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A woman sweeps some straw from the floor of a barn, next to several cows.

Volunteer week: Contributing to something “out of the ordinary”

Francine Bouchard

In honour of National Volunteer Week, the Ingenium Channel highlights how a volunteer at the Canada Agriculture and Food Museum contributes to “something out of the ordinary.”

dairy cows walking outside at the Canada Agriculture and Food Museum

Virtual tour: Explore a Dairy Farm

Canada Agriculture and Food Museum

Looking for a great educational tool to teach students about dairy farming and where food comes from? Check out this virtual tour!

A female museum guide supervises two young students, who are reaching out to stroke a large, white rabbit on the table in front of them.

New museum program brings the farm right into the classroom

Ingenium - Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

It’s hard to tune out a science lesson when there’s a chicken on your desk. Thanks to a new mobile education program from the Canada Agriculture and Food Museum, teachers in the Ottawa area can bring a bit of farm life — and a lot of excitement — right into the classroom.

2) An outstretched hand holds a mixture of grains above a blue dish.

Behind the scenes: Meet an organic grain farmer

Ingenium - Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Shelley and Tony Spruit are going against the grain. After more than a quarter century of growing wheat, soybeans, and corn — mainly for animal feed and ethanol — the couple began experimenting with alternatives on their family owned and operated farm near Ottawa, planting seeds from corn and barley varieties not traditionally grown in Ontario. The move is reflective of their agricultural philosophy, and Shelley Spruit believes it’s critically important to educate consumers about what they’re

Towers of a nitrogen fertilizer production plant stand against a blue, cloudy sky.

Earth & Environment

From plant to pantry: Tracking pollution in Canada's food production

In his first article, “Opening a digital window on our way of life,” guest author Tim Lougheed introduced us to the federal government’s National Pollutant Release Inventory (NPRI). In this second piece, Lougheed illustrates how NPRI data can be used to learn about the pollutants created through food production. When we think about the accomplishments that represent our civilization, does the modern grocery store come to mind? It should. Even the most modest one offers nutritional riches

A photo of cascara, a by-product of coffee.

Beyond the beans: the advantages of coffee by-products

An Ottawa-based coffee roaster is hoping to give consumers a wake-up call about coffee waste and by-products.

The smog from industry creates a silouette against a sunset.

Earth & Environment

Opening a digital window on our way of life

Half a century ago, you would have regularly heard Canadians discussing the Apollo moon landings and the future prospects of space travel, but there would have been far less talk about the state of water or air pollution. Today, we hear far less about other planets than the environmental state of this one. Much of our current discussion is voicing frustration and distress over the possibility that the very technological progress enabling us to visit other worlds may have done irreparable harm to

A tray of dumplings sits amongst the green branches of a plant.

Behind the scenes: An artist’s perspective on the future of food

Ingenium - Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Have you ever stopped to consider what food will look like in the future? In our rapidly-changing world, global food security issues — such as climate change, declining fresh water supply, loss of biodiversity, food waste, and the gap between producers and consumers — will have a direct impact on our food supply for tomorrow. The results will impact all of us. Amanda Huynh is a Canadian artist who works with food as a medium. Huynh contributed to the development of Edible Futures: Food for

A photo of a podium that The Canada Agriculture and Food Museum.

Volunteer week: The Canada Agriculture and Food Museum offers an unusual museum experience

The Canada Agriculture and Food Museum — a working farm in the heart of the Ottawa — is not your typical museum. So it’s fitting that volunteering at the museum isn't your typical experience either.

Cows walk in front of a building at the Canada Agriculture and Food Museum.

Virtual reality brings the farm life experience to students worldwide

Ingenium - Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Field trip planning just got a whole lot easier. Thanks to the power of virtual reality, teachers based anywhere in the world can now take their students on an educational tour of the dairy barn at the Canada Agriculture and Food Museum — which is also a working farm in Ottawa, Canada. The museum has partnered with Google Arts & Culture to develop “Explore a Dairy Farm,” a virtual reality (VR) expedition available through the Google Expeditions app. Nadine Dagenais Dessaint, who works as an

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