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Revision as of 04:40, 18 October 2019

CANOLA: one of Canada's largest agricultural industries

First bred in 1974, canola has gone on to become one of Canada’s leading crops. The industry contributes 19.3 billion dollars to the Canadian economy every year while providing 12.5 billion dollars in wages to 249,000 workers. Canada is also the number one exporter of canola in the world and annually exports 9 billion dollars worth of seed, oil, and meal to countries like the USA, China, Japan, and Mexico.

The Current Canola Pipeline

And Its Losses

Farmer Processor Elevator Market

The Farmer

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A major problem

Green seed causes millions of dollars of losses in the canola industry. We're here to change that.

Engineering a process to de-green canola seeds and establishing a market for chlorophyll derivatives.

Our Proposed Pipeline

And Its Benefits

Farmer * Processor * Pheophorbide A Fungicide Elevator * Market *

The Farmer *

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Project Highlights

Green is the different between profit and loss.

Public Outreach

The Good, The Bad, and The Biological

A discussion on the importance of innovating with controversial biotechnologies and how to keep people safe from scientific misuse.

Public Outreach

The Good, The Bad, and The Biological

A discussion on the importance of innovating with controversial biotechnologies and how to keep people safe from scientific misuse.

Public Outreach

The Good, The Bad, and The Biological

A discussion on the importance of innovating with controversial biotechnologies and how to keep people safe from scientific misuse.

Public Outreach

The Good, The Bad, and The Biological

A discussion on the importance of innovating with controversial biotechnologies and how to keep people safe from scientific misuse.

Project Componenets

Human Practices

Input from the local academic community was used to inform our project

Project

We worked to create tools and mechanisms to help canola farmers

Modelling

Computer models were used extensively to design our experiments

Software

We used computer vision to automate the process of grading canola seeds

Journal

Our team thoroughly documented our methods throughout the project

Outreach

We made sure to spread our knowledge to members of the local community