Past Projects | Rural AgrInnovation Network (RAIN)

Pilot Projects

Start	End	Title	Funders
2015	2017	Keyline plowing for improved forage production and climate change resilience2015 results 2016 results	Growing Forward 2, Algoma Soil & Crop Improvement Association, ScotiaBank
2015	2017	Nutritional value and integration of hybrid willow and poplar as fodder for sheep2015 results 2016 results	Ontario Sheep Marketing Agency, Regen Forestry
2015	2017	Diversification strategy of Thessalon First Nation Biocentre	Aboriginal Economic Development Fund, East Algoma Community Futures Development Corporation
2015	2016	Buy Algoma. Buy Fresh.(In partnership with Algoma Food Network, Sault Ste Marie Innovation Centre)	Members of Buy Algoma Buy Fresh, OMAFRA’s Local Food Fund, East Algoma Community Futures Development Fund, Algoma Public Health
2015	2015	Eat Algoma Local Food Festival	ScotiaBank, Foodland Ontario, Dawson & Keenan, Loplops Lounge, Algoma Power, CTV, Holiday Inn, Lock City Dairies, Slow Food SSM, St. Joseph Island Coffee Roasters, Case’s Music, Algoma Cattlemen’s Association, Algoma Dairy Farmers’ Association
2015	2015	Soybean variety strip demonstration trial
2015	2015	Economic comparison of growing canola and horse hay
2015	2015	Market garden assessment of organic fertilizers
2014	2017	Pasture improvement demonstration and assessment 2015 results 2016 results	Growing Forward 2, Boreal Agrominerals, Ontario Sheep Marketing Agency, East Algoma Community Futures Development Corporation, Community Development Corporation of Sault Ste Marie, Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation, Plummer Additional Township
2014	2016	Bobolink habitat and hay nutrition project	Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affiars, Ontario soil & Crop Improvement Association
2014	2015	Season extension forage production – fodder corn & forage sorghum
2014	2014	Crop variety trials – flax, camelina
2014	2014	Soybean response to sulphur, potassium, and phosphorus applications
2013	2014	Local consumer preferences survey	Ministry of Training, Colleges, and Universities
2013	2014	Agricultural biomass – economic analysis & field trials	Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Agricultural Adaptation Council, Algoma Soil & Crop Improvement Association
2013	2014	Late-season no-till winter crops – fall rye, winter wheat, camelina, and switchgrass
2013	2013	Quinoa variety trial
2012	2013	Crop rotation options for canola production in Algoma District(In cooperation with the Antunes Plant and Soil Ecology Lab at Algoma University)	Agricultural Adaptation Council, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Cooks Station Corporation, Algoma Federation of Agriculture, Township of Plummer Additional, Algoma University – Biology Department
2010	2013	Speckled alder regeneration study	East Algoma Community Futures Development Corporation, Community Development Corporation of Sault Ste Marie