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By Rosa Saba -CP-The University of Guelph is leading the creation of a network meant to spur investment in Canadian agri-food innovation, including developing new technologies to address pressing issues like climate change. The university received an almost $16.3 million government grant over five years to support the platform, called Sustainable Food Systems for Canada, or SF4C. The platform is designed to help agri-food entrepreneurs grow their businesses. Canada\u2019s agriculture industry is facing several major challenges, in particular climate change, said Rene Van Acker, interim president and vice-chancellor at the University of Guelph. He says technology can help farmers face that challenge. \u201cAgriculture has always been an adapter of technology, whether that was mechanical or genetic or chemical, and now data,\u201d he said. He said anything that can accelerate that… <\/p>\n

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By Rosa Saba -CP-The University of Guelph is leading the creation of a network meant to spur investment in Canadian agri-food innovation, including developing new technologies to address pressing issues like climate change. The university received an almost $16.3 million government grant over five years to support the platform, called Sustainable Food Systems for Canada, or SF4C. The platform is designed to help agri-food entrepreneurs grow their businesses. Canada\u2019s agriculture industry is facing several major challenges, in particular climate change, said Rene Van Acker, interim president and vice-chancellor at the University of Guelph. He says technology can help farmers face that challenge. \u201cAgriculture has always been an adapter of technology, whether that was mechanical or genetic or chemical, and now data,\u201d he said. He said anything that can accelerate that... <\/p>\n

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