Federal funding of $895,000 will help Calgary-based SmartGRO Bioengineering develop lighting technology to make year-round indoor agriculture more energy-efficient and environmentally friendly.
- Agriculture in the Classroom Canada and Second Harvest invite grade six to eight students to explore the causes and impacts of food waste and to design real-world solutions.
- The Ontario Federation of Agriculture underscores diversity of Ontario-grown food.
- Wild Rose Packing Inc. will pack potatoes and onions from a base in southern Alberta.
- Four of the five projects are in horticulture, ranging from a robotic solution to strawberry production-related labour issues to AI-based cucumber harvesting technology.