LFS Today May 18, 2021

Webinars: Greenhouse Gas emissions from BC’s agricultural systems – Part 1 Today!

LFS has been leading one of the most comprehensive studies on GHG emissions in BC’s agricultural systems. Researchers (Andy Black, Sean Smukler, Ningyu Quan, Lewis Fausak, Chantel Chizen, Patrick Pow, Paula R. Porto) and their collaborators will be sharing the results from five years of their work in two webinars—today (May 18) and next Tuesday (May 25).

Webinars on GHG Emissions in Fraser Valley, BC Agriculture Production Systems

Part 1: Vegetable Production
Today at 10-11am
This is the first of two sessions sharing results from one of the first comprehensive studies of GHG emissions in the British Columbia agriculture sector. This session focuses on potato, pea and bean crops grown in the lower Fraser Valley and how a range of beneficial management practices affect greenhouse gas emissions, including:

• Measuring GHG emissions and carbon sequestration in potato and pea fields in Delta
• Effects of short-term grassland set-asides on GHG emissions in subsequent bean and potato crops
• The seasonal response of GHG emissions to nitrogen fertilizer inputs in a potato crop

Register here

Part 2: Blueberry Production
Tuesday, May 25 at 2-3pm
The second of two sessions sharing results from one of the first comprehensive studies of GHG emissions in the British Columbia agriculture sector, this webinar focuses on blueberry production in the lower Fraser Valley. Learn more about the GHG budget in blueberry fields and how beneficial management practices affect emissions, including:

• Carbon sequestration and the GHG budget of a highbush blueberry field in Delta
• The effect of drainage management and soil hydrology on soil greenhouse gas fluxes from highbush blueberry fields
• Nitrous oxide emission from blueberry production with precision nutrient management

Register here

Tech Tip Tuesday by LFS Learning Centre

The best fit for video on Canvas? Kaltura and My Media

Uploading videos directly to Canvas as a file can fill up your course storage quickly. Instead, upload your videos to ‘My Media’. It is integrated with Kaltura (UBC’s video sharing service) and will not use up your Canvas course storage. You can access Kaltura directly at learning.video.ubc.ca. For more tips on how to use Kaltura, check out the Kaltura Instructor Guide at https://lthub.ubc.ca/guides/kaltura-instructor-guide/.

For more information, contact the Learning Centre at it@landfood.ubc.ca.

UBC Community Engagement Partnership Recognition Fund (PRF)

UBC Community Engagement is once again accepting applications for the Partnership Recognition Fund (PRF).

Deadline: June 17th, 2021

Apply for up to $1,500 in funding to support your community-university partnership!

The Community Engagement Partnership Recognition Fund (PRF) is designed to help fill small resource gaps and support the work of community groups that partner with UBC.

Co-applicants must include an eligible community partner and a current UBC faculty member, staff or student. Funds are paid directly to community partners.

PRF supports all types of projects that address an identified community need. This year, we especially welcome applications for projects that advance equity and justice through reciprocal engagement.

Click here to learn more and submit an application

Webinar: Translating research to practice: New insights into the dietary management of Crohn’s disease

Join the Canadian Nutrition Society live this Friday, May 21st at 1:00pm as speakers, Dr. Lorian Taylor and Haley Pomreinke review the research behind new dietary guidelines for Crohn’s disease and discuss how to translate this research into practical skills when working with patients. The presentation will also Introduce LyfeMD, a mobile based digital health application to help patients better manage IBD using lifestyle therapy.

Speakers: 
Lorian Taylor, PhD, MPH RD – University of Calgary
Haley Pomreinke, RD – University of Calgary

Moderated by: Cathy Alberda, MSc RD

Click here to register

 Seeding The Future Global Food System Challenge

The Seeding The Future Foundation is providing funding to the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) to launch the first annual Seeding The Future Global Food System Challenge which will be awarding up to $1 million in grants and prize money.

Goal of the Challenge: The Challenge seeks to inspire multidisciplinary and diverse teams to develop game-changing innovations that will help transform our food system to become more equitable, sustainable, enabling healthier diets, and empower consumers to make choices benefitting both personal and planetary health.

Grants and Prizes: Three levels of awards will be given out to teams with winning innovations, depending on potential impact and stage of development: up to (8) $25K Seed Grants, up to (3) $100K Growth Grants, and up to (2) $250K Seeding The Future Grand Prizes.

Application Deadlines and Timing: Applications will be accepted from June 7 – August 16, 2021. Winners of the Seed Grants will be announced in October. Winners of the Growth Grants and Seeding The Future Grand Prizes will be announced in January of 2022.

How To Get Involved: If you know of engaged and multidisciplinary teams within your network or organization that are working on an initiative that could be a fit and are interested participating, please feel free to share and encourage them to apply here.