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Events
June 5 - November 27, 2021 || Saturdays 10:00AM – 2:00PM || Tuesdays 4:00PM – 6:00PM
20th Annual UBC Farm Farmers’ Market
News
UBC Strategic Plan: Nature’s weapon against food-borne pathogens
UBC Strategic Plan: Nature’s weapon against food-borne pathogens “Some superheroes are too small to be seen by the naked eye. Microscopic bacteria-eating viruses are coming into favour as a way to combat food-borne pathogens.” Dr. Siyun Wang, CSFS Associate and Professor of Food Safety, is investigating the applications of bacteriophages in UBC’s Food Safety Laboratory. […]
Planning West: 20th Anniversary of the UBC Farm
Planning West: 20th Anniversary of the UBC Farm “Formed in 2011, CSFS’s main research and learning space is the UBC Farm, which began as a student-led initiative that is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. The UBC Farm and the CSFS have both grown over the decades, with the UBC Farm deemed ‘green academic’ by […]
UBC Microbiology: Beneficial microbes protect plants from pathogen attacks
UBC Microbiology: Beneficial microbes protect plants from pathogen attacks “Understanding how beneficial microbes are recruited has the potential to be used in agriculture to sustainably protect plants from pathogens. ” Dr. Cara Haney, CSFS associate and professor in UBC’s Department of Microbiology and Immunology, conducted research on how plants can recruit beneficial bacteria (i.e. their microbiome) […]
Springer Nature: Are Small Farms Better?
Springer Nature: Are Small Farms Better? “It is an important question to examine — more than 80% of the world’s farmers are smallholders and they constitute a large portion of the world’s poor and vulnerable populations.” Dr. Navin Ramankutty, CSFS Associate and Canada Research Chair in Global Environmental Change and Food Security, blogged about his […]
The Globe and Mail and National Post: Nature's assets and conserving 30% of Earth
The Globe and Mail and National Post: Nature’s assets and conserving 30% of Earth by 2030 “The challenge is not simply to measure the contents of the country’s vast natural landscapes, but to know what to measure.” The Globe and Mail highlighted a study by Dr. Matthew Mitchell, CSFS Associate and research associate at UBC’s […]
National Geographic: Breeding climate-resilient sunflowers
National Geographic: Breeding climate-resilient sunflowers “Already capable of growing in harsh conditions, sunflowers have the potential to withstand even more.” Dr. Loren Rieseberg, CSFS associate and professor in UBC’s Department of Botany, commented on how sunflowers are considered one of the more environmentally resilient crops. Sunflower roots extend twice as deep as those of corn – […]