Time flies...Yves Desjardins, ISHS Board Member Responsible for Publications

摘要

I write these few lines with a bit of nostalgia since it is my last editorial as a Board member of ISHS. After eight years in this position, my mandate is coming to an end and I will be passing the flag to someone else. I may be getting older and my perception of time might be changing, but these years have passed in the blink of an eye. This happens when you are working on all kinds of challenging projects and living exhilarating moments. I am also nostalgic because my 20-year involvement in an active position within ISHS will come to an end in August at the next IHC in Turkey. Indeed, I will now go back to cultivate my own backyard, working on some new projects of my own. Actually, I will be quite busy in the coming years since I was recently appointed as the NSERC-Diana Food Research Chair on fruits and vegetables prebiotic effects. In this capacity I will thus continue some of the work I had initiated when I suggested the establishment of the ISHS Commission Fruits and Vegetables and Health in2006.