New Members:   

Chris van den Heuvel – Somers Harvest

Alain Pincot – BONIPAK

Jacqueline Keena – EMILI

Kebbie Brown – 51 AgTech Fund

Michael Curry - Mycionics

 

Presentations:

Standards to Support Automation in Agriculture and Agri-Food, presented by Nancy Bestic and Ana-Maria Tomlinson of CSA Group

 

Conferences/Meetings/Field Tours/Demonstrations

 

1. RoboBusiness – October 16-17, 2024. Santa Clara Convention Center. Santa Clara, California. https://www.robobusiness.com/

2. FIRA USA – October 22-24, Woodland California. https://fira-usa.com/en/

3. Demo Day – October 24, Orchard Sprayer – High Precision Spraying Solution from Raven Industries. Suncrest, Ontario.

4. CAAIN Networking Reception – November 6, 2024. Winnipeg, Manitoba. https://site.pheedloop.com/event/EVEMNYQQKSKFX/home

5. Agriculture Enlightened – November 7, 2024. Winnipeg, Manitoba. https://emilicanada.com/community/agriculture-enlightened-4-2/

6. Ontario Pest Management Conference – November 7, 2024. Puslinch, Ontario https://www.ontariopmc.ca/

7. 2024 THRIVE Global Impact Summit – November 6-7, 2024. Santa Clara, California. https://thriveagrifood.com/global-impact-summit/ 50% off code – Ontario50

8. 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  

AgRobotics Centre in The Grove at Western Fair – Chuck Baresich, Joe Dales, Reg Ash

Link

 

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

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/

 

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  

  

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Tech Funding Bump for Agricultural Robotics – Great video from our presence at the Outdoor Farm Show

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Drone Week: Innovation in agriculture and hydrogen fuel – Podcast

Economics of Adopting Weeding Robots - Video

Strawberry-picking robot developed to address labour shortage in agriculture

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Solinftec: reduction up to 98% in herbicide volume with Sprayer Robot

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Under-canopy robots may produce better seeds, reduce chemicals

Greenfield Robotics Partners With Rock River Lab

Student-built Pangolin robot ‘poops’ seeds with advanced planting technology