practical solutions to fortify our defences against emerging pathogens. The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed fundamental […]

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By Joanne Garcia-Moores Peer review is an important responsibility for many faculty. Providing fair and constructive evaluation and feedback makes a valuable contribution to the scholarship of those receiving the input and to research excellence in general. Peer reviewers hold considerable power to enable or curtail the further scholarly development of their colleagues. This power […]

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This summer, the Canadian seed company Maizex Seeds will implement a novel geographic information system (GIS) technique developed by the University of Guelph for counting plants in corn test plots in southern Ontario and Manitoba. The solution was created by Dr. John Sulik, an Associate Professor in Plant Agriculture at U of G and a […]

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By Joanne Garcia-Moores When UofG graduate student Dani Nowosad (she/her) began her freshwater biology research in Nunavut in 2019, she was focused on collecting samples and doing lab work, but she soon noticed that something was missing. “Initially, when I was doing my fieldwork, I didn’t have opportunities to speak with the community; to engage […]

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At first glance, a dairy or poultry barn might not seem like an obvious choice for a cyberattack. But as farms increasingly rely on new technology, including internet-connected smart systems that control everything from barn temperature to feeding infrastructure and milking robots, malicious actors see them as easy prey. “Hackers do not care whether you […]

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Along the sandy, windswept shores of Lake Erie, the impact of farming on Southern Ontario’s agricultural watersheds is a pressing concern and a major focus of conservation efforts and water quality strategies. Blue-green algae chokes up huge portions of Lake Erie every year, contaminating the water that hundreds of thousands of people rely on for […]

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Bugs have shorter lifespans than most creatures on our planet. As a result, changes in the number, distribution and species of bugs can provide early warning signals of changing health and biodiversity in our ecosystems. Until now, gathering this critical information on bug diversity and abundance has been a daunting task that involved setting traps, […]

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A University of Guelph research team is shedding light on the importance of geospatial systems, which refers to the technology used to acquire, manipulate, and store geographic information, in supporting precision agricultural conservation practices. Led by Dr. Wanhong Yang, a professor in the Department of Geography, Environment and Geomatics, the project represents the first comprehensive […]

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