Agribition names new board
Bruce Holmquist of Kinistino, Sask., was re-elected president of Canadian Western Agribition for another year during the show’s recent annual general meeting.
Chris Lees from Arcola, Sask., remains vice-president. The executive members at large include Kim Hextall from Grenfell, Sask., Levi Jackson from Sedley, Sask., and Curtis Kuchinka from Regina.
Youth educators in Uganda
Canadian Foodgrains Bank is inviting applications for its youth educator’s tour to Uganda in August 2018.
The application deadline is May 15.
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The goal is to provide Canadian teachers with first-hand learning experiences that they can bring back to their students.
Participants will meet people who have experienced hunger and learn about the causes and impacts and efforts to respond to the different kinds of hunger.
Topics to be explored include food security, humanitarian assistance, Canada’s role in the world, international development, and global citizenship.
Cost of the tour is about $2,800 and includes airfare and all in-country costs.
For more information contact the Canadian Foodgrains Bank at foodgrainsbank.ca or contact Roberta Gramlich at 800-665-0377.
New research centre opened
Canada’s Centre for Plant Health in North Saanich, B.C., will get a new $80 million research and quarantine facility.
Construction for the addition is scheduled to begin in 2020 and conclude 2022.
The 106-year-old centre is operated by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.
It is Canada’s only facility where tree fruit and grapevines are quarantined and tested for viruses after being brought into the country.
The new facility will include laboratories, greenhouses and the latest technology to identify diseases more quickly and reduce the amount of time that plants spend in quarantine.
New DNA technology will allow scientists to reduce testing times from three years to a few months in some cases.
