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Ag in the Classroom Accepting Nominations For Literacy Award

Agriculture in the Classroom Manitoba is now accepting nominations online for its 4th Annual Teacher Driver Award.
 
The award is handed out annually to a teacher who shows leadership in agriculture education by initiating a unique agriculture literacy project.
 
This year's winner will receive an all-expenses paid trip to Kentucky to attend the US Agriculture in the Classroom Conference.
 
The award will be given out at the group's annual general meeting held April 24th in Winnipeg. The nomination deadline is March 31st.
 

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Finding a Balance of Innovation and Regulation - Dr. Peter Facchini

Video: Finding a Balance of Innovation and Regulation - Dr. Peter Facchini

Regulations help markets and industry exist on level playing fields, keeping consumers safe and innovation from going too far. However, incredibly strict regulations can stunt innovation and cause entire industries to wither away. Dr. Peter James Facchini brings his perspective on how existing regulations have slowed the advancement of medical developments within Canada. Given the international concern of opium poppy’s illicit potential, Health Canada must abide by this global policy. But with modern technology pushing the development of many pharmaceuticals to being grown via fermentation, is it time to reconsider the rules?

Dr. Peter James Facchini leads research into the metabolic biochemistry in opium poppy at the University of Calgary. For more than 30 years, his work has contributed to the increased availability of benzylisoquinoline alkaloid biosynthetic genes to assist in the creation of morphine for pharmaceutical use. Dr. Facchini completed his B.Sc. and Ph.D. in Biological Sciences at the University of Toronto before completing Postdoctoral Fellowships in Biochemistry at the University of Kentucky in 1992 & Université de Montréal in 1995.