Ph.D. Rural Studies Colloquium Presents:

Dr. Ralph C. Martin
Friday, March 11, 2016
2:00 - 3:00 pm
Landscape Architecture Room 143

"Pulses to Sustain Production and Consumption"

Ralph C. Martin grew up on a beef and hog farm in Wallenstein, Ontario. After 4-H, his formal education includes, a B.A. and an M.Sc. in Biology from Carleton University and a Ph.D. in Plant Science from McGill University.  His love of teaching grew unexpectedly when he began teaching at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College, in 1990, and realized how students teach him too.  In 2001, he founded the Organic Agriculture Centre of Canada [1] to coordinate university research and education pertaining to organic systems, across Canada. In 2011, he was appointed as Professor and the Loblaw Chair in Sustainable Food Production at the Ontario Agricultural College, University of Guelph.