Meeting Notes - CAAIN - November 22nd, 2024
New Members:
Sriranjani Ramasubramanian – Untether AI
Anu Bidani – STEM Minds Corp
RJ He – Maniro Inc.
Tanya Franklin – Upside Robotics
New members, please be prepared to briefly introduce yourselves and touch on why you joined the group.
Presentations:
Speaker: Darrell Petras, CEO
Organization: CAAIN (Canadian Agri-Food Automation and Intelligence Network)
Presentation: An Introduction to CAAIN 2024
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
300 member milestone reached!
We will be adding a new poll to each meeting to better capture information on who is joining us each week. We appreciate everyone taking the time to answer!
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 – Info Session Registration – Deadline December 10
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 opendata
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