A biofungicide for vegetable crops is being tested under real-farm conditions after promising early trial results.
Biofungicide shows promise for protecting vegetable crops
Funding helps Quebec startup bring gene-stimulating biofungicides to Canadian farms
Bugs to the rescue
Produce growers using insects to fight crop pests
Growers are increasingly under pressure to minimize or even eliminate the use of pesticides in horticulture, so they’re in need of new tools that will protect their crops from both yield loss and cosmetic damage that could make produce unsellable in the marketplace.
Technology boosts efficiency fruit and vegetable growers say
Real time crop data, better informed management decisions noted at Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Convention
Testing new technologies in commercial settings can offer the information farmers want to know, and increase the chance of adoption.
Wanted: Farmers interested in innovation
Bioenterprise Canada wants farmers to participate in an advisory group to help connect tech innovation to implementation
Bioenterprise Canada is looking for farmers from across the country to join its new farmer innovation advisory group to help innovators and other stakeholders can get a better understanding of farming challenges and solutions that could help on the farm.
SoilMate example of a simple innovation that can yield success
Low-cost sensor-based technology in Norway can help farmers keep equipment level in the field regardless of terrain
Farmers around the world face similar challenges and solutions can often be found by learning and adapting ideas and innovations others have come up with.
A national vision for agri-food innovation
Several recent reports have identified key barriers. Will they drive the change that innovations need to succeed?
Despite its resources, strength in primary production, and agricultural research investments, Canada lags when it comes to bringing innovation to market, not even cracking Bloomberg’s global top 20 list.
Challenge model a new way to fund, support innovation
Five Ontario companies are among 13 semi-finalists selected in the federal government's Agricultural Methane Reduction Challenge, which is seeking innovative ways to reduce methane emissions from dairy and beef cattle.
Challenge model a new way to fund, support innovation
Federal departments use crowd-sourcing concept to find ways to reduce methane emissions from cattle
Five Ontario companies are among 13 semi-finalists selected in the federal government’s Agricultural Methane Reduction Challenge, which is seeking innovative ways to reduce methane emissions from dairy and beef cattle.
Canada lags in agri-food innovation funding
We will never become a true player on the global innovation stage unless barriers removed
The U.S. takes agri-food innovation much more seriously than Canada does, both by recognizing agriculture as a priority sector with economic growth potential and by making meaningful investments into agri-food entrepreneurs in their regions.
From food waste to protein in six days
Entosystem’s insect rearing technology turns food waste into animal protein and frass fertilizer
Entosystem’s plant in Drummondville can process 90,000 tonnes of organic matter a year, turning it into 5,000 tonnes of high quality protein meal suitable for aquaculture and poultry feed. The company also sells whole black soldier fly larvae as chicken treats for backyard flocks.