Meeting Notes - AI4Food - September 27, 2024
New Members:
Chantel Crockett – Agricultural Adoption Council
Kim Parker – Food Security Structures Canada
Valdimiro Cussei – Ratotecki Inc.
Geneviève Laberge - Univerco
Colin Herbert – AgriSynth Ltd.
Nicholas Varas – Moduleaf Technologies
Mark Witzel – NRC IRAP
Matt Cardiff – Municipality of North Perth
Cory – HarvestCorp Technologies
Andrew Leaman – Chariot Command
David Cooper – Kubota Canada Ltd
Konrad Konnerth – Konnexio
Rahul Singh, Ph. D – B.C. Centre for Agritech Innovation (Simon Frasier University)
Amy Lemay – Vista Science & Technology
Presentations:
An AI Surveillance Tool, presented by Rozita Dara of AI4Food
Conferences/Meetings/Field Tours/Demonstrations
GCXpo 2024: An Epic Canadian Smart Mobility Demonstration Day – September 26, 2024 – Ottawa, ON. https://areaxo.com/gcxpo/. Applications: https://areaxo.com/intake-form/?program=936620123&eventrole=2&event=f25055f9-e707-ef11-9f89-000d3a0c6047&demo=1
International Plowing Match & Rural Expo – October 1-5 2024 – Lindsay, ON. https://www.plowingmatch.org/ipm2024/
Ontario Crops Research Station Bradford Demo Day, EcoRobotix ARA Precision Sprayer Demo – October 8, 10:30am-1:30pm - 1125 Woodchoppers Lane, King, Ontario, L7B 0E9
RoboBusiness – October 16-17, 2024. Santa Clara Convention Center. Santa Clara, California. https://www.robobusiness.com/
FIRA USA – October 22-24, Woodland California. https://fira-usa.com/en/
2024 THRIVE Global Impact Summit – November 6-7, 2024. Santa Clara, California. https://thriveagrifood.com/global-impact-summit/
Ontario Greenhouse vegetable Course – Last Week in November, Online/In-person. https://ongreenhousevegetables.ca/course/#registration
Attendees at recent conferences, please be prepared to provide a brief update to the group.
Project 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 - 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
Recording of CIT Sector Adoption: Agri-Food Challenge Statement Information Session - View recording
CAAIN Open Competition - https://caain.ca/funding-calls/2024-open-competition/ - Open Intake
BC On-Farm Technology Adoption Program – Open intake until October 6
https://www.innovatebc.ca/programs/bc-on-farm
North American AgTech Accelerator – Application deadline October 30
https://www.tradecommissioner.gc.ca/cta-atc/agtech-technologiques-agricoles.aspx?lang=eng&s=09
Sustainable Growth and Adoption Program – Application deadline October 30 https://bioenterprise.ca/programs/sustainable-growth-and-adoption-program-sgap/
Tech Alliance i.d.e.a. Fund – Applications close September 30 https://www.techalliance.ca/i-d-e-a-fund/
SVG Thrive Canada Accelerator Program – Applications close October 27 https://thriveagrifood.com/canada-accelerator-program/
Ontario Agri-Food research Initiative – Applications Open October 15 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
Round Table
Other Items/Articles
Will Robots Take Over the Farm? - Video
Field Crop News Crop Chats
Tech Funding Bump for Agricultural Robotics – Great video from our presence at the Outdoor Farm Show
Robots, Research Offer Taste of Farming’s Future in Holland Marsh
Central Valley Effort Aims to Train Farmworkers to Master the Technology Replacing Fieldwork
AI & Autonomous Solutions in Agriculture
The Science Behind the Future of Farming
UTIA Researchers Win Grant for Automation Technology for Nursery Industry
Kubota North America Corporation Acquires US-Based AgTech Startup Bloomfield Robotics
Robot Firm Secures US$2M to Expand in Windsor
Biochar Farm Robots Win $500k Wilkes Climate Launch Prize