Farmers Wanted: The labour renewal Canada needs to build the Next Green...
From RBC Thought Leadership, and written in collaboration with BCG Centre for Canada’s Future and Arrell Food Institute at the University of Guelph View the full article here:...
View ArticleHarvest season is upon us, and the future of Canadian farming is ripe with...
Canada is taking a leading role in developing sustainable and scalable agriculture through a $33 million competition that has convened the nation’s brightest minds. Launched in 2022 by the Weston...
View ArticleBoreal team will test growing berries in Canada’s extreme weather regions
Sudbury-based college receives $1 million grant from the Weston Family Foundation View the full article here:...
View ArticleSudbury college nabs $1M research grant
A big coup for the researchers at College Boreal this week as the Weston family foundation announced a $1 million grant for the college and its partners. View the full article here:...
View ArticleCollège Boréal receives $1M boost to study growing food year-round
Project will help test equipment that could extend northern Ontario’s growing season View the full article here: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/boreal-weston-grant-1.6989171
View ArticleB.C. strawberries in winter? Researchers hope so
The goal is to reduce B.C.’s dependence on imported fruit during the colder months. View the full article here: https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/bc-strawberries-winter-research
View ArticleMillion-Dollar Hydroponic Blueprint: Collège Boréal Spearheads Arctic...
Collège Boréal, a higher education institution based in northern Ontario, is breaking new ground in Arctic agriculture. Thanks to a generous $1 million grant from the Weston Family Foundation, the...
View ArticleRAIN partners to study greenhouse technology for berry growth
RAIN is part of a team that has been awarded $1 million to launch its study. View the full article here: https://www.saultstar.com/news/rain-partners-to-study-greenhouse-technology-for-berry-growth
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Weston Family Foundation hosts Homegrown Innovation Challenge Forum
On December 5th, 2023, the Weston Family Foundation welcomed grantees from the eleven Homegrown Innovation Challenge Shepherd Phase teams to a closed forum at MaRS Centre in Toronto. Scientists,...
View ArticleHow Galen Weston’s family foundation wants to transform the ‘future of food’...
The Homegrown Innovation Challenge is an XPRIZE-style competition trying to jumpstart the new grocery-store reality by offering millions of dollars in prize money to teams finding ways to grow berries...
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