Meeting Notes - AgriInnovate - November 29th, 2024
New Members:
New members, please be prepared to briefly introduce yourselves and touch on why you joined the group.
Presentations:
Speakers: Craig Harvey and Tanya Gadzos
Organization: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Presentation: AgriInnovate – Program Overview
Conferences/Meetings/Field Tours/Demonstrations
Ontario Greenhouse vegetable Course – Last Week in November, Online/In-person. https://ongreenhousevegetables.ca/course/#registration
SAFER AG Workshop – December 3-4, 2024. Urbana, Illinois. https://digitalag.illinois.edu/safer-ag-workshop/
Agrivoltaics Canada Conference – December 3, 2024. Guelph, Ontario. https://agrivoltaicscanada.ca/conference
Algonquin College Applied Research Student Projects Showcase – December 3, 2024. Ottawa, ON. https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/applied-research-student-project-showcase-tickets-1058266687149?aff=IndustryInvite
Attendees at recent conferences, please be prepared to provide a brief update to the group.
Project Updates
Please check out our new social media page, where we will be posting going forward: LinkedIn
As well as for Innovation Farms Ontario
We are creating a Job Board page to the AgRobotics Working Group website! If you know of any job opportunities in the industry, please send them our way and we can add them.
Summer 2025 Research Projects: Working from the priorities identified in this document and the research that took place this past summer, we will be discussing additional projects or opportunities for the Working Group to consider as we move into planning for 2025.
Winter Events: The ARWG will have booths at two events this coming Winter: Ontario Fruit & Veg Convention, and London Farm Show. We are in discussions with Grey Bruce Farmers Week and Ottawa Valley Farm Show, depending on space availability. If there are other events or demonstrations that would be good for the Working group to be at, please email these to Bridget/Dan.
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 - Open until March 2029
COLLABORATE 2 COMMERCIALIZE https://www.oc-innovation.ca/programs/collaborate-2-commercialize/ - Ongoing
Emergent Horticulture Opportunities Fund – https://www.vinelandresearch.com/work-with-us/emergent-horticulture-opportunities-fund/ - Open until February 2025
Agri-Innovate - AgriInnovate Program: Step 1. What this program offers - agriculture.canada.ca - Open until March 2028
OMAFRA/SCAP Funding Announcement and Program Details Link - Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership | ontario.ca - Open until March 2028
The Grow Ontario Accelerator Hub : Bioenterprise - Round 2 Intake opening Spring 2025
OCI Critical Industrial Technologies Initiative - https://www.oc-innovation.ca/programs/cit/ - Ongoing
CAAIN Open Competition - https://caain.ca/funding-calls/2024-open-competition/ - Open Intake
Ontario Agri-Food research Initiative – Deadline December 4 for commercialization, January 13 for all other streams https://www.ontario.ca/page/ontario-agri-food-research-initiative?utm_campaign=%2Fen%2Frelease%2F1005018%2Fgovernments-investing-in-innovation-to-strengthen-ontarios-agri-food-sector&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsroom&utm_term=ops
Agricultural Workforce Equity and Diversity Initiative - https://www.ontario.ca/page/agricultural-workforce-equity-and-diversity-initiative#section-3 – Deadline December 3
CIT AI Innovation Challenge Statement – https://www.oc-innovation.ca/programs/cit/ – Deadline December 10
Agriculture Clean Technology Program Research and Innovation Stream - https://agriculture.canada.ca/en/programs/accelerator - Deadline January 10, 2025
Round Table
Other Items/Articles
An AirBnB For Farmland Hits A Snag, As Farmers Raise Data Privacy Concerns
This is Agriculture: Showcasing diverse careers in Canada’s digital agriculture sector – Video
Mapping Farm Payments for Environmental Stewardship – example of app created using open data
Annual agricultural robotics event shows high-tech tools – Video
This tech is helping Canadian farmers grow smarter, not harder
Lessiter Media Releases new “Autonomous Farm Equipment: Adoption & Outlook” Report
Robotics Company Advanced.Farm Successfully Pivots to Apple Picking
New Autonomous Irrigation Technology
This robotic coop keeps chickens on the move
Autonomous tech is coming to farming. What will it mean for crops and workers?
New Kubota KATR farm robot concept wins CES innovation award
Organic Grower Summit plans incredible experiences for the industry
Robot identifies plants by ‘touching’ their leaves
Fieldwork Robotics partners with Burro to help with raspberry harvesting