About the conference
Innovation and investment are key to global prosperity.
Canadian agriculture has long been a frontrunner on the global stage thanks in large part to our commitment to and acceptance of innovation.
This year’s GrowCanada® conference will explore how innovation in agriculture drives economic growth, how it helps us adapt and thrive in the face of major change and how this ultimately benefits consumers.
About the GrowCanada® vision
Our vision is for Canada to be a world leader in providing new products and innovative solutions for agricultural, nutritional, health, energy, and environmental challenges in Canada and around the world, so that all Canadians can enjoy the economic, environmental and social benefits of the bio-economy.
A prosperous, sustainable and competitive agricultural sector in a flourishing bio-economy built:
On leadership
In scientific research, innovation and the adoption of new technologies and
On working together
In “win, win, win” value chain strategic alliances.
Agriculture is more than food, it is our future.
The GrowCanada® partners:
The GrowCanada® partners form an informal coalition of national stakeholders working together to promote and advance innovation in Canada.
Incorporated in 1987 as the Industrial Biotechnology Association of Canada, BIOTECanada serves as the national voice for industry leadership for Canada’s biotechnology sector. Through our national network of partner organisations, we inspire our domestic and international community to recognize the value of biotechnology and to provide solutions to the challenges faced by biotech firms today. |
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The Canadian Canola Growers Association represents all of the provincial canola grower organizations in Canada on national and international issues that affect canola growers. |
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The CFA was formed in 1935 to answer the need for a unified voice to speak on behalf of Canadian farmers. It continues today as a farmer-funded, national umbrella organization representing provincial general farm organizations and national commodity groups. Through its members, it represents over 200,000 Canadian farm families from coast to coast. |
The Canadian Fertilizer Institute (CFI) is an industry association that represents manufacturers, wholesale and retail distributors of nitrogen, phosphate and potash fertilizers. Canada’s fertilizer industry plays an essential role in ensuring the world’s food needs can be met economically and sustainably. Canada supplies approximately 12 per cent of the world’s fertilizer materials. We are the world’s largest exporters of potash and elemental sulphur. As well, our industry contributes over $7 billion annually to the Canadian economy. |
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The Canadian Horticultural Council (CHC) is a voluntary, not-for-profit, national association with a long and proud history of representing the dynamic and diverse sector of Canadian agriculture known as horticulture. The CHC has been committed to promoting the interests of its members since 1922. From the Atlantic to the Pacific, the CHC's members are primarily involved in the production and packing of over 120 horticulture crops comprised of fruit and vegetables. |
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The 130 member companies of the Canadian Seed Trade Association are engaged in all aspects of the seed industry – research, plant breeding, production and marketing – both domestically and internationally. CSTA’s membership ranges from those who market garden seed and herbs to large grain handlers, and from small family-run, farm based businesses to large multinational corporations. |
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The Canola Council of Canada is a national, nonprofit association funded by stakeholders in the canola industry. Our mission is to enhance the industry's ability to profitably produce and supply seed, oil and meal products that offer superior value to customers throughout the world. Members include canola growers, crop input suppliers, grain handling companies, exporters, processors, food and feed manufacturers and governments. |
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CropLife Canada is the trade association that represents the developers, manufacturers and distributors of plant science innovations – pest control products and plant biotechnology – for use in agriculture, urban and public health settings. |
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The Grain Growers of Canada is a national organization comprised of major grain and oilseed commodity groups that stretch across the country. We are devoted to representing grain and oilseed producer interests in national policy development. |
Pulse Canada is the national industry association representing growers, processors and traders of pulse crops in Canada. Pulses include dry beans, peas, lentils and chickpeas. Canada is one of the world’s largest producers of pulse crops and is the world’s largest exporter, providing pulses to more than 150 countries around the world. Direction and funding for Pulse Canada is provided by the Alberta Pulse Growers Commission, Saskatchewan Pulse Growers, Manitoba Pulse Growers Association, the Ontario Coloured Bean Growers, the Ontario Bean Producers Marketing Board and the Canadian Special Crops Association. |
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The Soil Conservation Council of Canada is the face and voice of soil conservation in Canada. It is a national, non-governmental, independent organization, formed in 1987, to provide a non-partisan public forum to speak and act at the national level for soil conservation. |
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