Six projects will receive $6.4 million in funding to tackle climate change.
- Recycled plastic from pesticide and fertilizer jugs are made into valuable agricultural products such as flexible drainage pipe and plastic bags. Cleanfarms reminds farmers that container sites will open May 2 in certain locations across Canada.
- Research conducted under the Ontario Greenhouse Competitiveness and Innovation Initiative shows that LED lighting results in higher yields, better quality and more uniform pepper crops.
- An agriculture and agri-food workforce strategy relies on five pillars: automation and technology, immigration and foreign workers, skill development, perception and awareness, people and workplace culture.
- Ontario’s ag minister Lisa Thompson made a first-ever announcement of provincial funding to Farm & Food Care Ontario. It’s a financial package of $547,200 over three years.