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Articles published in 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' - 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

Articles published in 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 article 'Dinner on Mars', featuring Lenore Newman, September 26, 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

Article, The Common Table, On Food and Education: Lenore Newman
The Common Table 'On Food and Education: Lenore Newman' - July 24, 2023

CCA News Release May 2023
CCA News Release - 'CCA Appoints Expert Panel on Atypical Food Production Technologies for Canadian Food Security' - May 18, 2023

On the Coast, radio interview with Lenore Newman May 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

News article Financial Post

The Financial Post - 'Fraser and Newman: Food is too expensive, but don't blame climate policy' - April 12, 2023

News article April 2023

The Abbotsford News - 'Lenore Newman one of 78 up for YWCA Women of Distinction Award' - April 18, 2023

Articles published in 2022

News article cover, Lenore Newman, CNN News

CNN News - 'Opinion: A Martian menu that could transform how we eat on Earth' - October 7, 2022

CBC Ideas News

CBC Ideas - 'Dinner on Mars: How to grow food when humans colonize the red planet' - October 22, 2022

Dinner on Mars

'Dinner on Mars: The technologies that will feed the red planet and transform agriculture on earth' - October 2022

The Power of Collaboration: Improving Food Security for BC and Beyond, i-Open Group

i-Open Group - 'The Power of Collaboration: Improving Food Security for BC and Beyond' - June 2022

Our survival is at stake if our food system doesn't change, Lenore Newman and Evan Fraser, Financial Post

Financial Post - 'Our survival is at stake if our food system doesn't change' - June 07, 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

The Conversation ‘5 technologies that will help make the food system carbon neutral’ - May 18, 2022

Tools For Tackling Food Insecurity In BC - The I-Open Group Collaborates With UFV

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

Milk without the cow: Cellular agriculture could be the future of farming, but dairy farmers need help, The Conversation

The Conversation - 'Milk without the cow: Cellular agriculture could be the future of farming, but dairy farmers need help' - January 12, 2022

Du lait sans la vache: l’agriculture cellulaire pourrait être l’avenir, Radio Canada

Radio-Canada - 'Le Café Show - Du lait sans la vache: l'agriculture cellulaire pourrait être l'avenir' - January 14, 2022

Articles published in 2021

Lab-grown meats and cow-free dairy can meet the demand for protein and help address climate change, The Conversation

The Conversation - 'Lab-grown meats and cow-free dairy can meet the demand for protein and help address climate change' - December 15, 2021

Cellular Agriculture Report Identifies Billions in Annual Economic Opportunity for Canada Over the Next Decade, Ontario Genomics

Ontario Genomics - 'Cellular Agriculture Report Identifies Billions in Annual Economic Opportunity for Canada Over the Next Decade' - November 22, 2021

How the B.C. floods revealed the fragility of Canada’s food system, Globe and Mail, Lenore Newman

The Globe and Mail - 'How the B.C. floods revealed the fragility of Canada's food system' - November 27, 2021

We need people to keep their head Grocers, suppliers struggle to refill empty shelves in flooded BC, The Financial Post, Lenore Newman

The Financial Post - 'We need people to keep their head': Grocers, suppliers struggle to refill empty shelves in flooded B.C. - November 19, 2021

The B.C. floods are a mere hint of what climate change could do to the food supply, Maclean’s, Lenore Newman

Maclean's - 'The B.C. floods are a mere hint of what climate change could do to the food supply' - November 18, 2021

Indoor farming could improve B.C. food security amid climate change, Lenore Newman, CBC News

CBC News - 'Indoor farming could improve B.C. food security amid climate change' - November 02, 2021

Abbotsford farmer says he's first in B.C. to grow saffron, Lenore Newman, CBC News

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 Podcast, Episode 1: How We Eat, Lenore Newman

Race Against Climate Change - 'Episode 1: How We Eat' [podcast] - October 13, 2021

Evan, F. & Newman, L. (August 26, 2021).These two farming methods can feed the planet and help the environment - but they need to get along. The Financial Post

The Financial Post - 'These two farming methods can feed the planet and help the environment - but they need to get along' - August 26, 2021

Episode 12: A systems perspective, policy and planning with Dr. Robert Newell

National Environmental Treasure - 'A systems perspective, policy and planning with Dr. Robert Newell' [Podcast] - September 22, 2021

The Current (CBC Radio). (July 21, 2021). Extreme Heat. Lenore Newman

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. (July 17, 2021)

The Washington Post - 'Canada's farmers brace for new heat wave as scorching summer leaves cherries roasting on trees' - July 17, 2021

Extreme heat and drought in Western Canada wreak havoc on food system, article, Financial Post

The Financial Post - 'Extreme Heat and drought in Western Canada wreak havoc on food system' - July 16, 2021

Planning for a secure food future, Article, Royal Roads

Royal Roads University - 'Planning for a secure food future' - June 28, 2021

More over porridge: Oat milk is whipping up an international frenzy and Canada is lapping it up, article, Financial Post, Lenore Newman

The Financial Post - 'Move over porridge: Oat milk is whipping up an international frenzy and Canada is lapping it up' - May 27, 2021

Enabling the digital agricultural revolution, article, Policy Options

Policy Options - 'Enabling the digital agricultural revolution' - April 23, 2021

Cellular Agriculture and Food Security in Canada, article, New Harvest, Food and Agriculture Institute

New Harvest - 'Cellular Agriculture and Food Security in Canada' - April 23, 2021

UFV Food and Agriculture Institute receives grant to explore future of food, 3x5 lined image

The Abbotsford News - 'UFV Food and Agriculture Institute receives grant to explore future of food' - April 8, 2021

Virtual collaboration led to CoLabS_Article

Royal Roads University - 'Virtual collaboration led to CoLabS' - April 6, 2021

3 technologies poised to change food and the planet, Lenore Newman, Evan Fraser

The Conversation - '3 technologies poised to change food and the planet' - February 18, 2021

An Island Couple Is Only Eating Food They Harvest, but You Probably Shouldn't Do the Same, Lenore Newman By Brishti Basu

The Tyee - 'An Island Couple Is Only Eating Food They Harvest, but You Probably Shouldn't Do the Same' - January 29, 2021

Abbotsford Agtech Platform Empowers UFV Students With Access To Winery Industry Data & Insights, Robert Newell, i-Open

In Insights - 'Abbotsford Agtech Platform Empowers UFV Students With Access To Winery Industry Data & Insights' - January 12, 2021

How BC’s Fruit Farming Industry Could Go for Gold Again, Lenore Newman, by Alex Nguyen

The Tyee - 'How BC's Fruit Farming Industry Could Go for Gold Again' - January 11, 2021

The chef preserving Canada's Indigenous identity, Lenore Newman, By Lina Zeldovich

BBC's Travel - 'The chef preserving Canada's Indigenous identity' - January 5, 2021

Articles published in 2020

CBC News 'Where are Nanaimo bars from?' - January 9, 2020

Applications for the new agritech grant program are being accepted, Business Examiner magazine, Lenore Newman

Business Examiner - 'Applications for the New Agritech Grant Program are being Accepted' - December 15, 2020

CBC The Next Chapter - Lost Feast Review

CBC Radio The Next Chapter - 'Antanas Sileika reviews two books that explore the connection between science and food' - November 20, 2020

What are nature-full cities, Robert Newell, National Environment Treasure

National Environment Treasure - 'What are Nature-full Cities?' - December 3, 2020

Gastronomica magazine - Lost Feast Review

Gastronomica - 'Review: Lost Feast: Culinary Extinction and the Future of Food, by Lenore Newman'' - November 1, 2020

Articles published in 2019/2018

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

FAI's first news article 2018

UFV Today - 'UFV launches new Food and Agriculture Institute' - September 10, 2018

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