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Being named the University of Guelph’s — and evidently the world’s — first food laureate is like the cherry on top of a fabulous year for Elora food and culinary activist Anita Stewart, who in May became a member of the Order of Canada.

And Stewart knows about cherries, especially world class ones like the Tehranivee, named in honour of researcher Gus Tehrani, who developed the cherished large, mahogany-coloured fruit at the U of G’s Vineland Research Station.

Article featured in the Guelph Mercury.

It might have seemed a risky message in a room filled mostly with young people making their way through school, but a University of Guelph teacher urged conference-goers this week to rethink their approach to tipping.

Bruce McAdams, who leads the university’s Sustainable Restaurant Project, suggested tipping “promotes discrimination.”

Article featured in The Ontarion.

If students were not previously aware of the Better Planet Project (BPP), they were certainly made better aware of it after three significant events that focused on the project and informing students, staff and faculty about its initiatives took place in the last week.

On Nov. 16, the Better Planet Student Council held an informal event in Branion Plaza where they welcomed students to discuss what they are doing to make the planet a better place, and shared information about the project.

Article featured in the Guelph Mercury.

In the small, warm kitchen where she has written a pile of cookbooks, Anita Stewart pours a second cup of mint tea made from leaves that came from the University of Guelph.

“It’s hellishly good for you,” says the personable Canadian culinary expert, laughing as she speaks.

The mint tea, containing high levels of a naturally occurring compound called rosmarinic acid, was produced as part of a research program at the university.

Sunghwan Yi, Associate Professor of Marketing and Consumer Studies, discusses underlying causes of impulse buying in an article featured by the Financial Post. 

Article featured in the Library News.

Fourth year students in the Marketing and Consumer Studies’ Entrepreneurship course will be putting their pitching skills to the test in the first ever Gryphon’s Den event on Thursday, November 22 at the Library.     

Article featured in the Globe and Mail.

Everybody’s got their two cents’ worth on tipping.

Whether tapped out on tipping or generous with gratuities for food and drink, patrons and servers don’t always see eye-to-eye on tips, say experts.

“A tip is our way of saying thank you for doing a great job,” says etiquette expert Margaret Page.

As soon as it becomes expected, then it’s part of a person’s wage or salary and it’s not optional, says Ms. Page of Etiquette Page Enterprises in Vancouver.

This event will take place Tuesday, November 20th at 5:30PM in the University Centre, Room 103.

Featuring Judi Riddolls, Executive Director, Guelph Business Enterprise Centre

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Article featured in the Guelph Mercury

While America was pondering who to elect president, California was contemplating Proposition 37. It would have required genetically modified organisms in food to be labelled.

It failed at the ballots, but it has inspired a broader referendum about our continental food supply, and some think it could influence Canada’s policies on food labelling in the not-so-distant future.

Research by Julia Christensen Hughes, dean of the College of management and Economics, will be featured in a documentary premiering tonight at 9 p.m. on CBC TV.

"Faking the Grade" looks at cheating and academic misconduct. It features interviews with students, administrators, parents and teachers who discuss their experiences around “Academic Integrity,” and interviews with experts, including Christensen Hughes, about why students cheat.