Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau (Compton-Stanstead, Que.) announced the creation of nine new living labs across Canada. With an investment of $54 million under the Agricultural Climate Solutions – Living Labs program, this first wave of new collaborative projects will take root in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland and Labrador. Each living lab … Read more
Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau (Compton-Stanstead, Que.) announced an investment of up to $133,611 over two years to support Canada’s bison industry. With funding under the AgriMarketing Program, the Canadian Bison Association will be provided with the necessary resources to increase its efforts to expand and grow market access in Europe and to increase exports of Canadian … Read more
Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau (Compton-Stanstead, Que.) announced over $1.4 million in funding for Big Mountain Foods 2 Ltd. in Delta, B.C. Big Mountain Foods 2 Ltd. is a women-owned and operated company that manufactures plant-based foods focused on using quality, local ingredients to sustainably produce alternative protein whole foods. The full release is available online. … Read more
Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau (Compton-Stanstead, Que.) announced over $1 million in funding for SomaDetect Inc. and Vivid Machines Inc. through the AgriScience Program: SomaDetect Inc., located in Halifax, N.S., received $707,873 to combine its sensors with artificial intelligence to deliver real-time milk quality information at the farm level; and Vivid Machines Inc., located in Toronto, Ont., received $390,297 … Read more
Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau (Compton-Stanstead, Que.) announced an investment of up to $1,685,858 for Sulvaris in Calgary, Alta., to further develop new technology to produce high-efficiency fertilizers made with organic carbon. The full release is available online. Call 343-541-9229.
Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau (Compton-Stanstead, Que.) announced details of a new two-year, up to $166-million Wine Sector Support Program. All licensed wineries in Canada that produce or contract out the production of bulk wine from primary agricultural products, such as grapes, berries, other fruit, dandelions, rice and sap, will be eligible for support under the program. Applications … Read more
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Francis Drouin (Glengarry–Prescott–Russell, Ont.) announced an investment of up to $8.5 million for Aspire to support the building of a commercial facility to produce cricket protein. With funding under the AgriInnovate Program, Aspire will use the latest smart technology to create the ideal growing conditions for crickets … Read more
Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau (Compton-Stanstead, Que.) launched consultations to solicit input and inform a National Agricultural Labour Strategy. As part of the engagement process, an online consultation will open on June 27, 2022 and run until September 28, 2022. This process will seek input on recommendations to address chronic workforce challenges to build short- and long-term solutions that … Read more
Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau (Compton-Stanstead, Que.) announced that the interest-free portion of the Advance Payments Program will increase from $100,000 to $250,000 for the 2022 and 2023 program years. As a result, participating producers will save on average $5,500 in interest costs over the next two years. This change will represent total savings of up … Read more
Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau (Compton-Stanstead, Que.) and Quebec Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food André Lamontagne jointly announced $1,956,876 in funding to Université Laval and the École de technologie supérieure to support research in the greenhouse sector in Quebec. The funding is being provided through the Agri-Food Innovation Partnership Program under the Canadian Agricultural Partnership. The full release … Read more
