Brock Research Farm to Grow Future of Sustainable Agriculture in Canada with $3.5M Cfi Grant

The Canadian wine industry has long been at the forefront of clean-plant research.

Now, thanks to a $3.5 million grant from the Canada Foundation for Innovation, the Cool Climate Oenology and Viticulture Institute at Brock University is expanding its clean-plant research to include a farm, reports the National Post.

"This investment not only transforms research that supports Canada's $11.6-billion grape and wine industry but allows industry to have access, through research partnerships, to state-of-the-art facilities to identify and produce elite performing plant material," says CCOVI's Debbie Inglis.

The first phase of the Clean Agriculture for Sustainable Production Field Infrastructure project includes the national grapevine germplasm repository, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency partnership CLEANSED, and the Canadian Grapevine Certification Network, where CCOVI and a wide variety of partners work together to produce certified virus-free grapevines.

"Through this infrastructure, our goal is to play a pivotal role in safeguarding the health and productivity of vineyards across Canada, making significant contributions to the sustainability of the grape and wine sector in Canada," says CCOVI's Sudarsana Poojari, who is leading the multi-institutional project.

The farm will be a key feature of the second and third phases of

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