UBCO prof gets funding for egg research

A UBC Okanagan professor has been awarded a research grant from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada to support his work on sustainability in the egg industry.

“I am passionate about the development of food systems that are environmentally sustainable, economically viable and that contribute to our health and well-being,” said Nathan Pelletier, an associate professor in the school of arts and sciences and the faculty of management.

“Achieving this in modern food systems requires considering food supply chains in their entirety, from the beginning of production to the consumer’s end use of a product.”

Pelletier is one of only a handful of researchers to be awarded an industrial research chair grant from NSERC this year.

“The results this team will deliver could have broad benefits across Canada,” said Marc Fortin, vice president of research partnerships at NSERC, of Pelletier.

Pelletier has collaborated with Egg Farmers of Canada since 2016 as their research chair in sustainability, exploring opportunities to improve resource efficiencies and reduce the environmental impact of egg supply chains.

“Food systems sustainability us a subject of increasing importance,” said Tim Lambert, CEO of Egg Farmers Canada.

“Dr. Pelletier’s work helps us understand the link between environmental sustainability and egg production, while developing processes and technologies with environmental and social impacts in mind.”