Mark Lowey

Alberta agri-food sector gets a boost with launch of new research and innovation network

Mark Lowey
June 11, 2020

A new $108.5-million technology and agri-food research and innovation network, supported by the federal government and industry, is expected to begin operations by the end of this month. Alberta Innovates' Inventures conference also highlighted a new $40 funding challenge from Emissions Reduction Alberta to accelerate technology innovation in agriculture, agri-food and forestry.

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Organizations: Alberta Economic Recovery Council, Alberta Enterprise Corporation, Alberta Innovates, Alberta Ministry of Economic Development Trade and Tourism, Alberta Ministry of Environment and Parks, Canada Foundation for Innovation, Canadian Agri-Food Automation and Intelligence Network, Canadian Food Innovators Network, Cargill, Digital Technologies Supercluster, Emissions Reduction Alberta, Government of Alberta, Government of Canada, Innovation, Innovation Capital Working Group, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Olds College, Protein Industries Canada supercluster, Scale AI supercluster, Science and Economic Development, University of Calgary, and Vineland Research and Innovation Centre
People: Conelia Kreplin, Jack Mintz, Jason Nixon, Steve MacDonald, and Tanya Fir
Topics: advanced sensor technology, agri-food exports, agri-food sector, Alberta's technology and innovation ecosystem, Alberta's technology and innovation strategy, artificial intelligence, automation, block chain applications, Canada's Innovation Superclusters, collaboration, competitiveness, digitization, early-stage funding, food-processing sector, forest products exports, forestry sector, government policy on innovation, greenhouse gas emissions, hyperspectral imaging, industry-academic collaboration, Inventures conference, post-COVID economic recovery, R&D, scaling up technologies, smart farms, Strategic Innovation Fund, sustainable food supply, technology and agri-food innovation, and Venture Capital

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