{"id":4631,"date":"2016-11-09T20:11:32","date_gmt":"2016-11-09T20:11:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/?p=4631"},"modified":"2016-11-09T20:11:32","modified_gmt":"2016-11-09T20:11:32","slug":"biology-cozies-fuzzy-friends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/2016\/11\/09\/biology-cozies-fuzzy-friends\/","title":{"rendered":"Biology cozies up with some fuzzy friends"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brent Bailey from UFV&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ufv.ca\/agriculture\/\">Department of Agriculture<\/a> recently took some Biology &#8216;peeps&#8217; on a barn and greenhouse tour of our state-of-the-art agriculture facility in Chilliwack. Fabiola Rojas, Shawna Dyck, Allan Arndt and Justin Lee even happened to make a few new friends.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2016\/11\/Justin-Lee2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-4716 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2016\/11\/Justin-Lee2-292x300.png\" alt=\"justin-lee2\" width=\"325\" height=\"334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2016\/11\/Justin-Lee2-292x300.png 292w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2016\/11\/Justin-Lee2-768x788.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2016\/11\/Justin-Lee2-146x150.png 146w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2016\/11\/Justin-Lee2-195x200.png 195w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2016\/11\/Justin-Lee2.png 877w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 325px) 100vw, 325px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2016\/11\/Barn-Tour-2016-3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4633 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2016\/11\/Barn-Tour-2016-3-288x300.png\" alt=\"barn-tour-2016-3\" width=\"321\" height=\"335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2016\/11\/Barn-Tour-2016-3-288x300.png 288w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2016\/11\/Barn-Tour-2016-3-144x150.png 144w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2016\/11\/Barn-Tour-2016-3-192x200.png 192w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2016\/11\/Barn-Tour-2016-3.png 585w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 321px) 100vw, 321px\" \/><\/a>The Centre features a 783 m2 barn including livestock, milking, poultry and swine areas. The 600 m2 greenhouse with a multi-wall polycarbonate construction provides a strong thermal rating and high energy efficiency. The greenhouse is the tallest in North America at 12m which allows it to retain the CO2 rather than venting it as excess heat.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2016\/11\/UFV-Centre-of-Excellence2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4737 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2016\/11\/UFV-Centre-of-Excellence2-300x200.png\" alt=\"ufv-centre-of-excellence2\" width=\"664\" height=\"442\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2016\/11\/UFV-Centre-of-Excellence2-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2016\/11\/UFV-Centre-of-Excellence2-150x100.png 150w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2016\/11\/UFV-Centre-of-Excellence2-200x133.png 200w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2016\/11\/UFV-Centre-of-Excellence2.png 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 664px) 100vw, 664px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2016\/11\/Barn-Tour-2016-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-4632 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2016\/11\/Barn-Tour-2016-2-225x300.png\" alt=\"barn-tour-2016-2\" width=\"183\" height=\"244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2016\/11\/Barn-Tour-2016-2-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2016\/11\/Barn-Tour-2016-2-113x150.png 113w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2016\/11\/Barn-Tour-2016-2-150x200.png 150w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2016\/11\/Barn-Tour-2016-2.png 675w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 183px) 100vw, 183px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2016\/11\/Friend1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-4724 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2016\/11\/Friend1-295x300.png\" alt=\"friend1\" width=\"241\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2016\/11\/Friend1-295x300.png 295w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2016\/11\/Friend1-148x150.png 148w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2016\/11\/Friend1-197x200.png 197w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2016\/11\/Friend1.png 661w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 241px) 100vw, 241px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2016\/11\/Barn-Tour-2016.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4634\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2016\/11\/Barn-Tour-2016-234x300.png\" alt=\"barn-tour-2016\" width=\"192\" height=\"246\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2016\/11\/Barn-Tour-2016-234x300.png 234w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2016\/11\/Barn-Tour-2016-117x150.png 117w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2016\/11\/Barn-Tour-2016-156x200.png 156w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2016\/11\/Barn-Tour-2016.png 612w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 192px) 100vw, 192px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ufv.ca\/ace\/\">More Information on UFV&#8217;s Centre of Excellence<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ufv.ca\/programs\/agricultural-science\/\">Information on our new Bachelor of Agricultural Science<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[button link=&#8221;http:\/\/ufv.ca\/biology\/&#8221;]UFV Biology[\/button] [button link=&#8221;http:\/\/www.ufv.ca\/agriculture\/&#8221;]UFV Agriculture[\/button]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2016\/09\/UFV-FS.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3957\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2016\/09\/UFV-FS-300x122.jpg\" alt=\"ufv-fs\" width=\"177\" height=\"72\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2016\/09\/UFV-FS-300x122.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2016\/09\/UFV-FS-150x61.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2016\/09\/UFV-FS-200x81.jpg 200w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2016\/09\/UFV-FS.jpg 459w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 177px) 100vw, 177px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brent Bailey from UFV&#8217;s Department of Agriculture recently took some Biology &#8216;peeps&#8217; on a barn and greenhouse tour of our state-of-the-art agriculture facility in Chilliwack. Fabiola Rojas, Shawna Dyck, Allan Arndt and Justin Lee even happened to make a few new friends. The Centre features a 783 m2 barn including livestock, milking, poultry and swine &#8230; <a title=\"Biology cozies up with some fuzzy friends\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/2016\/11\/09\/biology-cozies-fuzzy-friends\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":150,"featured_media":4637,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3,7,20,5,58,6,1],"tags":[59,180],"class_list":["post-4631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-biology","category-chemistry","category-deans-office","category-engineering","category-mathstats","category-news","category-physics","category-uncategorized","tag-agriculture","tag-biology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4631","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=4631"}],"version-history":[{"count":39,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4631\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4756,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4631\/revisions\/4756"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}