Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences

Manitoba Agriculture and Food Knowledge Exchange

The MAKE - Manitoba Agriculture and Food Knowledge Exchange  - where we share Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences research that is shaping agriculture and food production in Manitoba and around the world. Research covers protein foods innovations, food safety and nutrition, crop breeding, animal care, environment health, sustainability practices to continuously improve our shared food system and more.

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Volunteers needed for the Mani Wheat Project

Are you a wheat farmer who is interested in participating in a Manitoban research study?

Read about joining the new projects

UM receives $7.6 million to develop solutions towards sustainable agriculture

UM researcher and project lead, Dr. Martin Entz, Jarislowsky Chair in Natural Systems Agriculture for Climate Solutions, and team have received a NSERC-SSHRC Sustainable Agriculture Initiative Grant to study net-zero farming systems.

Read more about the research.

New study explains how bread transformed the ancient world with help from UM researcher

Harmeet Chawla in co-author of historic findings published in Nature

A major study co-authored by UM Plant Science researcher Dr. Harmeet Chawla in the Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences is revealing the evolution and origin of bread.

Learm more about the Chawla Lab.

Don Flaten inducted into Manitoba Agricultural Hall of Fame

Dr. Don Flaten, professor emeritus in the Department of Soil Science at the University of Manitoba, was inducted on July 17 into the Manitoba Agricultural Hall of Fame.

More about the hall of famer

Rob Currie named Professor Emeritus

Dr. Rob Currie, senior scholar in the Department of Entomology, has been named professor emeritus for his distinguished service to the University of Manitoba.

Learn more about Dr. Currie's appointment

Manitoba Co-operator: Farmers needed for grain bin bug study

Researchers from the University of Manitoba want to know about bug problems in stored grain.

Let's talk about bugs

Meet the RBC Scholars

The RBC Scholars in Sustainable Agriculture program has been made possible by a generous gift by RBC. Undergraduate and graduate students are working with Faculty researchers on low-emission agriculture and food systems research.

Meet the inaugural scholars from 2024

UM grows partnerships for sustainable agriculture in Africa

New research agreements with four institutions in Morocco

More about the partnership to grow sustainable agriculture

University of Manitoba - Plant Science Seminar
Dr. Martin Entz
2 researchers examine plants in a lab
Don Flaten speaks to field day participants.
Dr. Rob Currie
People move grain to a truck beside a grain bin
RBC scholarship winners 2024
Dr. Michael Benarroch and Dr. Mario Pinto with Prof. Mustapha Ijjaali, President, and other Faculty at Université Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdullah (USMBA) Fès, Morocco
Manitoba Agriculture and Food Knowledge Exchange logo over a canola field.

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Extraordinary Students Doing Extraordinary Research

Welcome to the "Extraordinary Students Doing Extraordinary Research" podcast series, which highlights students from the UM's RBC Scholars in Sustainable Agriculture Program and their research.

Ashley Henderson

In this episode, host Peter Frohlich, research development coordinator with the National Centre for Livestock and the Environment (NCLE) talks with RBC Scholar Ashley Henderson, a student in the Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences. She shares how food production co-products and other materials can be used to enhance diets of laying hens and how using these materials in feed contributes to creating sustainable agriculture systems in Manitoba and beyond.

 

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