News

  1. Canada's Food Price Report 2022 forecasts the biggest jump in food prices in more than a decade for the upcoming year.

  2. Beyond MFRE is a series of interviews focusing on alumni and their life after our master's degree. This week we put a spotlight on Nick Gemperle, an MFRE alumn currently employed as a Research Analyst with Ipsos, a world-renowned market research firm. Passionate about issues related to sustainable agriculture and climate change, Nick juggles his full-time job with a seat on the board of an NGO.

  3. MFRE alumna, Yuki Zhang, completed her graduating project with the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority (VFPA) under the UBC Sustainability Initiative, scanning strategic benchmarks concerning Indigenous relations and developed measures to assess the port’s current performance.

  4. Applying Master’s Degree Knowledge In The Food Industry: MFRE Partners With Lita’s Mexican Foods As the last step in her masters degree, MFRE student Claire Xia completed her Graduating Project with Lita’s Mexican Foods, during which she developed tools for assessing financial feasib

  5. Beyond MFRE is a series of interviews focusing on alumni and their life after our masters degree. This week we shine the spotlight on Cheenar Shah, an alumna currently employed with the BC Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries as a Climate Change Adaptation Program Advisor.

  6. MFRE Professor Dr. Sumeet Gulati spent time abroad in order to better understand the realities faced by his research subjects, specifically farm managers in India who experience conflict with wildlife.

  7. This summer, three MFRE students will complete their Graduating Project with Vancouver Farmers Markets to convert raw historical data into useful information, develop and analyze surveys, and study the impact of phasing our single-use plastics.

  8. The world’s current uncertainty has not stopped MFRE students from securing highly interesting Graduating Projects in government agencies related to Food and Resource Economics. This summer, several MFRE students are completing Graduati