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Canada Strengthens Agricultural Collaboration at AgCultivate 2025

Dr. Sonil Nanda was a invited panelist at AgCultivate 2025, a Canada–Philippines hybrid conference, held on February 24–25, 2025

Harnessing Agricultural And Food Waste For A Sustainable Future: Transforming Waste Into Value-Added Resources

Dr. Animesh Dutta is leading cutting-edge research on converting wet agri-food waste into hydrogen, synthetic fertilizers and activated carbons.

Advancing Crop Productivity and Sustainability with Microbe-based Technologies

Dr. Donald Smith shares his insight into this promising field. Read the summary piece from September 2024 here.

Biomass Canada Webinars 2024-2024 with UK’s Supergen Bioenergy Hub

See all details on the Webinars Page

 

 

Ontario’s Agricultural Biomass Based Activated Biocarbon

This workshop provided valuable insights and practical knowledge on valorization of local biomass with circular economy on March 22, 2024:

– Gain in-depth understanding of technologies to produce biocarbon

– Learn practical tips and techniques from industry experts on applications of biocarbon and potential carbon credits

– Network with peers and professionals in the field

Here is a brochure detailing the workshop agenda and topics covered by our speakers.

 

 

Ag Pellets Logistics

Ag pellets are a key component to decarbonize industrial activities, and a team of Biomass Canada researchers at the Universities of British Columbia and Saskatchewan led by Shahabaddine Sokhansanj has recently published a paper (read here) focused on the logistics of production and supply for this commodity of growing importance. Small pellet, big impact!

 

Developing Sustainable Biomass Management in Canada

Read this article by BMC summarizing the latest activities. Read here

Our path to Net Zero Campaign

Read this series of articles featuring examples of the bioeconomy serving climate protection. To read the series, click here

November 14, 2022 Symposium

The Biomass Cluster co-hosted the one-day joint Biomass symposium with Canadian Society of Agronomy
The symposium was held on Nov 14, 2022 from 8:00 am to 5:30 p.m. See the Biomass symposium agenda.

BioMass Canada Cluster 2023-2028 Renewal Letter Of Intent

The BioMass Canada Cluster has called for Letters of Intent (LOI) from those wishing to contribute to our application to the AgriScience Program Renewal (2023-2028). Deadline was January 24, 2022. For any questions, contact Dr. Xiaomin Zhou (xiaomin.zhou@mcgill.ca).

Using leftover canola meal for energy

Listen to the January 9, 2022 CBC Radio interview with Prof. Ajay Dalai

See the January 8, 2022 Global News TV interview with Prof. Ajay Dalai

2021 and before:

Building the Bioeconomy

Biomass Canada –  Fuelling the Canadian Bioeconomy

Low-cost Sorghum Biomass

If you’ve offered farmers a low-cost, high production crop, they may respond with a simple question: What’s the catch?

Biomass Canada need your help

A group of graduate students involved in Biomass Canada prepared a survey for farmers, biomass related industries and businesses, researcher, policy maker and/or legislator. Find the link to the appropriate survey here!

Food For Thought

Converting Biomass to High Value Feedstock Offers Food for Thought. Find out more about the project focused on “Development of Logistics, Pretreatment and Commercialization of Agri-pellets”, led by UBC’s Dr. Shahab Sokhansanj. 

Project Promotes Pellet Production

While “dense” may not be a quality coveted by humans, it has distinct advantages when it comes to biomass. Identifying and achieving those benefits were critical goals of the project “Application of thermo-chemical and hydrothermal pretreatments in the production of fuel pellets using agricultural wastes”.

High Hopes for Low Input Biologicals

The study aims to develop biological inputs for Canadian crop production, including microbial strains and biostimulants such as flavonoids, and isolate novel plant-growth-promoting microbes from Canadian crop and uncultivated plants.

From Waste to Wealth

The three major challenges in the 21st century are ensuring food security, adapting to and mitigating climate change, and finding alternate and sustainable sources of energy.

High Hopes for High Energy Production

Spinning straw into gold may be a fairy tale but converting Canadian agricultural biomass into high energy products and biochar is an attainable goal.

Science on a mission to cut emissions

If you don’t think emissions from fossil fuels are harmful to Earth, you must be living on Mars.

Science aims to stop wasting waste

Greenhouse waste holds value, as Drs. Xu and Yuan demonstrate in this piece.

Mission:Possible

Read more about the mission of Dr. Kevin Vessey and Dr. Yousef A. Papadopoulos.

Biomass Cluster Activities

Look at Biomass Canada Cluster’s activities which seek to improve agricultural producers’ incomes by adding value to agricultural wastes (revised 08.2020).

AgSmart event

Dr. Shahab Sokhansanj from Biomass Canada Cluster participated in a major farmers producers event held on August 13 and 14, 2019 in Olds Alberta.

A chicken and egg story

Part 1

Part 2

5 questions to Steven Fabijanski

Read the interview here.

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