Hey YODLers! Here's a list of things we think you'd be interested in!
- Innovation Booster – Applications are currently open for CFIN's Innovation Booster until November 16, 2023. This funding program provides flexible and rapid support on a cost-shared basis to enable Small- or Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) to advance their food innovation and research outcomes. A SME is defined as a business with 499 or fewer employees and less than $50 million in gross revenues.
- Ask Lavina - Do you have any burning questions about us or the food and beverage industry? Starting this month, CFIN's Regional Innovation Director (BC), Lavina Gully will be available to answer your questions in a new series we're launching called Ask Lavina.
- Détaillant Alimentaire: 2024 Trends in Food Retailing (Webinar) - Presented by CFIN and in collaboration with four recognized experts in their category (Sylvie Cloutier, general director of the Conseil de la Transformation Alimentaire du Québec, Francis Parisien, senior vice-president SME Sales Canada, Carl Boutet, strategist in Retail and Consumer Science, and Stewart Samuel, Director of Retail Futures at IGD), this webinar will unveil food and demand trends. November 21 | Online
- Agri-Food Innovation Expo - Join us as we celebrate the agi-food business! Learn and develop your professional toolbox and gain one-on-one feedback that will launch your business to the next level. November 28 - 30 | Red Deer, Alberta
- CAAIN - The Canadian Agri-Food Automation & Intelligence Network is pleased to host The Future of Agriculture - An Evening with McKinney and McConnell. February 12 | Ottawa, Ontario
- FoodTech Next - Attendees will have a chance to hear project pitches from the winning FoodTech Next companies, identify collaboration opportunities, and network with over 160 food sector executives, funders, and influencers. February 14 | Ottawa, Ontario
Have a great weekend!