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Major companies get behind Smart Ag Super Cluster
Published: 22 January 2018
The average Canadian might hold a romanticized view of agriculture in this country, but for a group of nearly 100 industry, academic, government folks, big data is key to the sector’s future.
The $250 million Smart Agri-Food Super Cluster (SASC) is one of nine industry-led projects, and one of two that focuses on agriculture, to be shortlisted for up to $950 million in federal innovation funding earmarked in last year’s budget.
...Seventeen educational institutions, including Olds College, the University of Alberta, the University of Calgary, Lakeland College, Carleton University, and ±«ÓãÖ±²¥, are SASC supporters. The project is also backed by mega-companies including McDonald’s, General Mills, Telus, Microsoft and Cargill.
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