UM Todaytypha – UM Today https://umtoday-wordpress.ad.umanitoba.ca Your Source for University of Manitoba News Tue, 27 Jan 2026 15:13:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 CTV Winnipeg: University of Manitoba students create alternative to peat moss https://umtoday-wordpress.ad.umanitoba.ca/ctv-winnipeg-university-of-manitoba-students-create-alternative-to-peat-moss/ https://umtoday-wordpress.ad.umanitoba.ca/ctv-winnipeg-university-of-manitoba-students-create-alternative-to-peat-moss/#respond Tue, 23 Apr 2024 20:05:02 +0000 https://news.umanitoba.ca/?p=195908 University of Manitoba students create alternative to peat moss]]> It started as a class project this year in their biosystems engineering class and is now a viable climate solution coming to market.

 Kristen Semenko and three other classmates partnered with Typha Co in Winnipeg to look at the ways Typha (aka cattails) could be used as a replacement for the peat moss. She spoke with CTV about their research.

They also spoke with the Winnipeg Free Press, available here: Replacing peat moss: a tale of ingenuity, co-operation.

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