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Sep. 23rd, 2008 03:39 pmThis week, I have been attending the Western Nutrition Conference. People from all over the world are attending to discuss developments in animal nutrition and feed.
Yesterday we went on a tour of the University of Alberta research farm, which was actually pretty interesting. Unfortunately, we couldn't go into any of the barns due to bio-security, but we did go into the crop and food science labs. For safety reasons, we were not allowed into some of the labs, like the one contaminated with e.coli. During one of the lectures, I learned that 100% of the graduates from Agricultural and Earth Sciences end up with jobs. I told the chair of the department that he should put that on all the material the faculty uses to recruit students.
Today I went to another lecture at the conference. This lecture was about new opportunities in agriculture due to the shift in the food industry. At one point, the presenter started talking about peptides and lyseins and my eyes started to glaze over. One thing I did learn is that the biology of pigs is remarkably similar to humans. Apparently, the pig's digestive system is comparable to a human's so a lot of nutritional studies are done on pigs.
Pork is the most widely consumed meat, which is even creepier when you consider the genetic similarities between pigs and humans.
Yesterday we went on a tour of the University of Alberta research farm, which was actually pretty interesting. Unfortunately, we couldn't go into any of the barns due to bio-security, but we did go into the crop and food science labs. For safety reasons, we were not allowed into some of the labs, like the one contaminated with e.coli. During one of the lectures, I learned that 100% of the graduates from Agricultural and Earth Sciences end up with jobs. I told the chair of the department that he should put that on all the material the faculty uses to recruit students.
Today I went to another lecture at the conference. This lecture was about new opportunities in agriculture due to the shift in the food industry. At one point, the presenter started talking about peptides and lyseins and my eyes started to glaze over. One thing I did learn is that the biology of pigs is remarkably similar to humans. Apparently, the pig's digestive system is comparable to a human's so a lot of nutritional studies are done on pigs.
Pork is the most widely consumed meat, which is even creepier when you consider the genetic similarities between pigs and humans.
