May 31 2024 Meeting
New Members:
Jenny Lemieux – Vivid Machines Inc.
Tess O’Mara – Vivid Machines Inc.
Cindy van Dommelen – Pixelfarming Robotics
Xavier Hebert-Couturier – Picketa Sysytems Inc.
Lorraine Vandermyden - Innovative Farmers Association of Ontario
Presentations: University of Guelph – Purposeful Diffusion Project – Presented by Ataharul Chowdhury and Khondokar Kabir
Conferences/Meetings/Field Tours/Demonstrations
LRIC Annual Symposium, June 20th, Grandway Events Centre Elora https://livestockresearch.ca/event/lric_agm_and_annual_symposium Engineering A Better Farm- Keynote Speaker Mary Wells – Dean Of Engineering, University Of Waterloo
Ontario Agri-Tech Pitch Competition https://www.uoguelph.ca/research/innovation/programs-and-events/ontario-agritech-pitch-competition/
AgRobotics Demo Day, July 4, Muck Station. https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/agrobotics-demo-day-at-the-muck-station-tickets-915427908517?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=ebdsshcopyurl
Save The Date Demo Day, July 10 or 11, Simcoe Research Station
International Symposium on Robotics & Automation - Monday, 22 July 2024 in Manhattan, KS, USA, in conjunction with the 16th International Conference on Precision Agriculture. ispag.org/Events/R_A_Symposium
The Robotics Applications Conference, July 31, 2024, Virtual https://www.robotics247.com/event?oly_enc_id=2904E7433978G2G
Regenerative Agriculture Summit Europe – September 3-5, 2024. Amsterdam. https://regenerativeagriculturesummit.com/events/regenerative-agriculture-summit-europe-2024?utm_source=media%20partner&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=174.3_AgFunder_Newsletter&ck_subscriber_id=2505552455
Attendees at recent conferences, please be prepared to provide a brief update to the group.
Project Updates
CRM being worked on for new dispersal of agenda and updates.
Funding Announcements/Opportunities –
Canada Business App https://ised-isde.canada.ca/site/ised/en/canada-business-app
Canadian Agricultural Strategic Priorities Program https://agriculture.canada.ca/en/programs/canadian-agricultural-strategic-priorities
COLLABORATE 2 COMMERCIALIZE https://www.oc-innovation.ca/programs/collaborate-2-commercialize/
Emergent Horticulture Opportunities Fund – https://www.vinelandresearch.com/work-with-us/emergent-horticulture-opportunities-fund/
Agri-Innovate - AgriInnovate Program: Step 1. What this program offers - agriculture.canada.ca
OMAFRA/SCAP Funding Announcement and Program Details Link - Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership | ontario.ca
The Grow Ontario Accelerator Hub : Bioenterprise
OCI Critical Industrial Technologies Initiative - https://www.oc-innovation.ca/programs/cit/
Round Table
Other Items
The Future of Farming: How Tech is Transforming Agriculture | by FuturaTech | May, 2024 | Medium
SFTW Spotlight: Farmwise - Reinventing Agriculture Equipment (ckarchive.com)
Picking Precision: Advantages of Robotics in Agriculture | Machine Design
Robots in Precision Agriculture: Recent Advancements (azorobotics.com)
Agricultural robot fills 60 vegetable crates per day (all-about-industries.com)
Bluewhite turns tractors into self-driving robots - ISRAEL21c
Rest Super-backed Cibus Capital to push into regenerative farming and using robotics (afr.com)