{"id":8961,"date":"2024-10-25T12:00:23","date_gmt":"2024-10-25T16:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ontariogenomics.ca\/AR2024\/talent-high-school-and-college-focus-copy\/"},"modified":"2024-11-01T01:54:41","modified_gmt":"2024-11-01T05:54:41","slug":"the-sustainable-farming-challenge","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ontariogenomics.ca\/AR2024\/the-sustainable-farming-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sustainable Farming Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"8961\" class=\"elementor elementor-8961\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-30eef62a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"30eef62a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div 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c4.194,4.194,4.194,10.987,0,15.175l-81.934,81.939C57.201,184.293,54.454,185.343,51.707,185.343z\"><\/path>\t<\/g><\/g><g><\/g><g><\/g><g><\/g><g><\/g><g><\/g><g><\/g><g><\/g><g><\/g><g><\/g><g><\/g><g><\/g><g><\/g><g><\/g><g><\/g><g><\/g><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">The Sustainable Farming Challenge<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b37cda3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b37cda3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-191449e\" data-id=\"191449e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8aa1220 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8aa1220\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Up for the Sustainable Farming Challenge<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9252e5f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9252e5f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ontariogenomics.ca\/AR2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/24-2_SUSTAINABLE-FARMING-CHALLENGE.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-9610\" alt=\"Up for the Sustainable Farming Challenge\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-d3fdc92 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d3fdc92\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-5fb0e19\" data-id=\"5fb0e19\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a23378 elementor-widget-tablet__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4a23378\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The challenge:<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-84326d2\" data-id=\"84326d2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d04794 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6d04794\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Wherever you are on the planet, there\u2019s no denying that the climate crisis is here. With the world\u2019s population estimated to reach 9.7 billion people by 2050, the agriculture sector will be forced into hyper-drive to increase food production by 60%. At the same time, aggressive emission reduction targets must be met to offset environmental damage.<\/p><p>The dairy sector happens to be one of Canada\u2019s most important industries, contributing $35B to the country\u2019s GDP. But dairy cows also account for around 36% of Canada\u2019s livestock greenhouse gas emissions, mostly from methane and nitrous oxide.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be54f1b elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"be54f1b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-31f46be elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"31f46be\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-a518806\" data-id=\"a518806\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d9fbf49 elementor-widget-tablet__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d9fbf49\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What are we doing about it:<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0d2d56e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0d2d56e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Canadian dairy industry has made a pledge to be net-zero by 2050 with the goal of a 30% reduction in their carbon \u201choof\u201d print by the end of this decade. And this is where Ontario Genomics comes in. We\u2019re overseeing a $16-million international project using genomic technologies to help the dairy industry reach its critical climate goals.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eeac339 elementor-widget-tablet__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"eeac339\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How it works:<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b9d66e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0b9d66e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In May 2022, Genome Canada launched a <em>Climate Action Genomics Initiative<\/em> funding opportunity featuring an <em>Interdisciplinary Challenge Teams<\/em> (ICT) component. The idea was to bring together researchers with different specialities to solve some serious environmental problems in the agriculture sector.<\/p><p>This has led to the creation of the <em>Leveraging Genomics to Achieve Dairy Net Zero<\/em> project which is led by Dr. Christine Baes at the University of Guelph and Dr. Filippo Migliori from Lactanet alongside co-leads at the University of Alberta and Universit\u00e9 Laval, with support from national and international academic and industry partners.<\/p><p>One of the major sources of greenhouse gas emissions in agriculture comes from methane-filled cow burps, so this team is focused on understanding the feed, herd genomics and gut microbiome of dairy cows to create a diagnostic toolkit to help farmers breed dairy cows with better digestion, which will make them significantly less gassy. The hope is to ultimately also apply this toolkit to the beef cattle industry, which according to Environment and Climate Change Canada, accounts for 71% of greenhouse gas emissions from the country\u2019s agriculture sector.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-77f95e7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"77f95e7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-5399ef1\" data-id=\"5399ef1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9188fb6 elementor-widget-tablet__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9188fb6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Meet the Team:<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b0472a2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b0472a2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>University of Guelph:<br \/>Dr. Christine Baes<\/li><li>Lactanet and University of Guelph:<br \/>Dr. Filippo Migliori<\/li><li>University of Alberta:<br \/>Dr. Paul Stothard<\/li><li>Universit\u00e9 Laval:<br \/>Rachel Gervais<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-3714ffe\" data-id=\"3714ffe\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5746022 elementor-widget-tablet__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5746022\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Funded by:<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c651e67 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c651e67\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Genome Canada and the Ministry of Colleges and Universities. 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