The Food and Agriculture Institute is a multi-disciplinary research centre that focuses on issues, challenges, and sustainability solutions related to food and farm systems.
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CBC News: North by Northwest ‘Cravings with Lenore Newman: Apples’ - October 19, 2024
The Globe and Mail ‘Why is Canada falling behind in agriculture and food production?’ - October 31, 2024
UFV Today 'Newman views One Health as a recipe for survival' - September 23, 2024
CBC News 'Donuts: Lenore Newman on the history of doughnuts in Canada' - August 3, 2024
Vancouver Sun ‘Lenore Newman: B.C. could double food production, but do we have the political will?’ - July 31, 2024
UFV Today ‘Giacomazzi/Alary family learns about student success during visit to UFV Abbotsford’ - July 15, 2024
Business Intelligence for B.C. ‘How politics, strict rules limit B.C. farmers’ output on ALR land’ - July 10, 2024
Manitoba Co-Operator ‘Opinion: Improving our food system’ by Lenore Newman – April 5, 2024
The Canadian Press ‘Will tech enable grain farmers to survive a new volatile climate’ by Brieanna Charlebois - March 13, 2024
All Thinks Considered 'Episode 5: Dr. Lenore Newman' [podcast] - February 26, 2024
The Western Producer ‘Farms may store as much carbon as oilsands emit: expert’ by Doug Ferguson - February 15, 2024
UFV Today 'Farmer's Den debuts with UFV professor and student in the spotlight' - February 5, 2024
UFV News 'Sustainable food & agriculture pathways at the heart of new partnership between UFV and the University of Guelph' - January 26, 2024
UFV Today 'UFV leading the charge toward vertical agriculture' - January 4, 2024
Maclean’s ‘More grocery stores will sell lab-grown dairy products’ by Lenore Newman - December 28, 2023
Solve for X 'Changing tastes: Can technology sustainably feed the world?' [podcast] - December 14, 2023
Abby News 'Agri-tech conference in Abbotsford focuses on food security' by the Abbotsford News Staff - October 17, 2023
Fraser Valley Current - ‘The future of food production’ - October 16, 2023
The Abbotsford News - ‘University of the Fraser Valley celebrates connection to community’ - October 12, 2023
UFV Giving News - ‘Cultivating Innovation FAI partners with Avery Farms for a sustainable future’- October 03, 2023
Edible Magazine 'Dinner on Mars' by Michelle Superle - September 26, 2023
BioEnterprise 'Tech for Tomorrows Table Charting a Course for the Food Frontier' - September 15, 2023
Fraser Valley Current 'Farming up: the future of vertical farms in the Fraser Valley' by Grace Kennedy - September 06, 2023
The Common Table 'On Food and Education: Lenore Newman' - July 24, 2023
CCA News Release - 'CCA Appoints Expert Panel on Atypical Food Production Technologies for Canadian Food Security' - May 18, 2023
CBC News, On The Coast - 'Nutritious food may well be out of reach for a lot of people in B.C.' - May 25, 2023
The Financial Post - 'Fraser and Newman: Food is too expensive, but don't blame climate policy' - April 12, 2023
The Abbotsford News - 'Lenore Newman one of 78 up for YWCA Women of Distinction Award' - April 18, 2023
CNN News - 'Opinion: A Martian menu that could transform how we eat on Earth' - October 7, 2022
CBC Ideas - 'Dinner on Mars: How to grow food when humans colonize the red planet' - October 22, 2022
'Dinner on Mars: The technologies that will feed the red planet and transform agriculture on earth' - October 2022
i-Open Group - 'The Power of Collaboration: Improving Food Security for BC and Beyond' - June 2022
Financial Post - 'Our survival is at stake if our food system doesn't change' - June 07, 2022
The Conversation ‘5 technologies that will help make the food system carbon neutral’ - May 18, 2022
Taste of Abby - 'Vertical Agriculture'Presented by Tourism Abbotsford, September 2022
Taste of Abby - 'The Abbotsford Food Asset Map'Presented by Tourism Abbotsford, September 2022
i-Open Group - 'Tools For Tackling Food Insecurity In BC - The I-Open Group Collaborates With UFV To Launch The Abbotsford Food Asset Map' - March 23, 2022
The Conversation - 'Milk without the cow: Cellular agriculture could be the future of farming, but dairy farmers need help' - January 12, 2022
UFV Get to Know…’Episode 1 - Get to know Dr. Lenore Newman’ [podcast] - January 2022
Radio-Canada - 'Le Café Show - Du lait sans la vache: l'agriculture cellulaire pourrait être l'avenir' - January 14, 2022
The Conversation - 'Lab-grown meats and cow-free dairy can meet the demand for protein and help address climate change' - December 15, 2021
Ontario Genomics - 'Cellular Agriculture Report Identifies Billions in Annual Economic Opportunity for Canada Over the Next Decade' - November 22, 2021
The Globe and Mail - 'How the B.C. floods revealed the fragility of Canada's food system' - November 27, 2021
The Financial Post - 'We need people to keep their head': Grocers, suppliers struggle to refill empty shelves in flooded B.C. - November 19, 2021
Maclean's - 'The B.C. floods are a mere hint of what climate change could do to the food supply' - November 18, 2021
CBC News - 'Indoor farming could improve B.C. food security amid climate change' - November 02, 2021
CBC News - Abbotsford farmer says he's first in B.C. to grow saffron — the world's most expensive spice - November 13, 2021
Race Against Climate Change - 'Episode 1: How We Eat' [podcast] - October 13, 2021
The Financial Post - 'These two farming methods can feed the planet and help the environment - but they need to get along' - August 26, 2021
National Environmental Treasure - 'A systems perspective, policy and planning with Dr. Robert Newell' [Podcast] - September 22, 2021
CBC Radio The Current - 'Extreme heat battering Canada’s farmers and food supply' - July 22, 2021
The Washington Post - 'Canada's farmers brace for new heat wave as scorching summer leaves cherries roasting on trees' - July 17, 2021
The Financial Post - 'Extreme Heat and drought in Western Canada wreak havoc on food system' - July 16, 2021
Royal Roads University - 'Planning for a secure food future' - June 28, 2021
The Financial Post - 'Move over porridge: Oat milk is whipping up an international frenzy and Canada is lapping it up' - May 27, 2021
Policy Options - 'Enabling the digital agricultural revolution' - April 23, 2021
New Harvest - 'Cellular Agriculture and Food Security in Canada' - April 23, 2021
The Abbotsford News - 'UFV Food and Agriculture Institute receives grant to explore future of food' - April 8, 2021
Royal Roads University - 'Virtual collaboration led to CoLabS' - April 6, 2021
The Conversation - '3 technologies poised to change food and the planet' - February 18, 2021
The Tyee - 'An Island Couple Is Only Eating Food They Harvest, but You Probably Shouldn't Do the Same' - January 29, 2021
In Insights - 'Abbotsford Agtech Platform Empowers UFV Students With Access To Winery Industry Data & Insights' - January 12, 2021
The Tyee - 'How BC's Fruit Farming Industry Could Go for Gold Again' - January 11, 2021
BBC's Travel - 'The chef preserving Canada's Indigenous identity' - January 5, 2021
CBC News 'Where are Nanaimo bars from?' - January 9, 2020
Business Examiner - 'Applications for the New Agritech Grant Program are being Accepted' - December 15, 2020
CBC Radio The Next Chapter - 'Antanas Sileika reviews two books that explore the connection between science and food' - November 20, 2020
National Environment Treasure - 'What are Nature-full Cities?' - December 3, 2020
Gastronomica - 'Review: Lost Feast: Culinary Extinction and the Future of Food, by Lenore Newman'' - November 1, 2020
CBC Radio ‘Exploring culinary extinction: the foods we have eaten out of existence’ - December 20, 2019
National Post ‘In Lost Feast, Lenore Newman considers the foods we’ve loved to death’ - October 15, 2019
UFV Today - 'UFV launches new Food and Agriculture Institute' - September 10, 2018
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