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January 10, 2025
Conestoga and Cambridge Food Bank to create videos teaching cooking skills with Dawn Foods grant

Conestoga and the Cambridge Food Bank received funds from the Dawn Foods Corporate Giving program to create videos teaching basic...


December 20, 2024
Conestoga ranked among Canada’s top research colleges

Conestoga placed among the Top 20 research colleges in Canada for the sixth consecutive year in the annual rankings by...


October 30, 2024
Challenges to sustainability in bakeries focus of CFRIL research

The Conestoga Food Research & Innovation Lab (CFRIL) hosted a sustainability symposium to share new findings from a research project...


September 19, 2024
Conestoga experts join national effort to find solutions to plastic waste and pollution

Two Conestoga research centres joined the Canada Plastics Pact (CPP) as a knowledge partner to contribute expertise toward the national...


August 30, 2024
Conestoga named a finalist for Milton Chamber of Commerce innovation excellence award

Conestoga has been named as a finalist for a Milton Chamber of Commerce Community Excellence Award in the innovation excellence...


August 7, 2024
Federal and provincial ministers visit Conestoga to announce funding for agri-food businesses

On August 7, government officials visited the Conestoga Food Research & Innovation Lab at the Craig Richardson Institute for Food...


May 15, 2024
Bloom adopts compostable coffee cups in its ongoing sustainability effort

Conestoga’s Bloom restaurant bolstered its sustainability efforts by adopting biodegradable coffee cups....


April 11, 2024
Bloom restaurant’s green initiatives recognized with leadership award

Conestoga’s student-run restaurant Bloom won top honours for its green initiatives....


April 11, 2024
Conestoga a Canadian pioneer in adopting tool to measure Bloom menu’s climate footprint

Conestoga is the first academic institution in Canada to adopt software that measures the carbon footprint of meals, further embedding...


April 7, 2024
CFRIL awarded $25,000 grant to study sustainability in bakeries

The Conestoga Food Research & Innovation Lab (CFRIL) received a grant worth $25,000 from Dawn Foods for research on sustainability...


February 16, 2024
Conestoga research centre helps Toronto restaurant transition to retail sales

The Conestoga Food Research & Innovation Lab (CFRIL) recently partnered with Toronto-based Mildred’s Temple Kitchen to package a selection of...


December 21, 2023
Conestoga recognized as a top research college in Canada

Conestoga ranked 17 among Canada’s Top 50 research colleges in 2023....


December 17, 2023
Student researchers gain invaluable hands-on experience solving real-world issues

Conestoga students can take advantage of an “incredible experiential learning opportunity” while building their resume and earning a competitive paycheque...


November 13, 2023
Conestoga research centre honoured with awards of excellence

The Conestoga Food Research & Innovation Lab (CFRIL) was honoured with the 2023 Excellence in Agriculture’s Minister's Award and the...


November 9, 2023
Symposium highlights research and scholarship at Conestoga

More than 200 Conestoga employees representing all ten academic schools participated in the college’s Research and Scholarship Symposium on October...


May 15, 2023
Conestoga researchers explore uses of extended reality training

Earlier this year, researchers from the Conestoga Food Research and Innovation Lab (CFRIL) and the Virtual and Augmented Reality Lab...


March 26, 2023
Living Lab research project featured at College Day

On Tuesday, March 21, a Conestoga team participated in College Day at Queens Park. The event was hosted by Colleges...


February 24, 2023
Applied research project aims to reduce restaurant food waste and greenhouse gas

A team of Conestoga faculty, researchers and students have transformed the college’s student-run Bloom restaurant into a climate action Living...