Biomass Quality Network Canada

We facilitate the commercialization of agricultural biomass for industrial applications by establishing quality standards and methods

[Biomass Quality Network Canada @BQNCanada]

ICYMI: Feds, Manitoba fund FEED study for Azure Sustainable Fuel’s planned SAF facility w/the goal of "integrating agriculture with energy markets to provide a sustainable de-carbonization solution while creating more good jobs," in Manitoba.

Full story: https://t.co/oisvNEBJOC

[Biomass Quality Network Canada @BQNCanada]

Ag to the environment's rescue, once again! Check out how this research team is developing a cost-effective, canola-based alternative to traditionally petroleum-based products.

Full details here: https://t.co/hAI2Ht9Ynn

[Biomass Quality Network Canada @BQNCanada]

Food Day Canada celebrates the country's meals & what makes them as "an opportunity to celebrate our farmers, ranchers, agri-businesses, & cooks that produce and contribute to Canadian cuisine & to encourage Canadians across the nation to celebrate."

https://t.co/2gdovVPDeg

[Biomass Quality Network Canada @BQNCanada]

Help for Alberta farmers impacted by wildfire and drought: "“Our government has listened to farmers and ranchers who have been blindsided by wildfires and drought. We know they need support options to make it through this growing season."

Full details: https://t.co/0ZcnyweHCz

[Biomass Quality Network Canada @BQNCanada]

Vermillion Growers opens 10 acre tomato greenhouse, employing 30 new full-time employees. It's also a win for the environmental w/a roof structure on the greenhouse that "will collect enough water to meet 50% of the entire facility’s irrigation needs."

https://t.co/e5JtMlnFA9

[Biomass Quality Network Canada @BQNCanada]

Canada and Ontario committing up to $7.5 million to support biosecurity measures to enhance food safety "to help eligible agri-food businesses and contributors enhance their biosecurity measures to support animal and plant health, and food safety."

https://t.co/r52v9qbixI

[Biomass Quality Network Canada @BQNCanada]

Origin Materials creates sustainable bio-based or recycled PET bottle caps: "We identified a global sustainability challenge and an opportunity to solve it... unlocking important sustainability and potentially performance benefits for our customers.”

https://t.co/hVB2ixvijC

[Biomass Quality Network Canada @BQNCanada]

Prairie Clean Energy to begin purchasing flax straw this fall, "moving from being a Saskatchewan start-up success story into a revenue-producing Saskatchewan success story," said Mark Cooper, PCE’s CEO and president.

https://t.co/zbGDACPGkn

[Biomass Quality Network Canada @BQNCanada]

Cdn ag coming through again w/a good news story from Manitoba where further investments have been made to "support Indigenous participation, address barriers, & build on opportunities in the ag & agri-food economy"

Find the full details at: https://t.co/E4utdMjfNL

[Biomass Quality Network Canada @BQNCanada]

Leveraging bioplastics is a huge benefit to Cdn economics, ag, consumers & our #NetZero2050 goal.

This recent study provides great insight into how learning more about consumer behaviour & preferences can better shape the future of bioproduct use: https://t.co/cdiWnHeMjb

[Biomass Quality Network Canada @BQNCanada]

Alberta Utilities Commission green-lights GIP co-gen facility for Future Energy Park, "forging a new path between Alberta’s energy & ag sectors" & once operational, will annually produce:
- 35M MMBtuof RNG
- 300M L of ethanol
and more

Full story: https://t.co/ZCwuc0h4jn

[Biomass Quality Network Canada @BQNCanada]

Always exciting to see investments in #CdnAg that trickle down as investments community, commercialization & growth of a province: "Ag-West Bio is a globally recognized company & has generated returns of just under $150M in the last 10 years."

https://t.co/D8DRGtL9qb

[Biomass Quality Network Canada @BQNCanada]

@QUESTCanada adapts renewable energy program for 3 rural Indigenous communities which "seeks to learn from & work with Indigenous communities to accelerate renewable energy projects to help Canada achieve its net-zero targets, equitably.”

#Netzero2050

https://t.co/IiAjfZeulo

[Biomass Quality Network Canada @BQNCanada]

Great insight on how helping farmers plant more cover crops can be a key to success for "reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and adapting to climate impacts", two goals on the Canadian forefront.

#CdnAg #CdnPoli #Netzero2050 #Sustainability

https://t.co/oMmff9VBKQ

[Biomass Quality Network Canada @BQNCanada]

Small but mighty! See how an agri-food system that "covers only 0.2 per cent of total land area in Ontario" can make major waves for the entire country by contributing "$2.8B to Canada’s GDP, $841M to Ontario’s GDP & employ[ing] over 12,000 people."

https://t.co/rnF4Ngvgij

[Ontario Federation of Agriculture @OntarioFarms]

🚨School is out for the summer and school-aged youth are spending their days on the farm. Ensure everyone's safety by reviewing @planfarmsafety resources. Activities for youth include farm safety colouring books and spot the hazard activity sheets.
https://t.co/nYFRbUo4vu
#ontag

[Biomass Quality Network Canada @BQNCanada]

Airex Energy partners to build Canada’s first industrial biochar plant in Quebec, leveraging agricultural residues for the benefit of the environment and econmoy.

More here: https://t.co/DE14J7azGS

[Biomass Quality Network Canada @BQNCanada]

A new collab between @ExpanderFuel & IMG Industries will use biomass gasifiers to produce "clean, tar-free synthesis gas (syn-gas) from various cellulosic feedstocks such as forestry waste, agricultural waste, urban wood-waste, & municipal solid waste."

https://t.co/TXhanT5HI1

[Biomass Quality Network Canada @BQNCanada]

We're starting to wonder what agriculture CAN'T do. Check out this invention that can create value-added products from crop and forest materials that "would have otherwise been burned & absorbed into the atmosphere as carbon."

Watch the full video here: https://t.co/zUuRA5Ewpr

[Biomass Quality Network Canada @BQNCanada]

See how #CdnAg contributes to #netzero2050 while optimizing the industry: "Farms have [relied] on other types of [tech] that can help decrease labour costs, improve accuracy & efficiency of farm processes & increase competitiveness in the global market."

https://t.co/objqWjIvLK