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Mary Wells, University of Waterloo Dean of Engineering, explains collaboration potential between the agriculture and the university’s Applied Science and Engineering faculty to create sector technology solutions during the Livestock Research Innovation Corporation symposium in Elora on June 20, 2024.
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University of Waterloo engineers stronger agriculture ties

Dean of engineering says agriculture offers students opportunity to further sector technology while completing co-op studies

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The University of Waterloo engineering program is sowing the seeds of agriculture technology development, one partnership at a time. “Collectively, there is so much more we can do as a country and as a province towards this,” said Mary Wells, the university’s dean of engineering, during the Livestock Research Innovation Corporation symposium in Elora. Why […] Read more
Spray monitors in orchards can help identify areas that are missed.
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Simple smart technology helps fleet and spray monitoring

Keeping ahead of maintenance can help reduce downtime and repair costs on farms

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A group of University of Waterloo engineering graduates who first got together as a student design team to convert a Camaro into a hybrid electric vehicle has turned its talents towards improving agricultural fleet management. Their small Ontario start-up, Intelliculture, is now working to help farm profitability with intelligent, simple, and affordable telematics to help […] Read more
Each person wastes about 400 kilograms of food each year.
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Table scraps could be used to reduce fossil fuel use

Science Notes: Ontario technology could be more efficient than anaerobic digestion

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Wasted food can be affordably turned into a clean substitute for fossil fuels. New technology developed by researchers at Ontario’s University of Waterloo uses natural fermentation to produce a biodegradable chemical that can be refined as a source of energy. The chemical could also be used to replace petroleum-based chemicals in a host of products […] Read more
Organizations, businesses, and universities are considering a more collaborative incubator model for ag tech.
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Hatching new technology

Can organizations, business and universities come together to create a more efficient incubator of ag tech in Ontario?

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Like many long-time players in Ontario’s agriculture innovation space, Dave Smardon is well aware that the space is crowded, efforts are fragmented and innovators are starved for funding. The CEO of Bioenterprise, a non-profit organization that since 2003 has helped more than 2,500 companies commercialize agricultural technology, recognizes the value of competition to drive innovation, […] Read more
Cole Powers, left, Benjamin Davies and Michael Wu are three of four founders of IntelliCulture.
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Bringing fleet analytics to agriculture

Waterloo startup looks to create app to harvest and analyse farm equipment data

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Cole Powers says that farmers should have access to scalable agriculture data technology, with a low barrier to entry. He and three fellow fourth-year University of Waterloo students are working to create an app for farmers to help them efficiently collect data and then make efficiency recommendations on their farms. Historical data can help determine […] Read more
Most teens need food safety education
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Most teens need food safety education

Study finds that 50 per cent of students lack basic food handling knowledge

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A new study carried out at the University of Waterloo illustrates the need to better teach youth how to properly handle food. The study measured 32 food-handling behaviours among Ontario high school students in Grades 10 to 12. It found students carried out fewer than 50 per cent of the recommended practices, including basic hand […] Read more

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