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David Burton

Professor
Department of Plant, Food and Environmental Sciences

Specialty: bioremediation, greenhouse gases, manure management, soil microbial metabolism

On Scaling Up Conservation Agriculture

Internship Experience with Canadian Foodgrains Bank By Jess Nicksy, MSc student from the University of Manitoba The two greatest gifts of being an NSERC CREATE Climate Smart Scholar are the incredible people you get to meet, and the chances it…

16 Nov

On Canada’s Business Risk Management Programs

Internship Experience with Farmers for Climate Solutions By Tasmia Kabir, MSc graduate from FARE, University of Guelph Recently I graduated from Food, Agriculture and Resource Economics at the University of Guelph. I have been a scholar of CREATE Climate-Smart Soils…

25 Aug

Life Cycle Analysis of Food Systems

A Student Communication Piece By Sage Mosgrove, undergraduate at Dalhousie University My name is Sage and I’m an undergrad student from Dalhousie University, and a member of the CREATE Climate-Smart Soils program. This summer I assisted Drs. Peter Tyedmers and…

21 Jan

Dear Government From, Students

An exercise in policy briefs As part of the CREATE Climate-Smart Soils program students participate in an intensive week-long core course where they learn the ins and outs of climate-smart soils. For our Year 1 students, the core course took…

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We hope you enjoyed learning more about our 2nd cohort of #ClimateSmartScholars this week! Our (virtual) time together has been rewarding, and this fun will surely continue!

Many thanks to @NSERC_CRSNG for the continued support for this #SmartSoils program and its scholars! 👏

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Last but not least, Maia! Originally from Alaska, Maia is about to finish her BSc in Global Food Security at @mcgillu. In the fall, she worked with @cynthiakallenba to investigate soil N transformations in response to flooding.

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Next: #ClimateSmartScholars, Bangwei Zhang! He's originally from China and is working on his PhD with Dr. Burton at @DalhousieU. He'll use measures of soil N supply to improve nitrogen management in grape and tea production in a changing climate.

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14 Jan

On to our @DalhousieU #ClimateSmartScholars!

Originally from Michigan, Emily joins us via Dr. Tyedmers. She's studying the net life cycle GHG emissions from field crop production in the Maritimes and Quebec, hoping to identify low emission BMPs in organic systems.

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14 Jan

Next in #ClimateSmartScholars, @dan_schuurman! He's working with @A_Weersink in @FAREUofG to bridge agronomic and economic knowledge of soil management. For his MSc, Dan is studying the economic and environmental trade-offs of C sequestration in diverse cropping rotations.

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Specialty: manure management

Specialty: manure management

David Burton

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Specialty: manure management