Past Events

"Soil Health" Where does it start and what's in store for the future? Soil health is not just a product of the chemical, physical and biological makeup of agricultural fields but is also an outcome of the economic, political and social pressures of our farms. This seminar is a reflection on the challenges and opportunities to influence the practical adoption of best practices for soil management.

Everyone is welcome

  Sean Simpson   1:00pm Title: "Biofertilizer enhances biomass crop yield and soil organic carbon sequestration" Kayla Mundy      1:30pm Title: "Alternative Seed Treatments: Acute Lethality and Life Cycle Impacts on the Common Eastern Bumble Bee (Bombus impatiens Cresson)" Jillian Filmer      2:00pm Title: "The effect of nitrification inhibition on nitrous oxide emissions from hog manure applied at various fall timings"

Sorry this talk has been cancelled.  

"Genes from altruism: Inclusive fitness theory in age of genomics."

The Department of Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of Guelph is pleased to invite you to this year's George Morris AgriFood Policy Lecture presented by Dr. Jayson Lusk, of Purdue University.   The title of Dr.Lusk's talk is "The Future of Food". Please join us on Monday, November 6, 2017. 

Soft Turns is the collaborative effort of Sarah Jane Gorlitz and Wojciech Olejnik and they are our current Artist in Residence. "SOFTURNS :thoughts on interdisciplinary approaches to closed (and open) loops."

Everything You Wanted to Know About Open Access But Were Afraid to Ask The title says it all! Come to this workshop to better understand all things open access, including how it works, why you should care, ways to publish OA for free, and how OA intersects with quality, impact, and peer-review. Presenter: Ali Versluis, Research and Scholarship Librarian Date: Wednesday, November 1st, 2017 from 12:15-1:15 pm Place: Alexander Hall, Room 265 Please don’t hesitate to follow up if you have any questions or comments. Thanks, Ali

Everyone is invited to join in.

Perennialization for a more-sustainable Great Lakes agriculture. Everyone is welcome.