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Welcome to Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s new podcast series that explores the freshest ideas in agriculture and food. Each episode explores a single topic in depth—digging deep into new...

Turning high-tech concepts into field-ready tools requires more than just a good idea—it requires real-world validation and farmer-to-farmer...

2026 is the International Year of the Woman Farmer. Women are changing the face of farming in Canada. They are highly educated. They’re work...

Farm transitions aren’t simply business deals — they’re deeply human and often emotionally complex. In this episode, we speak with two innov...

From phones and computers to automated systems in barns and data collection in harvesters, each piece of technology on a farm is a fantastic...

How do we open new markets in diverse and dynamic countries? What challenges do we face, and what solutions are being used? Chris White, Pre...

Innovators take risks. And they need investors who are willing and informed to help them take the risks. Alison Sunstrum is a pioneering ent...

Farmers are taking action to protect the environment and strengthen the competitiveness of our agricultural sector. We speak with three prod...

Lori Robinson, a 6 th generation farmer in PEI, is a data hound. As a result of her 50+ years of her and her family taking detailed notes an...

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...

Can we make biodegradable plastics using food waste? Can we control disease in crops and eliminate food borne pathogens using just hydrogen...

Announcing the two winners of the Food Waste Reduction Challenge (Business Models Stream) Two companies took away $1.5 M! Find out who they...

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 ad...

Hear from two innovators who are successfully tackling labor shortages in our sector: one at the national level with an all-encompassing, al...

How is pesticide use evolving on farms? What are maximum residue limits? How does the government determine what is safe? Brian Rideout, a fr...

“Waste is not waste. It’s just misplaced resources”. That is according to Rajinikanth Rajagopal and the team of researchers at the Sherbrook...

To predict the future of water, we have to understand the present. That's exactly what AAFC's Dr. David Lapen and Dr. Steven Frey from Aquan...

40% of Quebec’s fruits and vegetables are grown in the Montérégie region due to its abundantly fertile organic soils. But these soils are un...

When agriculture meets forestry, the result can have a surprising impact on the environment, wildlife habitats, crop production, and beyond....

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency come together in this special two-part episode on honey fraud in Ca...

When veterinarian Dr. Greg Dimmers noticed an alarming pattern of infection in beef cattle, he contacted microbiologist Dr. Tim McAllister t...

Have you ever wondered where companies go to develop their secret recipes and test new food processing technologies? Canadian innovators go...

From buckwheat and bees to cover crops and no-till practices, we explore how Henry Denotter, a farmer on the Wigle Creek watershed, and Pame...

Anything’s possible when researchers and producers come together. Hear from Dr. Chandra Madramootoo of McGill University and Guy Vincent, a...

Farmers and many others in our sector spend much of their time managing risk. In this episode we focus on a new risk to manage - cyber threa...

Researchers cannot be everywhere at once. Laura Richard manages the Agroclimate Impact Reporter (AIR). This citizen science projects relies...

In this third episode on mental health, we explore the topic from the perspective of a professional agricultural association. We speak with...

Cynthia Beck and her family run a cattle and grain operation in South-East Saskatchewan. After facing her own mental health challenges and d...

Over 300 ideas were submitted to the Food Waste Reduction Challenge. Twenty-four of the best ideas were selected for funding. Now it’s time...

Climate change is one of the biggest challenges for our times -- and the impacts are especially challenging for the agricultural sector. In...

In this episode we speak with Dr. Briana Hagen about tailoring mental health programs to the needs of farmers. She explains how mental healt...

Hear about this Living Laboratories initiative and its revolutionary new approach to innovation. It brings together farmers, scientists, and...

In this episode you will hear a very frank discussion with three leading women in the ag sector. Our interviewees are Minister Marie-Claude...

Is food waste really an opportunity? Denise Philippe of the National Zero Waste Council believes so. Listen to this discussion where she out...

Meet the next generation of Canadians working in the agriculture and agri-food sector. Jerry Bos, a young dairy farmer and co-chair of the C...

Christopher Garnham and his team at AAFC have discovered something very small that could have big impacts in the food and feed industry. Som...

Learn about the Radarsat Constellation Mission, the type of data that flows from it, its applications in agriculture and how it is used by e...

In discussion with two agents of change in the world of agricultural science, we explore a new and brilliant way forward.

Listen in as we shed light on an innovative and nimble collaboration that is addressing food insecurity during the pandemic.

Interview with Julie Dawson, a beef specialist at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada who is also a sixth-generation farmer. Listen in on this...