In May 2026, the Food and Agriculture Institute hosted Grounded Innovation 3.0, the third annual Sustainable Food and Agriculture Summit held on the Chilliwack campus of the University of the Fraser Valley, the West Coast Innovation node of Sustainable Food Systems for Canada (SF4C).
The full-day event featured a captivating keynote presentation by Dr. Tammara Soma, Director of Research and Co-Founder of the Food Systems Lab at Simon Fraser University; two engaging panel discussions; a food policy student pitch competition; a wine expert speaker, Dr. Daniel Bender; and the announcement of an SF4C Innovation-led Wine Innovation Challenge. The event focused on exploring how agriculture connects to community well-being, climate action, and economic resilience and brought together thinkers, practitioners, and decision-makers to connect in dialogue and solution-focused work exploring how innovations in policy and technology are responding to new social, environmental, and political contexts.
The full-day event featured a captivating keynote presentation by Dr. Tammara Soma, Director of Research and Co-Founder of the Food Systems Lab at Simon Fraser University; two engaging panel discussions; a food policy student pitch competition; a wine expert speaker, Dr. Daniel Bender; and the announcement of an SF4C Innovation-led Wine Innovation Challenge. The event focused on exploring how agriculture connects to community well-being, climate action, and economic resilience and brought together thinkers, practitioners, and decision-makers to connect in dialogue and solution-focused work exploring how innovations in policy and technology are responding to new social, environmental, and political contexts.
