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From land to table: Explore entrepreneurial perspectives
Université Laval's Global Entrepreneurship Week, in collaboration with the Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences and the Institute of Nutrition and Functional Foods, offers you an interactive theme day on entrepreneurship in agriculture and food processing.
Description
From Earth to Table” offers a unique opportunity for anyone with an interest in the agri-food sector (student and university community, farm and food business, sector organization) to explore the challenges and successes encountered along their entrepreneurial journey.
This activity will take place both indoors and online (with Zoom). The activity is free, but registration is mandatory.
Content
Schedule for the day :
10:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.: Welcome of participants
10:30 am: Welcome by Denis Roy, Dean of the Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences
Agriculture morning | Presentations and discussions
- Presentation of funding programs in the agricultural sector and continuing education at the FSAA by Xavier Desmeules, agr. in charge of partnerships and continuing education, FSAA
- La relève agricole dans le secteur maraiche, by Virginie Bernier, agr, M.Sc. coordinator of Camp agricole, FSAA and Marc-André Demers, owner of Ferme des jeunes pousses
- Entrepreneurship and farm management for an established business, by Nadia Déry, agr. coordinator of the Plateforme en entrepreneuriat agricole at the FSAA and Simon Plante, owner of Polyculture Plante
11:45 a.m.: Tour of FSAA greenhouses, by Laurence Hamel, agr. M. Sc., FSAA (this part will be in person only)
12:30 p.m.: Lunch and appetizer tasting (this part will be in person only) and networking lunch (there will be a MAPAQ kiosk with agronomist Sharon Boisvert, farm succession advisor)
1:30 pm: Food processing afternoon
Presentations and panel moderated by David Desjardins Lemire of Entrepreneuriat ULaval with :
- Ronan Corcuff, coordinator of INAF’s innovation support service
- Ariane Simpson, Director, Mycélium food incubator
- Lysanne Gingras, founder of La Mangue Verte and CHICKUMI
- Mathieu Vigneault, General Manager, Agbiocentre
- Anh Nguyen & Tien Nguyen, co-owners of KLKT inc.
2:45 pm: Introduction to edible insect production and the InScott project, by Mariève Dallaire-Lamontagne, agr. doctoral student in animal sciences
3:00 pm: Visit to the black soldier fly colony at the Laboratoire aquatique de recherche en sciences environnementales et médicales (LARSEM), by the Groupe de recherche en biotechnologies aquacoles (GREREBA) team and the Chaire de leadership en enseignement en production et transformation primaire d’insectes comestibles. (this part will be face-to-face only)
16h: End of the day
See the full program for Global Entrepreneurship Week at Université Laval 2023.
Offer by :
Faculté des sciences de l’agriculture et de l’alimentation de l’Université Laval
In partnership with :
Semaine mondiale de l’entrepreneuriat à l’Université Laval
For more information
418 656-2131 ext. 412194
formationcontinue@fsaa.ulaval.ca