Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada provided an update on some of its ongoing research in biomass and bioproducts.
In Edmonton, Alta., for example, economist Dr. Emma Stephens is looking to turn Canadian agriculture’s value chains into value circles.
Using a concept called Circular Agriculture, Dr. Stephens wants to know where agricultural resources are being used and potentially lost in the system.
The goal is to reimagine and divert the waste as value-added raw material for new value-added products and renewable energy, or to come full circle to improve agricultural production by bringing surplus resources back to the land.