Alesandros (Alex) Glaros
@a_glaros
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Postdoctoral Researcher @goUFV Digital Ag, Alt Protein, Vert Ag, and Bird Enthusiast.
Joined March 2017
Excited to share this commentary on cell ag -- a normative take, informed by previous work on research directions for more possible public acceptance:
nature.com
Communications Biology - Commentary recommending research directions for cellular agriculture that may lead to more socially desirable directions for the industry.
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RT @AbbyNews: UFV professor appointed to Canada Research Chair
abbynews.com
Berry expert Lauren Erland will research and provide Canada with crucial information about growth
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Half done my (VERY 😂) DIY PVC garden tower - hypothetically can grow 40 heads of loose leaf lettuce every 6-8 weeks, if I don't manage to kill everything that is.
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New piece out in Ecology and Society - how can/cannot vertical ag contribute to food system resilience? @DrLenoreNewman - Rob Newell - Stefania Pizzirani - Addis Benyam.
ecologyandsociety.org
Food systems are vulnerable to socioeconomic and environmental changes, and increasing food system resilience has emerged as a key public policy priority. Vertical agriculture is one potential...
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RT @ModernAgri_Tips: What is Agriculture?. 👩🌾 It is farming. 🏦 It is Business.🔬 It is Science. 👷♀️ It is Engineering. ⚡️ It is Energy….
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Neither of these are traditional balsamic vinegars, but we did some taste testing in class and the difference in taste and smell between a $20 and $5 bottle are incredible! Fermentation is pretty neat.
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Brew tour, lacto ferment demo, and bread making field trip today for geography of fermentation class 🍻
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Family going through #ow #odsp applications. Combined household income ~$30,000, one asset (car), physically unable to work, application for #ontarioworks denied? Apparently the @ONgov thinks individuals can live off of $15,000 a year. Time for a #BasicIncome.
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Check out our recent piece in Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, where we present a framework to debate and describe novel ag-tech futures. @Feeding9Billion @DrLenoreNewman robnewell
frontiersin.org
Novel agri-food technologies such as cellular agriculture present strong economic opportunities, with potential to reduce the environmental footprint of agri...
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RT @AhmarSKhan: BREAKING: Developers in Ontario had direct influence over the province’s decision to extract lands from the Greenbelt and….
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Really excited to share our recent report on possible land use scenarios for vert ag in BC - finally found a way to sneak sci-fi creative writing into my day job (12 year old Alex would be overjoyed!)
researchgate.net
PDF | On Jul 1, 2023, Alesandros Glaros and others published Scenarios for Vertical Agriculture Development in the Lower Mainland, British Columbia | Find, read and cite all the research you need on...
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RT @PhilipTQuarshie: 📣 ANNOUNCING our 🆕Publication on Sustainable Intensification in Agriculture (Book Chapter) . .
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What futures for the cell ag industry does the public see as likely and/or desirable? See our recent survey study in Vancouver, BC:
researchgate.net
PDF | This report presents findings of a survey (n=504) delivered to residents in the Metro Vancouver region of British Columbia. The survey study... | Find, read and cite all the research you need...
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Questions of who pays and how to ensure rigor notwithstanding, will be cool to see how this shakes things up!.
nature.com
Nature - Some academics have welcomed the proposed open-access plans. But publishing-industry representatives warn they are unrealistic and lack detail.
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People and organizations have different visions for how digital tech can transform food systems. Finding synergies between visions and increasing farmer/public participation is crucial: . @ericnost, ErinNelson, @lauklerkx, @Feeding9Billion.
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Dissecting if and how vert ag can contribute to biodiversity:
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Novel tech such as digital ag, genomics, cell ag, vert ag, present possibilities for hyper-localized food systems:
link.springer.com
Food Security - The future of the food system is often framed as a choice between a ‘conventional’ and an ‘alternative’ system of agriculture. This framing reflects a...
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