Researchers involved in government-sponsored food research have come together as a national organization with headquarters at the Arrell Institute at the University of Guelph.
There will be three “nodes” at Laval university.in Quebec, the University of the Fraser Valley in British Columbia and the Territorial Agrifood Association in Yellowknife, Northwest Territory.
The network is called Sustainable Food Systems for Canada (SF4C) and members are post-secondary institutions in Nova Scotia, Quebec, Ontario, British Columbia and all three Prairie provinces, along with some non-governmental organizations.
“This will deepen connections across many regions and across a huge country among people who are very dedicated to pushing forward innovation in the agri-food sphere,” said Lenore Newman, Abbotsford-based director of the Food and Agriculture Institute at the University of the Fraser Valley.
The $16.3 million SF4C project is an extension of that work. The funding covers five years.
It has funds from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council.
