{"id":12165,"date":"2023-09-22T11:10:11","date_gmt":"2023-09-22T18:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/?p=12165"},"modified":"2023-09-22T11:10:44","modified_gmt":"2023-09-22T18:10:44","slug":"congratulations-to-eric-gerbrandt-distinguished-alumni-award-recipient-2023-ufv-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/2023\/09\/22\/congratulations-to-eric-gerbrandt-distinguished-alumni-award-recipient-2023-ufv-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Congratulations to Eric Gerbrandt, Distinguished Alumni Award Recipient 2023 &#8211; UFV Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Article written by: Mitch Huttema, Video &amp; Communications Specialist, <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/\">UFV Today<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"brxe-heading\">UFV Distinguished Alumni 2023: Blue skies ahead for Eric Gerbrandt<\/h2>\n<p>Dedicated to creating and caring for a better berry, Dr. Eric Gerbrandt\u2019s research takes him from the fields of his Yarrow farm to labs and conferences around the world.<\/p>\n<p>For this and more, Eric has been named UFV\u2019s Distinguished Alumni Award winner for 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Eric has been leading the BC berry research portfolio as Research Director with the BC Blueberry Council, Raspberry Industry Development Council, and BC Strawberry Grower\u2019s Association since 2018, while owning and operating Sky Blue Horticulture \u2014\u00a0<span class=\"ui-provider eo brj bpo brk brl brm brn bro brp brq brr brs brt bru brv brw brx bry brz bsa bsb bsc bsd bse bsf bsg bsh bsi bsj bsk bsl bsm bsn bso bsp\" dir=\"ltr\">his living laboratory for developing the most efficient production practices and identifying the most desirable fruits possible through horticultural research and variety trials.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe best part about my research is that it\u2019s edible,\u201d he says, kneeling beside one of his laden bushes while performing a daily inspection of the many exploratory strains he grows for experimental trials.<\/p>\n<p>With deep roots in UFV\u2019s Agriculture Technology department, Eric started his relationship with UFV when it was still known as UCFV and was among the first graduates of the newly named UFV in 2009. He was the convocation speaker for his class, winning NSERC\u2019s Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarship which launched his degree at the University of Saskatchewan, where he was named an esteemed NSERC Vanier Scholar.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/blog\/2023\/09\/ufv-distinguished-alumni-2023-blue-skies-ahead-for-eric-gerbrandt\/\">CONTINUE READING &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Article written by: Mitch Huttema, Video &amp; Communications Specialist, UFV Today UFV Distinguished Alumni 2023: Blue skies ahead for Eric Gerbrandt Dedicated to creating and caring for a better berry, Dr. Eric Gerbrandt\u2019s research takes him from the fields of his Yarrow farm to labs and conferences around the world. For this and more, Eric &#8230; <a title=\"Congratulations to Eric Gerbrandt, Distinguished Alumni Award Recipient 2023 &#8211; UFV Today\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/2023\/09\/22\/congratulations-to-eric-gerbrandt-distinguished-alumni-award-recipient-2023-ufv-today\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":150,"featured_media":12166,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[444,7,58],"tags":[52],"class_list":["post-12165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-agriculture","category-deans-office","category-news","tag-ufv-distinguished-alumni-award"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/150"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12165"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12165\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12167,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12165\/revisions\/12167"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}