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

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