University of Guelph to lead national network focused on agri-food innovation
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The University of Guelph is leading the creation of a network meant to spur investment in Canadian agri-food innovation.
The University of Guelph is leading the creation of a network meant to spur investment in Canadian agri-food innovation, including developing new technologies to address pressing issues like climate change.
The university received an almost $16.3 million government grant over five years to support the platform, called Sustainable Food Systems for Canada, or SF4C. The platform is designed to help agri-food entrepreneurs grow their businesses.
Canada’s agriculture industry is facing several major challenges, in particular climate change, said Rene Van Acker, interim president and vice-chancellor at the University of Guelph.
He says technology can help farmers face that challenge.
“Agriculture has always been an adapter of technology, whether that was mechanical or genetic or chemical, and now data,” he said.
He said anything that can accelerate that adaptation will help improve productivity in the sector while also making it more resilient to climate change.
Van Acker said the network aims to support agri-food startups working on technological solutions to some of the sector’s most pressing challenges.
The initiative brings together 13 post-secondary institutions from across the country, as well as a number of organizations including the Canadian Food Innovation Network, the Canadian Alliance for Net-Zero Agri-food and the National Circle for Indigenous Agriculture.
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