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Most honey in America is fake — here’s why that matters
Most honey in America is fake — here’s why that matters June 2, 2023 CSFS Associate and biochemistry and molecular biology professor Dr. Leonard Foster said that it’s hard to know how much of the honey in America is fake. “The best way to make sure that you’re getting real honey is to buy directly […]
B.C. scientists bracing for a deadly bat fungus
B.C. scientists bracing for a deadly bat fungus May 15, 2023 CSFS Associate Dr. Matthew Mitchell (Land and Food Systems) and Aaron Aguirre (Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability) will spend the summer collecting data on bats in Metro Vancouver. White-nose syndrome, a deadly fungal disease, has spread across Canada from the east and north […]
Bats in Vancouver: The secret city nightlife
Bats in Vancouver: The secret city nightlife May 12, 2023 CSFS Associate Dr. Matthew Mitchell (Faculty of Land and Food Systems) talks about his research this summer on bats in Vancouver, white-nose syndrome and bat populations across the province. “They’re really under threat. We have 16 species of bats in BC and half of those […]
Bats in Vancouver: UBC researchers to study secret city nightlife
Bats in Vancouver: UBC researchers to study secret city nightlife May 8, 2023 They live among us and eat pesky insects, but unless you’re armed with an ultrasonic microphone you may never notice our nocturnal neighbours: bats. CSFS Associate Dr. Matthew Mitchell (Faculty of Land and Food Systems) and Aaron Aguirre (Institute for Resources, Environment […]
Special agents, Rubik’s cubes, and how to solve the climate crisis
Special agents, Rubik’s cubes, and how to solve the climate crisis May 4, 2023 In a recent TEDx talk, CSFS Associate Dr. Kai Chan (Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability) shares stories of triumph and challenge in international policy for nature, and finding the real key to a better future on Earth: you. “You’re all experts […]
From Skip to Plate
The English Dispatch of The Centre for Sustainable Food Systems at UBC Farm Alex Pomeroy first came to the UBC Farm as a practicum student in 2019, joining the field team in January 2020 as a field coordinator managing alliums, potatoes, cucurbits and legumes and spent one year with the chickens. He recently left the […]