Cdn. Government Invests $30M In Six Not-for-profit Organizations To Try And Accelerate Cleantech Innovation

TORONTO — On May 8, Danielle Martin, Member of Parliament for University–Rosedale, on behalf of Heath MacDonald, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, announced up to $30 million in funding over the next two years for the Agricultural Clean Technology Program Research and Innovation Stream – Accelerator (ACT Accelerator). This investment is reportedly meant to support Canadian start-ups and agri-food organizations in developing and demonstrating clean technologies to advance sustainability in agriculture.

The following six not-for-profit organizations will launch their own application intake periods and redistribute funding to eligible projects that will try to advance the development of clean technology for adoption in agriculture across Canada:

• Bioenterprise Canada Corporation
• Canadian Agri-Food Automation and Intelligence Network (CAAIN)
• Canadian Food Innovation Network (CFIN)
• MaRS Discovery District
• Ontario Genomics
• Zone Agtech

“By forging meaningful partnerships and investing in these six ACT Accelerator projects, we continue to empower innovators across the country to develop and scale the clean technologies that will keep our farms competitive and our environment healthy for generations to come,” said Heath MacDonald, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food.

The Agricultural Clean Technology (ACT) Program aims to provide farmers and agri-businesses with funding to help develop and adopt the latest clean technologies to reduce GHG emissions and boost their long-term competitiveness.