We Grow Innovation
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[Science-fiction thriller-type music rises and plays throughout the video]
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[A computer interface emerges from the black. Along the top is written "Case Study Database". There is a globe. A maple leaf swooshes across the screen with an audio effect.]
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Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
We grow a lot more than you may think.
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Subject: Canada's agriculture and agri-food sector
- Contributes $100 billion annually to Canada's GDP
- Is the 5th largest exporter in the world
- Employs 2.1 million Canadians
- Is at the forefront of innovation
[The interface reveals a closer view of the globe, focused on North America and Canada. It appears the computer is searching a database.]
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[A site or scope (mire) appears over top of a satellite image of Canada. It moves across the map, trying to detect a location. It pinpoints Alberta and zooms in.]
Text on screen: Location: Canada
Text on screen: Location: Alberta
[Two small video windows appear. One window plays a video with pigs in a barn, feeding. The other window displays a video of a combine, harvesting corn. Text then appears to be typed onto the screen.]
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Fueling Feed
Challenge:
Find new uses for agricultural byproducts.
Solution:
Investing in research networks with industry has found a new use for biofuels byproducts as feed for livestock.
Result:
Maximizing resources
[A site or scope (mire) appears over top of a satellite image of Canada again. It moves across the map, trying to detect a location. It pans across the whole country and stops. One small window appears. In it, we see a canola farmer in front of his grain containers. In the background is an image of canola fields. Text emerges on screen as if being typed.]
Text on screen: Location: All across Canada
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A Cinderella Crop
Challenge:
Take what grows well in Canada and make it profitable for farmers
Solution:
Science transformed a well-growing plant into one of Canada's most valuable field crops – canola. Today, Canada contributes nearly 40% to global canola imports.
Result:
Driving our economy
[A site or scope (mire) appears over top of a satellite image of Canada again. It moves across the map, trying to detect a location. It stops on Manitoba and zooms in. One small video window appears. In the background is a close-up image of wheat. In the window, we see a wheat field and then round bales of straw. Another image appears in the window with several sheets of ordinary paper. Text emerges on screen as if being typed.]
Text on screen: Location: Manitoba
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Turning Straw into Gold
Challenge:
Find new revenue sources for farmers from agricultural waste.
Solution:
Investments in innovation have led to a new type of paper made from wheat and flax straw that would otherwise be burned.
Result:
Building new markets while reducing waste.
[The scope (mire) appears over top of a satellite image of Canada again. It moves across the map, trying to detect a location. It stops on Ontario and zooms in. A small video window shows several beehives, then a bee on a sunflower plant, then a greenhouse. In the background are tomato plants with blossoms. Text emerges on screen as if being typed.]
Text on screen: Location: Ontario
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Thinking Outside the Beehive
Challenge:
Find a more effective way to deliver biopesticide directly to commercial crops.
Solution:
Researchers have developed a process using bees to deliver a biopesticide to greenhouse plants during pollination. The biopesticide is harmless to bees and the environment.
Result:
Innovating to work smarter.
[The scope (mire) appears over top of a satellite image of Canada again. It moves across the map, trying to detect a location. It stops on Quebec and zooms in. A small video window shows a consumer reading the label of a yogurt container at the grocery store, then a woman eating yogurt and close up images of yogurt in a bowl. In the background is an image of two scientists in a laboratory. Text emerges on screen as if being typed.]
Text on screen: Location: Quebec
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Getting proactive on probiotics
Challenge:
Help food processors meet consumer demand for healthier foods.
Solution:
Researchers are working on a protective coating for probiotics that can survive the harsh conditions of human digestion to deliver full benefits.
Result:
Delivering safe and healthy products.
[The scope (mire) appears over top of a satellite image of Canada again. It moves across the map, trying to detect a location. It stops on the Atlantic provinces and zooms in. A small video window shows farmer in a field of soybeans, then a close up of a handful of yellow soybeans, then an image of a maritime port with ship and shipping containers. In the background is an image of a bowl of green soybeans. Text emerges on screen as if being typed.]
Text on screen: Location: Atlantic Canada
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Magic Beans
Challenge:
Maximizing growth and profit for soybean growers.
Solution:
Researchers have developed new soybeans, including short-season varieties that will increase opportunities domestically and abroad.
Result:
Competing in new markets.
[The scope (mire) re-appears over top of a satellite image of Canada again. It moves and zooms out to reveal the globe. Text emerges on screen as if being typed.]
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Conclusion:
AAFC is working in partnership to fuel the sector's growth and prosperity through science and innovation.
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Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
We grow a lot more than you may think.
[The computer interface fades into the darkness. Only the sun and the earth appear. The text explodes towards the viewer. Stars emerge from the dark with the final text.]
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For more videos and information about Canada's innovative agriculture sector, go to agr.gc.ca
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Text on screen: Canada. Copyright, Her Majesty the Queen in right of Canada, as represented by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 2013.
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