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A joining of forces on the Prairies will elevate Canada’s plant-protein ecosystem

A new collaboration with close to $10 million of funding from the federally funded Protein Industries Canada (PIC) supercluster will further bolster the growing plant-based protein industry in Manitoba.

A new investment announced on Friday is aimed at improving pea and fava processing in the prairies.

On Friday, Protein Industries Canada announced its sixth investment into a collaborative R&D project to help advance Canada’s plant protein ecosystem. The project brings together investment into new technologies and processes along with efforts to build capacity in Canada’s growing plant protein sector.

Protein Supercluster investment to help find solutions to processing in cold climates and new pea and fava bean products.

Regardless of where you are in the value chain, the emergence of plants every spring is an uplifting sign.

As of June 25, 2020, Protein Industries Canada will be accepting applications for Capacity Building projects. These projects should help create a competitive and sustainable business environment for Canada’s plant protein ecosystem.

It’s early in the courtship, but Canada and Netherlands are flirting with what could be a major plant-protein relationship.

When you ask Calgary-based Botaneco Inc.'s founder and CEO James Szarko about the future of Canada’s oilseed and plant-based protein sectors, his face instantly lights up.

Protein Industries Canada is now accepting Expressions of Interests (EOIs) for technology projects to advance Canada’s value-added processing sector with a focus on plant protein. This is a continual call, meaning there is no closing date for EOIs to be submitted. Consortium’s may submit projects on a timeline that works for them and their organization.