Avian Influenza Outbreak Not Good for Reputation…

With foot and mouth disease, BSE, listeriosis, tainted milk scandal and now Avian influenza consumers are starting to get nervous about their food. Anxiety over food can be both detrimental and beneficial to agriculture, but there needs to be a serious attempt at addressing these food safety concerns. An article from CTV said, The Canadian [...]

This is how We’re Going to Save the World

School, research, product development, those words are not commonly associated with fun however, how neat is the new Bioproducts Discovery and Development Centre at the University of Guelph? It’s definitely neat, actually neat is under estimating it is over the top “cool” On October 3, 2008 the University officially cut the ribbon and opened this [...]

Alltech…More than Nutrition Research

Recently I had the opportunity to attend the North American Lecture Tour on Surviving Turbulence: Turning Crisis into Opportunity in Stratford Ontario. Being the only undergraduate student in attendance, and the only attendee interested in both animal nutrition and communications I thought I would try to take away a deeper message than just scientific facts. [...]

What does the Future of Canadian Dairy Industry Hold?

The Canadian dairy industry is as diverse as it is large, from the traditional Holstein animal to the smaller stature jersey cow or robotic machinery to old fashion elbow grease and everything in between. This past weekend, I had the opportunity to go on a field trip with the University of Guelph’s Dairy Science club [...]