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Conference Agenda

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Session

Tech 1C ii: Food, Feed and Biomass Handling

Time:

Monday, 20/July/2026:

10:35am - 12:00pm

Session Chair: Prof. Fuji Jian, University of Manitoba
Session Chair: Dr. Myra Martel, University of Saskatchewan

Location: WPT 132

Session Topics:

Food-Feed-Water-Energy Nexus

Presentations

10:35am - 10:47am
ID: 145 / Tech 1C ii: 1
Regular submission (ORAL)
Topics: Other
Keywords: Postharvest storage; Green LED lighting; Strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa); Light spectrum; Shelf-life extension; Phenolic compounds

Green LED Lighting Extends Shelf Life and Enhances the Quality of Strawberries During Cold Storage

Shafieh Salehi Nia^1,2, Sarah McPherson¹, Kam Hammad², Mark Lefsrud¹

1: McGill University; 2: Utechnology corporation

10:47am - 10:59am
ID: 149 / Tech 1C ii: 2
Regular submission (ORAL)
Topics: Bioresource utilization and Bioproducts (Circular Economy), Structures, environment, material, forest engineering
Keywords: Cannabis, Thermal and non-thermal processing, Cannabinoids, Volatiles, Environmental footprint

Enhancing Efficiency and Sustainability in Cannabis Drying Using Microwave–Infrared and Cold Plasma Pretreatments

Pabitra Chandra Das, Oon-Doo Baik, Lope G. Tabil

University of Saskatchewan, Canada

10:59am - 11:11am
ID: 216 / Tech 1C ii: 3
Regular submission (ORAL)
Topics: Bioresource utilization and Bioproducts (Circular Economy)
Keywords: mycotoxin, Tenebrio molitor, edible insects, valorization, livestock feed

Feasibility of using deoxynivalenol-contaminated barley as a feed source for yellow mealworms

Hunter Slobodian^1,2, Vincent Hervet^1,2, Thomas Netticadan², James Tucker², Fuji Jian¹

1: University of Manitoba; 2: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

11:11am - 11:23am
ID: 302 / Tech 1C ii: 4
Regular submission (ORAL)
Topics: Food-Feed-Water-Energy Nexus
Keywords: Food Safety, Waste Valorization, Innovative Technologies, Food Contaminants, Risk Assessment.

Towards a Sustainable Future: Integrating Food Safety, Technology, and Waste Valorization

NADA EL DARRA

Beirut Arab University, Germany

11:23am - 11:35am
ID: 144 / Tech 1C ii: 5
Regular submission (ORAL)
Topics: Bioresource utilization and Bioproducts (Circular Economy)
Keywords: Mass transfer; pretreatment; osmotic treatment; berry processing; dehydration kinetics

Enhancing Mass Transfer During Osmotic Dehydration of Blueberries Using Thermal and Non-Thermal Pretreatments

Shokoofeh Norouzi¹, Valerie Orsat¹, Marie-Josée Dumont²

1: McGill university, Canada; 2: Université Laval Québec

11:35am - 11:47am
ID: 289 / Tech 1C ii: 6
Regular submission (ORAL)
Topics: Food-Feed-Water-Energy Nexus
Keywords: Drought Monitoring; remote sensing; geoAI

Sustainable irrigation management in potato fields to improve crop productivity and reduce greenhouse gas emissions in Atlantic Canada

Seyyed Ebrahim Hashemi Garmdareh, Aitazaz Farooque

Univrsity of Prince Edward Island, Canada