Bioenterprise Canada Announces Rounds 3 and 4 FoodShift Program Recipients

Aug 25, 2023

Guelph, ON – Bioenterprise Canada Corporation (Bioenterprise) is pleased to announce the successful applicants for the third and fourth round of the FoodShift program. Thirteen (13) southern Ontario food and beverage processors have been selected to receive funding to lead clean technology adoption projects to integrate technologies that will help significantly reduce their carbon footprint and transition towards a net-zero future.

The Government of Canada, through the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario), is supporting Bioenterprise with an investment of nearly $2 million to deliver the FoodShift program. The program provides successful applicants with up to $50,000 in non-repayable, project-based, matching funding to lead their clean technology adoption projects.

“Carbon continues to be a priority for the Government of Canada as we seek to answer global questions about food security and sustainability across the food and agricultural sectors,” says Dave Smardon, CEO at Bioenterprise. “This round of projects supported through FedDev Ontario leads us closer to a net-zero food economy, and to the growth and leadership of Ontario’s sustainable technologies on a global stage. Congratulations to our innovative recipients and the teams continuing to show the economic impact of a future-focused ecosystem.”

As Bioenterprise expands its national membership program, Canada’s Food & Agri-Tech Engine, key regional targeted matchmaking initiatives like the FoodShift program enhance ties between industry and funding. In southern Ontario, the FoodShift program connects clean technology organizations with industrial end-users in food and beverage processing. Successful applicants are employing funds to embrace greater automation and integrate technologies that reduce waste and energy consumption while improving process efficiencies throughout the agri-food value chain. FoodShift is intended to act as a catalyst for the transition to a green economy and reduce the sector’s carbon footprint.

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