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69热视频 Prof. Mark Lefsrud and team awarded a $1.65 million research grant for their program, Quality Assurance and Quality Control for Cannabis Production, Products and Training

An inter-university collaboration led by Dr. Mark Lefsrud, Associate Professor in the Department of Bioresource Engineering, has received a $1.65 million research grant, to be distributed over six years, from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada鈥檚 (NSERC) Collaborative Research and Training Experience (CREATE) Program.

The World Economic Forum created the Young Scientists Community in 2008, to engage leaders with science and the role it plays in society. The class of 2020 represents 25 researchers at the forefront of scientific discovery from 14 countries across the world.

The aims to understand household experiences with food access in Quebec during the pandemic, lead by Principal Investigator Prof. Daiva Neilsen (SHN). The study is funded by a 69热视频 SSHRC Institutional Grant and MI4 Emergency COVID-19 Research Funding (ECRF) Program.

"Our food supply chain is a highly efficient mature system, but it has been knocked off balance by the crisis... In a way, we went from being on cruise control to hitting traffic."

In recent days, we鈥檝e seen major meat processing plants shutting down because of COVID-19 outbreaks. Farmers are struggling because foreign workers can鈥檛 come into the country to plant or harvest crops. Are Canadians facing shortages and rising prices at the grocery store?

Can food transmit COVID-19? Should we wear masks and gloves while shopping? Should we wipe down groceries? Cash or credit? These questions and more are answered by 69热视频 expert.

Jennifer Ronholm is an Assistant Professor cross-appointed to the Departments of Animal Science and Food Science and Agricultural Chemistry. Her research interests include using the latest next-generation sequencing techniques to study how the microbiome of food-producing animals affects food quality, as well as how the microbiome of the food we eat affects human health.

A routine trip to the grocery store can be complicated by a boatload of questions in the age of COVID-19.

The pandemic has left many shoppers wondering whether they need to sanitize their cardboard cereal boxes or plastic yogurt containers before unloading their grocery bags.

But several experts say washing your hands is more important than wiping down every item you put in the fridge.

Agriculture faculties are becoming some of the most exciting hubs of interdisciplinary collaboration on Canadian campuses.