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CTV and Vancouver is Awesome: Meet Kip, the three-legged coyote living at UBC
CTV and Vancouver is Awesome: Meet Kip, the three-legged coyote living at UBC “No, the tri-yote doesn’t need help.” News outlets featured a coyote spotted on UBC’s Vancouver campus and spoke with Dr. Kristen Walker, CSFS Associate and professor in UBC’s Faculty of Land and Food Systems. Check out the full article at CTV or Vancouver […]
The Star: Meet a young agrologist helping organic farmers with their green production goals
The Star: Meet a young agrologist helping organic farmers with their green production goals “We all learned how to recycle because of school campaigns. We then took that information home. We have a large school population, and food security education can help shape those minds.” The Star featured Amy Norgaard, an agrologist who works at […]
Vancouver Sun and The Province: Increased COVID-19 variant severity not enough evidence for B.C. authorities
Vancouver Sun and The Province: Increased COVID-19 variant severity not enough evidence for B.C. authorities “Epidemiologists prefer studies of tens of thousands of cases and months of observation.” Dr. Leonard Foster, CSFS Associate and head of UBC’s department of biochemistry and molecular biology, says that while there hasn’t been enough time to build strong data […]
Biodiversity Research Photo Competition Results
Biodiversity Research Photo Competition Results Warren Wong, a PhD student in Dr. Juli Carrillo’s lab and CSFS student member, won the BRC Photo Competition’s Community Choice Award. His photograph is of a parasitoid (spotted wing drosophila) inside a raspberry. The image is shown to the left of this text, as well as in this link […]
Delta Optimist: Delta seeing decline in soil organic matter
Delta Optimist: Delta seeing decline in soil organic matter “Critical to soil health, the organic matter is on the decline in Delta and throughout the Fraser Valley.” Delta Optimist reported on a study which shows that organic matter is on the decline in Delta and throughout the Fraser Valley. Organic matter is made up of decomposed […]
The Star and Yahoo: How regenerative agriculture is putting hope in the soil
The Star and Yahoo: How regenerative agriculture is putting hope in the soil “According to a 2020 paper by the U.S.- based Rodale Institute, if used globally, regenerative practices could draw down most of the world’s CO2 emissions, making agriculture a net carbon sink.” Dr. Sean Smukler, CSFS Associate and a professor at UBC’s Faculty of […]