In the March 9 article, UBC is spicing up its campus (and the local agri-food industry) with a new food processing plant, BC Business highlights the ground-breaking ceremony for UBC's new Food and Beverage Innovation Centre, discusses the benefits of having a local food-processing pilot plant, and the efforts of UBC Land and Food Systems Dean, Rickey Yada, in pushing the project forward.

 

Photo Credit: UBC Land & Food Systems. (Left to right) Rickey Yada, dean and professor at UBC Faculty of Land and Food Systems; Srishty Maggo, student representative; Dana-Lyn Mackenzie, senior manager of EDI & Indigeneity at UBC Faculty of Applied Science & Faculty of Land and Food Systems; Deborah Buszard, interim president and vice-chancellor at UBC; Dave Eto, president of Qumai Consulting