Minister Joly announces major investment in the Canadian Agri-Food Automation and Intelligence Network to strengthen Canada's agri-food...

In this episode of The-Food-&-Wine-Radio-Network, host Jennifer English delves into the Canadian government's latest investment of fifty million dollars in The Canadian Agri-Food Automation and Intelligence Network (CAAIN). This significant investment, projected to fortify Canada's agri-food innovation capacity, is aimed at accelerating innovative technology development within this sector. CAAIN will be able to expand its network of smart farms and demonstration sites, providing support for businesses developing and adopting ground-breaking agri-food technologies. This move will fund at least forty new technological projects, mobilize an additional eighty million dollars in private sector co-investment, create and maintain eight hundred jobs, and expand CAAIN's network to over three thousand members. CAAIN's CEO Darrell Petras discussed the organization's successful track record of already investing over forty-two million dollars in fifty-six agri-food innovation projects. Jennifer English highlights the project's overall goal of contributing to a more productive, competitive, and resilient agri-food sector that aligns with Canada's National Food Security Strategy. POST datahttps://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4760400-1&h=1472435832&u=https%3A%2F%2Fagriculture.canada.ca%2Fen%2Fdepartment%2Finitiatives%2Fnational-food-security-strategy&a=National+Food+Security+Strategyhttps://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4760400-1&h=2710524600&u=https%3A%2F%2Fagriculture.canada.ca%2Fen%2Fdepartment%2Finitiatives%2Fnational-food-security-strategy%2Fmore-canada-your-plate&a=National+Food+Security+Strategyhttps://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4760400-1&h=360282342&u=https%3A%2F%2Fcaain.ca%2F&a=Canadian+Agri-Food+Automation+and+Intelligence+Network+(CAAIN)https://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4760400-1&h=3992253816&u=https%3A%2F%2Fised-isde.canada.ca%2Fsite%2Fised%2Fen&a=Innovation%2C+Science+and+Economic+Development+Canadahttps://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4760400-1&h=153494364&u=https%3A%2F%2Fised-isde.canada.ca%2Fsite%2Fstrategic-innovation-fund%2Fen&a=Strategic+Response+Fund<a href="https://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4760400-1&h=1794871204&u=https%3A%2F%2Fx.com%2FISED_CA&a=X%C2%A0(Twitter)%3A%C2%A0%40ISED_CA" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer...