Feds fund clean technology
The federal government is investing $24.1 million under the Agricultural Clean Technology Program to support 55 new projects in Ontario that aims to lower the sector’s greenhouse gas emissions.
These initiatives will allow innovators to develop new technologies with a positive environmental impact.
Grants available to food system
The Prairie Food System Vision Network has launched an initiative to provide grants of up to $10,000 to groups and individuals proposing projects that contribute to the transformation of the food system in Canada’s prairie region.
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The network is a recipient of the Rockefeller Foundations Food System Vision 2050 Prize.
It is developing a hub to support emergent solutions that contribute to social-ecological transformations.
Grants will help support objectives such as advancing projects for food security, food sovereignty, agroecology, environmental sustainability, community development, capacity building, and employment.
Email prairiefoodvision@gmail.com to get a grant application form.
More information is at prairiefoodsystemvision.org.
Nuffield applications open
Nuffield Canada is accepting new scholar applications from April 1 through June 30 for 2024.
It’s offering four to six $20,000 scholarships to mid-career Canadians for a self-directed program of international travel and study related to agriculture.
Scholarship recipients can come from all areas of primary production including food, fibre, health care, biofuels, forestry, aquaculture, and fisheries.
They are required to do a minimum of 10 weeks of travel study within 24 months to examine and research an issue of their choosing relevant to modern production.
Each scholar must prepare a written report of their research findings, conclusions, and recommendations, and present a summary to the Nuffield board, with peers, sponsors, and industry leaders in attendance.
For more information, contact Theresa Whalen at exec.director@nuffield.ca or by calling her at 613-325-7321.
Applications and more information are at nuffield.ca.
Alberta variety trials funded
RDAR (Results Driven Agriculture Research), the Western Grains Research Foundation and the Alberta Oat Growers Commission announced $782,400 in funding for Alberta regional variety trials.
RDAR is contributing $582,300 over three years and the WGRF is investing $194,100.
The trials compare the performance of newly registered wheat, barley, oat, flax, and triticale varieties with the performance of well-known cultivars.
The collected data will help producers with the economic value of agronomic and disease traits such as yield potential, lodging risk, days to maturity, and disease and pest resistance associated with new varieties.
Results of the trials are published in the Alberta Seed Guide and are available at seed.ab.ca.
