The First Sixteen
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The First Sixteen
Welcome to Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s podcast series that explores the freshest ideas in agriculture and food. Each episode explores a single topic in depth—digging deep into new practices, innovative ideas, and their impacts on the industry. Learn about Canada’s agricultural sector from the...
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Opening new markets in the Indo-Pacific
How do we open new markets in diverse and dynamic countries? What challenges do we face, and what solutions are being used? Chris White, President and...
Innovative investments: Venture capital funding in agriculture and food
Innovators take risks. And they need investors who are willing and informed to help them take the risks. Alison Sunstrum is a pioneering entrepreneur...
On Farm Climate Action in Action
Farmers are taking action to protect the environment and strengthen the competitiveness of our agricultural sector. We speak with three producers who...
Calculating crop rotation for potatoes
Lori Robinson, a 6th generation farmer in PEI, is a data hound. As a result of her 50+ years of her and her family taking detailed notes and 20 + yea...
Plant breeding: Long-game innovation in a fast-changing world
How has plant breeding evolved over the past 20 years? Who are the players in Canada? What is the plant breeding continuum? And what is the proverbial...
Science vs. food waste
Can we make biodegradable plastics using food waste? Can we control disease in crops and eliminate food borne pathogens using just hydrogen peroxide,...
Challenge accepted!
Announcing the two winners of the Food Waste Reduction Challenge (Business Models Stream)
Two companies took away $1.5 M! Find out who they are....
Is that a robot in your field?
Ag-robotics specialists Chuck Baresich believes you’ll have a robot in your field sooner than you think. What will they do? How will they add value t...
Hiring smart
Hear from two innovators who are successfully tackling labor shortages in our sector: one at the national level with an all-encompassing, all-stakehol...
Straight talk about pesticides
How is pesticide use evolving on farms? What are maximum residue limits? How does the government determine what is safe? Brian Rideout, a fruit and ve...
Turning manure into gold
“Waste is not waste. It’s just misplaced resources”. That is according to Rajinikanth Rajagopal and the team of researchers at the Sherbrooke Research...
Modelling the future of water
To predict the future of water, we have to understand the present. That's exactly what AAFC's Dr. David Lapen and Dr. Steven Frey from Aquanty Inc., a...
Saving our organic soils
40% of Quebec’s fruits and vegetables are grown in the Montérégie region due to its abundantly fertile organic soils. But these soils are under threat...
Agroforestry: The new-old science
When agriculture meets forestry, the result can have a surprising impact on the environment, wildlife habitats, crop production, and beyond. AAFC rese...
Shedding light on food fraud
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency come together in this special two-part episode on honey fraud in Canada. Hear...
Putting a rope around antimicrobial resistance in cattle
When veterinarian Dr. Greg Dimmers noticed an alarming pattern of infection in beef cattle, he contacted microbiologist Dr. Tim McAllister to get some...
The Cutting Edge
Have you ever wondered where companies go to develop their secret recipes and test new food processing technologies? Canadian innovators go to Agricul...
Resolving soil nutrient loss and pollution in Lake Erie
From buckwheat and bees to cover crops and no-till practices, we explore how Henry Denotter, a farmer on the Wigle Creek watershed, and Pamela Joosse,...
Reducing greenhouse gasses with drainage systems
Anything’s possible when researchers and producers come together. Hear from Dr. Chandra Madramootoo of McGill University and Guy Vincent, a grain and...
Cybersecurity and agriculture
Farmers and many others in our sector spend much of their time managing risk. In this episode we focus on a new risk to manage - cyber threats. Dr. Ja...
Citizen Science
Researchers cannot be everywhere at once. Laura Richard manages the Agroclimate Impact Reporter (AIR). This citizen science projects relies on produce...
Mental health : UPA’s work to break the stigma
In this third episode on mental health, we explore the topic from the perspective of a professional agricultural association. We speak with Marcel Gro...
Mental health: From the farmers perspective
Cynthia Beck and her family run a cattle and grain operation in South-East Saskatchewan. After facing her own mental health challenges and discoverin...
Food Waste Reduction Challenge: The Next Level
Over 300 ideas were submitted to the Food Waste Reduction Challenge. Twenty-four of the best ideas were selected for funding. Now it’s time to test th...
Climate change and agricultural solutions
Climate change is one of the biggest challenges for our times -- and the impacts are especially challenging for the agricultural sector. In this episo...
Mental health on the farm
In this episode we speak with Dr. Briana Hagen about tailoring mental health programs to the needs of farmers. She explains how mental health in farmi...
Living Laboratories Quebec
Hear about this Living Laboratories initiative and its revolutionary new approach to innovation. It brings together farmers, scientists, and other col...
Leading Women
In this episode you will hear a very frank discussion with three leading women in the ag sector. Our interviewees are Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau, Ma...
The opportunity of food waste
Is food waste really an opportunity? Denise Philippe of the National Zero Waste Council believes so. Listen to this discussion where she outlines gaps...
The next generation: Who is going to produce your food tomorrow?
Meet the next generation of Canadians working in the agriculture and agri-food sector. Jerry Bos, a young dairy farmer and co-chair of the Canadian Ag...
Saving nutrients with novel science
Christopher Garnham and his team at AAFC have discovered something very small that could have big impacts in the food and feed industry. Some crops su...
RADARSAT Constellation Mission - agriculture from space
Learn about the Radarsat Constellation Mission, the type of data that flows from it, its applications in agriculture and how it is used by environment...
The science of reconciliation. Bridging Indigenous knowledge with agricultural science
In discussion with two agents of change in the world of agricultural science, we explore a new and brilliant way forward.
Rapid response: Feeding Canadians during the pandemic
Listen in as we shed light on an innovative and nimble collaboration that is addressing food insecurity during the pandemic.
Farmers, innovators! And how good ideas spread.
Interview with Julie Dawson, a beef specialist at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada who is also a sixth-generation farmer. Listen in on this fascinatin...