SF4C National Network

Our country has the potential to be an agri-food powerhouse; harnessing innovations to allow Canada to produce more food with fewer emissions is a massive opportunity for our country.

To do this, we need a Canadian-wide platform that supports startups, scale-ups, and industry partners to enhance sustainable food system solutions.

SF4C is a national network that includes the majority of Canada’s research and innovation capacity in agri-food, including: all of Canada’s agricultural and veterinary faculties; key community colleges and undergraduate-focused universities with practical expertise in hands-on food system training; leading Indigenous organizations; and Canada’s agri-food focused innovation accelerators and incubators.

The breadth and depth of this group is groundbreaking in Canada and represents one of the largest single innovation training networks focused on sustainable food systems in the world, rivalling Wageningen University and Research and the University of California network.

SF4C Impacts

SF4C is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to position Canada as a global leader in sustainable agri-food innovation through addressing the current challenges across these four impact areas.

Four Regional Nodes

To develop the collaborations needed, SF4C’s network operates out of four regional nodes that will be rooted in four of Canada’s key agri-food regions.

• Innovation Node: Focused on agri-food tech innovation, based out of the University of the Fraser Valley.
  
  
• Indigenous node: Focused on program development and engagement with Indigenous, Northern, and remote communities, based out of the Territorial Agrifood Association.
  
  
• Experiential Node: Focused on experiential education and active learning, based out of the University of Guelph.
  
  
• French Node: Focused on French socio-cultural perspectives, language programming, and accessibility, based out of the Université Laval.

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