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 people making the breakthroughs and knocking down the barriers! Farmers and foodies, scientists and leaders, and anyone with an eye on the future of the sector—this podcast is for you!
- Update frequency
- every 29 days
- Average duration
- 22 minutes
- Episodes
- 35
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
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 CEO of the Canadian Meat Council, and Diedrah Ke…
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 turned investor, now on a mission to fix the gap…
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 are leaders in reducing greenhouse gases, sequest…
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 + years of doing a four-year crop rotation system she …
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 sandbox in which Canadian plant breeders are wor…
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, ozone and UV rays? Yes, we can! Meet the two gran…
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. Learn what it took to become the winners of the challen…
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 to your farm? Chuck paints a picture of that futur…
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-stakeholders-engaged strategy; and the other on a regiona…
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 vegetable grower from Ontario, explains how pestici…
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 and Development Centre as they work to adapt ana…
Modelling the future of water
Saving our organic soils
Agroforestry: The new-old science
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 a scientist from each organization discuss how t…
Putting a rope around antimicrobial resistance in cattle
The Cutting Edge
Resolving soil nutrient loss and pollution in Lake Erie
Reducing greenhouse gasses with drainage systems