AAFC Agri-Science Program announces $5.3M to BioFuelNet

On August 30, Vice-Principal of Macdonald Campus and Dean of the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Anja Geitmann welcomed Member of Parliament for Lac-Saint-Louis Francis Scarpaleggia, on behalf of Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food (AAFC) Lawrence MacAulay, to the Macdonald Campus. In the presence of industry partners AgroWorld and other invited guests, Scarpaleggia announced AAFC’s $5.3 million investment in BioFuelNet Canada as part of the Agri-Science Program.

Established at McGill in 2012 by Distinguished James McGill Professor in the Department of Plant Science and founder of Biomass Canada Donald Smith, BioFuelNet, through the Biomass Cluster, unites multi-disciplinary experts from academia, government, industry, and investment to address the challenges impeding the growth of effective biomass utilization to manage greenhouse gas levels through production of biofuels and/or incorporation into soil organic matter. Research focuses heavily on the application of innovative technologies to biomass – renewable organic material from crop plants – to generate biofuels with the potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, supply carbon for sequestration into soils, and enhance environmental sustainability.