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AGRICULTURE SOLUTIONS
FOR SOCIETY
Connecting Educators Conference
October 22, 2013
Toronto, Ontario
Gord Surgeoner, Ph.D.
Ontario Agri-Food Technologies
www.oaft.org
Universities/Colleges • Conestoga College
• Trent University
• University of Guelph
Farm Associations • Dairy Farmers of Ontario
• Egg Farmers of Ontario
• Grain Farmers of Ontario
• Ontario Federation of Agriculture
• Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Growers’ Assoc.
• Ontario Pork
• Ontario Processing Vegetable Growers
• Ontario Soil & Crop Improvement Assoc.
Government • City of Guelph
• City of Port Colborne
Special thanks to
OMAFRA and AAFC
Industry • Advanced Micro Polymers
• Ag Energy Co-operative Ltd.
• BASF Canada Inc.
• Bayer CropScience Canada
• Bioenterprise Corporation
• BIOMAR Inc.
• BIOX Corporation
• Canadian Seed Trade Assoc.
• Dow AgroSciences
• GreenField Ethanol
• Guelph Junction Railway Co.
• IGPC Ethanol Inc.
• INAC Services Limited
• Ingredion Canada Incorporated
• Life Sciences Ontario
• MNP LLP
• Monsanto Canada Inc.
• Pioneer Hi-Bred Limited
• Polymer Distribution Inc.
• Royal Bank of Canada
• SPB Solutions Inc.
• Sevita International
• Syngenta Canada, Inc.
• WhiteCloud Innovations
Affiliates • Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
• Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food
and Rural Affairs
• Ontario Ministry of Economic
Development and Innovation
New Use
Fibres
Ethanol
Motor
Oils Diesel
Plastics
Chemicals
Cars
New Opportunities
Expand markets – don’t cannibalize
Traditional
Food Freedom Day 2013
If you ate today, thank a farmer! Thursday February 14th was Food Freedom Day, the day when
the average Canadian consumer has earned enough income to
pay their individual grocery bill for the entire year.
Nottingham University
Strong international track record in developing new technologies and collaboration with industry
Past successes include MRI scanner technology (Nobel prize-winning research), novel vaccines, medical device for heart rate monitoring, nanoparticle production spin-out company, anti-microbial catheters & others
Number 1 ranking out of the top 100 UK Universities for agriculture and food sciences
Azotic Technologies have licensed the nitrogen fixing
technology for 200 crops from Nottingham University
PlantForm awarded US$1.8 million
to develop medical countermeasure
against chemical threats
Project focus is low-cost, plant-based production and purification of
butyrylcholinesterase enzyme November 20, 2012
New funding expands HIV antibody
program
The Government of Canada provides additional support to PlantForm
for its next phase of drug development August 12, 2013
BioAmber announces biobased
succinic acid plant in Ontario,
Canada
MINNEAPOLIS, MN, Aug. 29, 2011 /PRNewswire/ - BioAmber Inc., through its subsidiary
Bluewater Biochemicals has selected Sarnia, Ontario, Canada as the location for its first
North American biosuccinic acid plant. The Sarnia plant will have an initial capacity of
17,000 MT and will be commissioned in 2013. Permitting work for the plant was initiated in
June 2011. BioAmber currently produces and sells biobased succinic acid at a 3,000 MT
capacity plant in France……
….."Sarnia has tremendous potential as a sustainable chemistry cluster. The unique
combination of chemical infrastructure, skilled labor, educational facilities, competitive
transportation costs and proximity to some of Canada's richest agricultural land makes
Sarnia an excellent choice," said Mike Hartmann, Executive VP of BioAmber. "These
provincial and federal programs have put Ontario and Canada at the forefront of sustainable
development and in strong position to compete globally for foreign investment by renewable
chemical and material companies. These programs were instrumental in BioAmber's
decision to invest in Ontario," he added.
Soy-Polyol foam in automobiles
Promise with Competitive Technologies
• Price Neutral
• Improved properties over synthetic
polyol
• Adaptable with minimum
• adjustment of existing process
• 100% Polyol replacement
• possible Brookestone
Cargill, Soy Polyurethane Systems, Dow and 6 others; BASF?
Source: Dr. Mohini Sain
University of Toronto
Centre for Biocomposites and Biomaterials Processing
University of Guelph vehicle
fleet
• 100% of fleet running on 98% soybean engine oil
• Hydraulics, chain saw oil
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