Common Project Areas: (Programs and funding frequently change so please check the most recent information for funding availability and eligibility).

This section is designed to give you a basic idea of the project categories available.
​For more information please feel welcome to contact us and we can support you through the process

Animal Welfare or Animal Health:​​

• Education, Training, Assessment and Planning (Animal Health)
• Defining Zones and Controlled Access Points
• Establishing Cleaning and Disinfecting Practices
• Establishing Isolation or Segregation Facilities
• Preventing Access by Wildlife, Pests and Rodents
• Health Management
• Establishing Facilities to Manage Deadstock
  
• Equipment to Improve Animal Handling
  
• Construction, Modification or New Technologies to Improve Animal Housing
  
• Traceability Equipment (Animal Health) 
  
• Traceability System Improvements (Animal Health) 
  

Biosecurity and Pest Control:

• Education, Training, Assessment and Planning (Plant Health)
• Preventing Introduction and Spread of Pests Through Isolation, Sanitation and Controlling Work Flow
• Plant Pest Monitoring and Management Tools and Equipment
• Installation of Continuous Rinse Systems
• Establishing Cleaning and Disinfecting Practices

Labour Productivity, Technology and Innovation:

• Technology and Equipment to Improve Labour Productivity
• Planning for Increased Labour Productivity
• Develop New Products or Processes

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Erosion Control:

• Nutrient Recovery from Wastewater/Washwater
• Cover Crops
• Riparian Buffer Strips
• Windbreaks and Wind Strips
• Erosion Control Structures
• Tillage and Nutrient Application Equipment Modifications
• Equipment Modification to Reduce Soil Compaction

Traceability:

• Food Safety and Traceability Gap Assessment and Pre-audit
• Food Safety and Traceability Training
• Traceability Equipment (Food Safety)
• Food Safety and Traceability System Improvements
• Traceability System Improvements (Animal Health) 
  
• Traceability Equipment (Animal Health) 
  

Environmental Sustainability:

• Nutrient Management and Soil Health Planning
• Cover Crops
• Riparian Buffer Strips
• Windbreaks and Wind Strips
• Fragile Land Retirement
• Erosion Control Structures
• Tillage and Nutrient Application Equipment Modifications
• Equipment Modification to Reduce Soil Compaction​

Food Safety:

• Food Safety and Traceability Gap Assessment and Pre-audit
• Food Safety and Traceability Training
• Food Safety Equipment 
• Traceability Equipment (Food Safety)
• Food Safety and Traceability System Improvements

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Apiculture:

• Honey Bee Health Management
• Advancing Beekeeper Business Capacity

Nutrient Management or Nutrient Recovery from Washwater / Wastewater

• Manure Storage Improvements​
• Runoff Control for Livestock Facilities
• Crop Nutrient Planning
• Adding Organic Amendments to Soil
• Equipment Modification to Improve Manure Application

Marketing (National and International)

• Marketing Plans
• Market Products in Canada
• Market Products Internationally

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Species at Risk (SAR)

• Tree and Shrub Planting

1. Reforestation (Block Tree Planting)
2. Tree Windbreaks
3. Buffer Strips

• Establishment of In-field Perennial Grass Strip(s)
• Wetland Restoration
• Grassland Restoration
• Cross Fencing for Rotational Grazing

1. Fencing Systems
2. Livestock Watering System

• Fencing to Exclude Livestock from Woodland Areas
• Forage Harvest Management (Delayed Haying) – Only offered in 2020

Business / Financial Plan Development

• Financial Analysis
• Business Plans

Tillage and Nutrient Application

• Tillage and Nutrient Application Equipment Modifications
• Equipment Modification to Reduce Soil Compaction

Climate Action Incentive Funding (CAIF)

Agricultural retrofits

• Changes to agricultural processes to improve energy efficiency
• Fuel switching to lower emitting energy sources in agricultural operations
• Other energy efficiency measures in the agricultural sector

Building retrofits

• Enhancements to building envelope (with direct energy savings), including energy efficient windows/doors/skylights, increased insulation, weatherproofing, and glazing
• Energy efficient lighting system
• Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) equipment/systems/controls
• Water heating retrofits, including high efficiency condensing water heating
• High-efficiency motors and controls
• Energy management controls, including building automation systems
• Fuel switching to lower emitting energy sources in existing buildings

Electricity, energy or fuel production

• District energy (heating and/or cooling)
• Combined heat and power for own use
• Renewable energy systems (e.g. solar photovoltaic, wind energy, micro-hydro, stand-alone storage systems) on-site and for own-use
• Low-emission fuel production for own-use

Industrial process improvements

• Retrofitting and upgrading of existing equipment used for industrial processes
• Fuel switching to lower emitting energy sources
• Process changes
• Waste-heat recovery

Transportation retrofits

• Heavy-duty vehicle retrofits, including energy efficiency and/or fuel switching to lower emitting sources
• Marine vehicle retrofits, including energy efficiency and/or fuel switching to lower emitting sources

Waste

• Energy efficiency measures in waste management

Other

• Other eligible projects not previously mentioned