Discovery Farm: a new way of bringing innovation to farmers
Agriculture thrives on research and innovation and there’s general agreement that both are needed if the sector will meet climate change and global nutrition goals.
Bioenterprise Relaunches FoodShift Program with Open Call for Applications
Bioenterprise is inviting additional applications for FoodShift Program funding (up to $50K), targeting food and beverage processing organizations in southern Ontario that are prepared to…
Bioenterprise Canada Announces Rounds 3 and 4 FoodShift Program Recipients
Bioenterprise Canada Corporation (Bioenterprise) is pleased to announce the successful applicants for the third and fourth round of the FoodShift program.
Partner Blog Feature: ‘Detecting Colorado Potato Beetle Outbreaks to Treat Only Infected Areas’ – INO
Learn how INO and Patates Dolbec Intend to Reduce Insecticide Use by 25% in the Field.
Innovative year-round vegetable producer wins Northern Food Security Challenge
A highly productive mixed vegetable farm from Cochrane has won the Northern Food Security Challenge on the strength of its innovative temperature mitigation technology.
Partner Blog Feature: ‘Grober Nutrition: Research trials on young livestock’
Since 2009, Grober Nutrition has been conducting research trials on young animals (including calves, kid goats and lambs) at the Grober Young Animal Development Centre…
Canada Launches First Agri-food Sustainability Index
A growing coalition of public and private partners have collaborated to develop and launch, as a pilot, the country’s first index to present an integrated…
Partner Blog Feature: Portable system offers in-field potato plant nutrient analysis – INO
How Picketa Systems Inc. leverages INO’s expertise for more efficient proof-of-concept development. Synthetic fertilizers harm the environment. They contaminate water and emit greenhouse gases. Although chemical fertilizer…
How data contributes to sustainability, animal health
Feed optimization, sustainability and animal health were the focal points of the DSM World Nutrition Forum.
Opinion: Canada should be an agricultural bioeconomy leader
Canada is a country rich with innovation in the agricultural bioeconomy, but poor in implementation and commercialization to the point where we have fallen behind…
Bioenterprise Canada launches Northern Food Security Challenge
Northern Ontario businesses are invited to participate in a $15,000 agri-food innovation challenge focused on innovative solutions to improving food security in Northern communities.
Partner Blog Feature: ‘SoilOptix® attaining global reach thanks in part to collaboration with NC research team’ – Niagara College
SoilOptix®, an Ontario-based top-soil mapping company, collaborates with the NC research team to enhance their precision agriculture technology.
Partner Blog Feature: ‘Niagara College-led Greenhouse Technology Network expands membership’ – Niagara College
Brock University and the University of Windsor are the newest members of Greenhouse Technology Network (GTN).
Dairy Farmers of Canada, Bioenterprise launch The Green Pursuit
Dairy Farmers of Canada (DFC) and Bioenterprise, Canada’s Food & Agri-Tech Engine, have partnered to host a $50,000 national sustainability challenge and a business pitch…
Networking in the North
The Bioenterprise team attended an entrepreneurial networking event in Timmins hosted by Link North last month, connecting investors, entrepreneurs, and support organizations for food and…
Partner Blog Feature: ‘The Salinity Project: Addressing the most common issue across Western Canada’
The Salinity Project at Discovery Farm Langham in Western Canada evaluated different perennial forages’ performance in managing salt-affected soils. The project showed positive results, with…
