The Weston Family Foundation has launched its $33-million Homegrown Innovation Challenge to spark creative solutions and encourage new ideas to boost the sustainable production of fruits and vegetables in Canada.
The Challenge centres around a competition to generate solutions that enable domestic food producers to grow berries out of season, sustainably, competitively, and at scale. Funding will be awarded in stages over a six-year period to eligible teams developing tools and technologies that solve the interconnected challenges of growing produce out of season in Canada.
Please see the webpage for further information on how PI’s can apply. Application forms will be available in March with a deadline of 12PM ET on May 3, 2022 for the first phase of funding.