Over $97 million announced to help Canadian farmers adopt clean technologies
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An influx of funding for the Agricultural Clean Technology (ACT) Program will keep farmers on the cutting edge.
The Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food announced more than $97 million for the program that will support 162 projects across the country – like the one at Folly River Farms Limited, a 74-year-old family-owned dairy farm in Debert, Nova Scotia. The farm operation received $49,280 under the Adoption Stream of the Act Program to purchase and install a solar energy system that replaces electricity from the grid, significantly reducing the farm’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
“Canadian farmers fully understand the need to take care of the environment and they are constantly innovating to find new solutions to reduce their emissions. Our investment in the Agricultural Clean Technology Program will help keep our farmers and ranchers on the cutting edge, so they can make their operations more resilient today and for generations to come,” said Minister Lawrence MacAulay.
The goal of the ACT Program is to provide farmers and agri-businesses funding to help develop and adopt the latest clean technologies to reduce GHG emissions and boost their long-term competitiveness. The funding is focused on three priority areas: green energy and energy efficiency, precision agriculture; and bioeconomy solutions.
